BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY FEBRUARY 01 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....2/1/2002 @ 1 P.M. ALL THE STATS FOR JANUARY AND WINTER SO FAR.... The final corrected mean temperature for January at Blue Hill was 33.5, making last month the 7th warmest January in 117 years and the warmest since 1990. Warmest Year JAN 1913 35.6 1932 35.0 1937 34.6 1950 33.8 1933 33.8 1990 33.8 2002 33.5 * 1995 32.1 1967 32.1 December-January combined mean temp is the warmest on record: Warmest Year DEC-JAN 2001-02 35.4 * 1912-13 35.1 1932-33 33.8 1994-95 33.6 1936-37 33.3 Nov-Dec-Jan combined mean temp is easily the warmest on record, by an impressive margin: Warmest Year NOV-JAN 2001-02 38.9 * 1994-95 37.6 1931-32 37.3 1912-13 37.2 1948-49 36.9 The January average maximum temperature of 40.9 is also 7th warmest on record, while the January average minimum temperature of 28.0 is the 2nd warmest on record: Warmest Warmest Year JAN MAX Year JAN MIN 1913 44.3 1932 28.7 1937 42.9 2002 28.0 * 1950 42.2 1913 27.7 1932 42.2 1937 27.2 1933 42.0 1990 26.6 1990 41.7 2002 40.9 * 1890 39.9 1949 39.8 Also, the lowest temperature recorded in January was 17 (currently also the lowest for winter), which may also be a record. I'll look into this tomorrow. The lowest temperature of 18 in December was also a record high minimum temperature for December. Mike Iacono OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY..... 2/1/2002 FRI BHO SA 1155 W2 X 1/16L-F 181/32/32/0910/006/ TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 1.2 INS GLZ ACCUM 1/8/1/4 IN ALL SFCS/ 8///// 4/001 5 8035 6007/ 70056 10032 20031 BHO SA 1455 W2 X 1/16L-F 140/35/35/0609/994/ 8///// 58041 6003/ BHO SA 1755 W1 X 0R-F 072/33/33/3307/974/ APRNT FRNTL PASSAGE 1750 WSHFT 50 SHARP TEMP DROP WND 28V01 RB UKN/ 8///// 58068 6005/ 10037 20032 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY JANUARY 31..... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 32 MIN: 28 // ASOS MAX: 33 ASOS MIN: 28 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 34/18 MEAN 30 [+ 4] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 268 degrees JANUARY AVERAGED 8.5 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY.... PRECIPITATION....ON 02/01 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . 0.56 IN. ASOS......................0.44 IN. JAN. TOTAL................3.65 IN. (std. gage) DEP FROM NORMAL..........-1.13 IN. JAN. ASOS TOTAL...........3.46 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 3.73 IN. (std. gage ) SNOWFALL.... ON 02/01 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 1.2 INS. JAN. TOTAL...............15.7 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 25.8 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 01/31... PEAK GUST ASOS: 24 MPH E AT 8:56 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 27 MPH ENE AT 12:57 P.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 25 MPH ENE AT 12:57 P.M. JANUARY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ WIND GUST 1/01 32/17/25/-2/0/0/533/97/ 38 W 1/02 36/18/27/0/0/0/545/99/ 31 W 1/03 36/22/29/+2/0/0/435/79/ 30 W 1/04 33/20/27/0/0/0/513/93/ 29 NNW 1/05 39/27/33/+6/0/0/260/47/ 25 W 1/06 46/29/38/+12/0.50/0/022/04/ 45 NE 1/07 39/26/33/+7/0.44/1.5/000/00/ 43 NE 1/08 32/17/25/-1/0.03/0.5/534/96/ 25 SW 1/09 37/25/31/+5/T/T/000/00/ 32 SW 1/10 47/35/41/+15/0/0/240/43/ 37 W 1/11 41/33/37/+11/0.18/T/000/00/ 35 W 1/12 40/31/36/+10/T/T/090/16/ 32 WNW 1/13 38/30/34/+8/1.02/6.0/090/16/ 68 MPH W (Aero 68 MPH W ) 1/14 36/26/31/+5/0/0/350/62/ 51 W (Aero 51 MPH W ) 1/15 36/30/33/+7/0.21/0.3/000/00/ 29 E (ASOS 30 MPH E ) 1/16 36/29/33/+7/0/0/335/59/ 35 WNW 1/17 38/28/33/+7/0.06/1.3/119/21/ 31 WNW 1/18 33/24/29/+3/T/T/188/33/ 32 WNW 1/19 27/20/24/-1/0.25/4.0/000/00/ 22 W 1/2O 35/19/27/+2/0.06/0.8/500/87/ 23 W 1/21 35/25/30/+5/0.21/0.1/000/00/ 33 W 1/22 41/31/35/+10/0/0/486/81/ 40 WNW 1/23 50/31/41/+16/0/0/273/47/ 51 SW (Aero 53 MPH SW ) 1/24 47/38/43/+17/0.05/0/000/00/ 30 NNW 1/25 42/32/37/+11/0/0/538/92/ 45 WNW (Aero 45 WNW ) 1/26 50/33/42/+16/0/0/165/28/ 39 WSW (Maestro 40 WSW ) 1/27 56/39/48/+22/0/0/548/93/ 22 WSW 1/28 53/32/43/+17/0/0/171/29/ 24 SW 1/29 66/44/55/+29/0/0/285/48/ 30 WNW 1/30 56/32/44/+18/0.16/0/000/00/ 27 NE 1/31 32/28/30/+4/0.48/1.2/000/00/ 27 ENE RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 01 HIGH 65 IN 1989 LOW - 9 IN 1920 PRECIP 1.30 INS 1898 SNOWFALL: 7.2 INS. 1938 PEAK GUST 90e MPH S IN 1945 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 02 HIGH 55 IN 1951,1973 LOW -12 IN 1961 PRECIP 1.91 INS 1999 SNOWFALL: 9.0 INS. 1904 PEAK GUST 85e MPH S IN 1942 e = estimated Robert Skilling