BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME SUNRISE: 0612E SUNSET:  1644E WINDY AND RAINY FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF THE NOR'EASTER.... Today we observed a maximum visibility of 2 miles and frequent wind gusts at or around 40 mph from the northeast. The max gust seen during this event was 66 mph earlier this morning. Event total precipitation is 2.19 inches at the 1 P.M. observation. Pressure is rising rapidly, with an increase of over 10 millibars since this morning. Conditions have remained abnormally cool throughout the course of the day, with temperatures hanging in the mid 40's! The high so far today is 48F, 9 degrees below the normal max of 57F. The low since midnight is 45F, 5 degrees above the normal low of 40F. Not much in the way of temperature variation!   -------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Overcast stratus, light rain ending around 6:15 A.M. Temperature: 47F; Dew Point: 47F; Relative Humidity: 100% Wind: NE @ 27G48 kts, peak wind NNE 66 mph at 6:24 A.M. Sea-level pressure: 998.8 mb; 29.49 in. Hg: rising, then more rapidly Visibility: 1 mile, fog 6-hr Max temp: 48F 6-hr Min temp: 47F 24-hr Precip: 2.01 ins. BHO SA 1155 15 OVC 1R-F 988/47/47/0527G48/949/ R-E15 PK WND 0357/24/ 8/6// 53044 70201 10048 20047 10 A.M. Weather: Overcast stratus, light rain Temperature: 46F; Dew Point: 46F; Relative Humidity: 100% Wind: NE @ 17G32 kts, peak of 55 mph at 9:15 A.M. Sea-level pressure: 1003.4 mb; 29.63 in Hg; rising, then more rapidly Visibility: 2 miles, fog 3-hr Precip: 0.10 ins. BHO SA 1455 15 OVC 2R-F 034/46/46/0417G32/963/ R-CTD PK WND 0348/15/ 8/6// 6010/ 53046 1 P.M. Weather: Overcast stratus, drizzle Temperature: 45F, Dew point: 45F; Relative Humidity: 100% Wind: NNE @ 17G30 kts, peak wind ENE 41 mph at 12:47 P.M. Sea-level pressure: 1005.7 mb; 29.70 in Hg; rising, then more rapidly Visibility: 1 miles, fog 6-hr Max temp: 48F 6-hr Min temp: 45F 6-hr Precip: 0.18 ins. BHO SA 1755 15 OVC 1LF 057/45/45/0317G30/970/ LCTD PK WND 0236/47/ 8/6// 6018/ 53023 10048 20045 SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2021 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.......61     NORMAL.....57 MIN.......47     NORMAL.....40 MEAN......54     NORMAL.....49 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR (1991-2020) NORMAL............... +5 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..........................+131 [+4.8 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON: JUL 2021 THRU JUN 2022) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............11  DEPARTURE........-5 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............173  DEPARTURE......-135 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.............247  DEPARTURE......-179 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE........331  DEPARTURE.......-84 COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON: JAN 2021 THRU DEC 2021) TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY................0  DEPARTURE.........0 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH................3  DEPARTURE........-4 TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.............717  DEPARTURE.......+40 TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE........831  DEPARTURE......-114 PEAK WIND GUST (MPH):                      Official...................49 NNE @  9:00 P.M.                      AEROVANE (south tower).....56 N   @  9:00 P.M.                      VECTOR #2 (south tower)....60     @  9:00 P.M.                      DAVIS #2 (south tower).....45 ENE @  5:22 P.M.                      RMY #2 (south tower).......54 NNE @  9:00 P.M.                      