BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME MILD, BREEZY, AND WET FOR THANKSGIVING 2020.... On behalf of all the staff here at Blue Hill Observatory, I'd like to wish everyone a happy, healthy, and safe Thanksgiving! Another mild day here, but this time it's coming with a busy south wind and periods of rain. So far rainfall has only totaled 0.32" through 1 P.M., so while it hasn't been heavy, it has been persistent. South winds have been gusting up to 35 MPH, which is the peak so far today. The average speed since 7 A.M. has been around 17 MPH! The high so far today is 58F, 12 degrees above the daily normal high of 46F. The low since midnight is 45F, 15 degrees above the normal low of 30F.  Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Broken stratus fractus, overcast nimbostratus, light rain Temperature: 52F; Dew Point: 52F; Relative Humidity: 100% Wind: S at 18G24 kts, peak wind 30 MPH S at 6:28 A.M. Sea-level pressure: 30.11 in Hg; falling, then more rapidly Visibility: 3 miles, fog; 6 miles S-W, 1 mile N-E 6-hr Max temp: 52F 6-hr Min temp: 45F 24-hr Precip: 0.05 ins. 24-hr Snow: 0.0 ins. Snow Depth: 0 ins. BHO SA 1155 E1 BKN 85 OVC 3R-F 197/52/52/1718G24/011/ STFRA OCLY DRFTG OVR SMT VSBY 6 S-W 1 N-E PCPN VRY LGT PK WND 1726/28/ 8/72/ 58026 70005 10052 20045 10 A.M. Weather: Sky obscured, vertical visibility 200 ft, light rain Temperature: 55F; Dew Point: 55F; Relative Humidity: 100% Wind: S at 16G22 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.08 in Hg; falling, then more rapidly Visibility: 1/4 mile, fog 3-hr Precip: 0.18 ins. 3-hr Snow: 0.0 ins. BHO SA 1455 X W2 1/4R-F 186/55/55/1716G22/008/ 8//// 58011 6018/ 1 P.M. Weather: Overcast stratus/stratus fractus, light rain Temperature: 58F; Dew Point: 58F; Relative Humidity: 100% Wind: S at 17G22 kts, peak wind 31 MPH S at 12:02 P.M. Sea-level pressure: 29.98 in Hg; falling, then more rapidly Visibility: 8 miles, thin fog, 3 miles S-SW 6-hr Max temp: 58F 6-hr Min temp: 52F 6-hr Precip: 0.27 ins. 6-hr Snow: 0.0 ins. Snow Depth: 0 ins. BHO SA 1755 E10 OVC 8R- 152/58/58/1817G22/998/ VSBY 3 S-SW THN F ALQDS PK WND 1827/02/ 8/7// 58034 6027/ 10058 20052 SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.......50   NORMAL.....47 MIN.......26   NORMAL.....31 MEAN......38   NORMAL.....39 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL...................  -1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH...................+115 [+4.4 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............27  DEPARTURE...... +1 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............436  DEPARTURE.....-124 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.............888  DEPARTURE.....-236 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......1108  DEPARTURE.....-220 PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY (MPH):                      420C/Official..............23 SSE  AT  11:05 A.M.                      AEROVANE (south tower).....23 SSE  AT  11:03 A.M.                      ASOS.......................24 SW   AT   6:49 P.M.                      DAVIS #1...................25 SSE  AT  11:04 A.M.                      DAVIS #2 (south tower).....25 SE   AT  11:10 A.M.                      RMY........................26                      VECTOR.....................29                      MERLIN.....................N/A FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY: CONTACTING/OFFICIAL.............................18 SSE  AT  11:27 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...................17 SW   AT   6:54 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #1 AVERAGE...............18 SSE  AT  11:17 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #2 AVERAGE...............19 SE   AT  11:16 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION:                     CONTACTING/OFFICIAL...... 9.0 SW  [215 total miles]                     ASOS..................... 9.4     [226 total miles]                     DAVIS #1................. 9.3 S   [223 total miles]                     DAVIS #2................. 9.8 S   [235 total miles]                     RMY...................... 9.2 SSW [221 total miles]                     VECTOR................... 