BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2021 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME SUNRISE: 0613E SUNSET:  1642E COOL AND CLOUDY AFTER SOME OVERNIGHT RAIN AND RECORD-BREAKING WIND.... Today was overcast and cool with perfect visibility at the 7 A.M. observation. Visibility was great today with 80 miles being seen on average. Wind was northerly with an average speed of 10 mph and a max gust so far of 25 mph. Event total precipitation for the October Nor'Easter came to 2.38 inches. We broke a wind record with this storm: Peak gust of 66 NNE on the 27th, beating the old record of 54 WNW, NE set in 1968 and 2018. 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 42F, 2 degrees above the normal low of 40F.   -------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Overcast stratocumulus, break in overcast along horizon S-W-N-NE Temperature: 42F; Dew Point: 40F; Relative Humidity: 85% Wind: N @ 9G16 kts Sea-level pressure: 1014.5 mb; 29.96 in. Hg: rising unsteadily Visibility: 90 miles, except 40 miles NE-SE 6-hr Max temp: 43F 6-hr Min temp: 42F 24-hr Precip: 0.37 ins. BHO SA 1155 15 BKN 45 BKN 90 145/42/40/3509G16/996/ BINOVC ALG HRZN S-W-N-NE VSBY 40 NE-SE/ 8/800 52015 70037 10043 20042 10 A.M. Weather: Overcast stratocumulus Temperature: 44F; Dew Point: 42F; Relative Humidity: 82% Wind: N @ 10G17 kts Sea-level pressure: 1015.8 mb; 30.00 in Hg; rising, then steady Visibility: 70 miles, except 20 miles N-E 3-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1455 24 OVC 70 158/44/42/36010G17/000/ VSBY 20 N-E/ 8/6// 51013 1 P.M. Weather: Overcast stratus Temperature: 46F, Dew point: 41F; Relative Humidity: 79% Wind: N @ 7G17 kts Sea-level pressure: 1015.1 mb; 29.98 in Hg; rising then falling Visibility: 80 miles 6-hr Max temp: 48F 6-hr Min temp: 42F 6-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1755 25 OVC 80 151/46/41/36007G17/998/ 8/6// 55007 10048 20042   SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.......48     NORMAL.....57 MIN.......42     NORMAL.....40 MEAN......46     NORMAL.....49 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR (1991-2020) NORMAL............... -3 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..........................+128 [+4.5 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON: JUL 2021 THRU JUN 2022) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............19  DEPARTURE........-5 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............192  DEPARTURE......-133 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.............266  DEPARTURE......-176 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE........348  DEPARTURE.......-82 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...................66 NNE @  5:04 A.M.                      AEROVANE (south tower).....74 NNE @  4:40 A.M.                      VECTOR #2 (south tower)....79     @  5:04 A.M.                      DAVIS #2 (south tower).....62 NE  @  5:04 A.M.                      RMY #2 (south tower).......76 NNE @  4:40 A.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..................37 NNE @  4:49 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE VECTOR #2 AVERAGE..............39     @  4:48 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #2 AVERAGE...............39 NE  @  4:48 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE RMY #2 AVERAGE.................38 NE  @  4:48 A.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.......21.5 N  [515 total miles]                      VECTOR #2.................21.2                      DAVIS #2..................20.8 NE                      RMY #2....................20.4 NNE                      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.......0.37  DEPARTURE....+0.19 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.............6.16  DEPARTURE....+1.39 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR.............53.14  DEPARTURE....+9.96 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   48/44/46/-3/..../.../..          66 NNE AERO 74 NNE RMY 65 10/28   The low since midnight is 42F, the daily normal low is 40F RECORDS FOR THE MONTH: Peak gust of 66 NNE on the 27th, beating the old record of 54 WNW, NE set in 1968 and 2018. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated) 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 RECORDS FOR OCTOBER 29 HIGH 74F IN 1989 LOW 23F IN 1891 PRECIP 2.42 INCHES IN 2012 SNOWFALL 4.0 INCHES IN 2011 PEAK GUST 76 E IN 2012 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Augustin Busschaert / Benjamin Turner