ASOS...........OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS                      VECTOR #1......OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS                      DAVIS #1.......OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS                      RMY #1.........OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS                        MERLIN.........OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS FASTEST MILE: CONTACTING ANEMOMETER/OFFICIAL..................31 NNE @  7:32 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE VECTOR #2 AVERAGE..............31     @  7:32 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #2 AVERAGE...............30 NE  @  7:32 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE RMY #2 AVERAGE.................30 NE  @  7:32 P.M MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #1 AVERAGE...OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE VECTOR #1 AVERAGE..OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE RMY #1 AVERAGE.....OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION:                      CONTACTING/OFFICIAL.......20.2 NNE  [484 total miles]                      VECTOR #2.................19.8                      DAVIS #2..................19.8 ENE                      RMY #2....................19.3 ENE                      RMY #1..............OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS                      ASOS................OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS                      VECTOR #1...........OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS                      DAVIS #1............OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS    PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST): TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......2.01  DEPARTURE....+1.83 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.............5.79  DEPARTURE....+1.20 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.............52.77  DEPARTURE....+9.77 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER CALENDAR DAY DATA DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/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 10/01   64/44/54/-4/0.00/583/83          20 WNW AERO 20 WNW RMY N/A 10/02   73/47/60/+2/0.00/567/81          24 WSW AERO 23 WSW RMY N/A 10/03   65/55/60/+3/0.09/070/10          19 E   AERO 19 E   RMY N/A 10/04   59/51/55/-2/1.69/000/00          30 E   AERO 30 E   RMY N/A 10/05   58/50/54/-3/0.30/000/00          22 NNE AERO 23 NE  RMY N/A 10/06   69/50/60/+4/0.00/407/59          15 N   AERO 16 N   RMY N/A 10/07   73/55/64/+8/0.00/550/80          15 WSW AERO 15 W   RMY N/A 10/08   69/55/62/+7/T/616/90             24 ENE AERO 23 ENE RMY N/A 10/09   62/54/58/+3/0.01/273/40          23 E   AERO 23 E   RMY N/A 10/10   62/54/58/+3/T/000/00             22 E   AERO 21 E   RMY N/A 10/11   67/56/62/+8/0.01/.../..          20 NE  AERO 21 NE  RMY N/A 10/12   72/54/63/+9/0.00/.../..          15 SW  AERO 15 SW  RMY N/A 10/13   75/55/65/+11/0.00/.../..         18 SW  AERO 18 SW  RMY N/A 10/14   73/56/65/+12/0.00/.../..         19 N   AERO 20 N   RMY N/A 10/15   74/55/67/+14/0.00/.../..         24 S   AERO 24 SSW RMY N/A 10/16   73/59/66/+14/0.06/.../..         43 S   AERO 50 S   RMY 44 10/17   62/47/55/+3/0.25/.../..          32 WNW AERO 31 WNW RMY 31 10/18   60/42/51/-1/0.01/.../..          31 NW  AERO 32 NW  RMY 33 10/19   59/40/50/-1/0.00/.../..          35 WNW AERO 37 W   RMY 38 10/20   70/49/60/+9/0.00/.../..          23 W   AERO 23 W   RMY 23 10/21   74/56/65/+14/0.00/.../..         30 SSW AERO 32 S   RMY 32 10/22   71/51/61/+11/0.00/.../..         27 S   AERO 30 S   RMY 29 10/23   60/44/52/+2/0.00/.../..          24 NW  AERO 22 NW  RMY 24 10/24   57/37/47/-3/0.01/.../..          25 NNW AERO 25 NNW RMY 25 10/25   56/47/52/+3/0.63/.../..          29 NE  AERO 30 NE  RMY 32 10/26   61/47/54/+5/..../.../..          49 NNE AERO 56 N   RMY 54 10/27   The low since midnight is 47F, the daily normal low is 40F DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated) RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 27 HIGH 83F IN 1963 LOW 21F IN 1936 PRECIP 2.08 INCHES IN 2018 SNOW 2.5 INCHES IN 2011 WIND 54 MPH WNW IN 1968, 54 NE IN 2018 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 28 HIGH 81F IN 1919 LOW 23F IN 1914 PRECIP 2.46 INCHES IN 2006 SNOWFALL TRACE IN 1891,1934,1957,1979 PEAK GUST 71 MPH SSW IN 1995 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Benjamin Turner