9.6     [230 total miles] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST): TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.05  DEPARTURE....-0.11                              ASOS.............0.04 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.............3.56  DEPARTURE....-0.39                              ASOS.............3.64 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.............44.73  DEPARTURE....-2.99                               ASOS...........45.59 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST): TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HOURS ENDING 7 A.M...........0.0  DEPARTURE.....-0.2 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH.................Trace  DEPARTURE.....-1.7 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..................6.5  DEPARTURE.....+4.5 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER CALENDAR DAY DATA DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/PEAK GUST/AERO/RMY GUST AERO: Aerovane wind recording system gust RMY:  R.M. Young wind gust recording system TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day) ....: Data not yet available, records not finalized M:    Missing data 11/01   49/36/43/-3/0.69/0.0/006/01      38 W     AERO 40 W    RMY 39 11/02   40/31/36/-10/T/T/425/69          61 WNW   AERO 62 WNW  RMY 62 11/03   43/29/36/-10/0.00/0.0/473/77     48 WNW   AERO 53 WNW  RMY 48 11/04   54/30/42/-3/0.00/0.0/550/90      30 SSW   AERO 30 SSW  RMY 30 11/05   69/49/59/+14/0.00/0.0/548/90     37 SSW   AERO 40 SSW  RMY 38 11/06   72/55/64/+19/0.00/0.0/394/65     28 SW    AERO 28 SW   RMY M 11/07   75/54/65/+20/0.00/0.0/562/93     21 WSW   AERO 21 WSW  RMY 21 11/08   73/54/64/+20/0.00/0.0/584/97     18 W     AERO 18 W    RMY 19 11/09   74/52/63/+19/0.00/0.0/593/99     20 WSW   AERO 18 WSW  RMY 21 11/10   74/53/64/+20/0.00/0.0/597/100    30 SW    AERO 28 SW   RMY 31 11/11   73/58/66/+23/0.04/0.0/.../..     40 SW    AERO 44 SW   RMY 45 11/12   64/46/55/+12/0.04/0.0/.../..     32 NNW   AERO 31 NNW  RMY 33 11/13   48/38/43/0/0.30/0.0/.../..       22 NW    AERO 21 NW   RMY 25 11/14   49/32/41/-1/0.00/0.0/.../..      26 NW    AERO 28 NW   RMY 29 11/15   58/30/44/+2/0.62/0.0/.../..      60 S     AERO 67 S    RMY 65 11/16   53/39/46/+4/0.00/0.0/.../..      40 WNW   AERO 41 WNW  RMY 43 11/17   47/32/40/-1/0.00/0.0/.../..      28 NW    AERO 28 NW   RMY 30 11/18   32/19/26/-15/0.00/0.0/.../..     40 NW    AERO 46 NW   RMY 43 11/19   44/18/31/-10/0.00/0.0/.../..     37 SW    AERO 39 SW   RMY 43     11/20   63/44/54/+14/0.00/0.0/.../..     33 SSW   AERO 35 SSW  RMY 37 11/21   62/40/51/+11/0.00/0.0/.../..     24 W     AERO 23 W    RMY 27 11/22   45/33/39/-1/T/0.0/.../..         28 SE    AERO 28 SE   RMY 31 11/23   58/32/45/+6/1.77/0.0/.../..      42 WNW   AERO 48 WNW  RMY 46 TSTM 11/24   42/27/35/-4/0.00/0.0/.../..      31 WNW   AERO 32 WNW  RMY 33 11/25   50/26/38/-1/..../0.0/.../..      23 SSE   AERO 23 SSE  RMY 26 11/26 The low since midnight is 45F, the daily normal low is 30F DAILY RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 2020 11/06/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72F,           BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71F SET IN 1959 AND 2015 11/07/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 75F,           TIES PREVIOUS RECORD OF 75F SET IN 1938 11/08/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73F,           BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72F SET IN 1938 11/09/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 74F,           BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 72F SET IN 1975 11/11/20: DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 58F,           BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 56F IN 2002           DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 73F,           BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 68F IN 1984 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 26 HIGH 66 IN 1979 LOW 6 IN 1938 PRECIP 2.22 INS IN 1888 SNOWFALL 3.0 INS IN 1974 PEAK GUST 78 SSE IN 1964 RECORDS FOR NOVEMBER 27 HIGH 68 IN 1896 LOW 5 IN 1932 PRECIP 2.23 INS IN 2013 SNOWFALL 16.0 INS IN 1898 PEAK GUST 68 NW IN 1997 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Matt Douglas