BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY JANUARY 25 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....1/25/2002 @ 1 P.M. JANUARY NOW 6 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL....AFTER DECEMBER 7.2 WARMER THAN NORMAL THE PAST THREE DAYS SHOWING +10, +16, AND + 17 WITH TOTAL JANUARY DEPARTURE OF +151 DEGREES... There's now a possibility that December-January combination will be warmest on record here as much above normal temperatures continue.... Yesterday's rainfall just 0.05 brings monthly total to just 3 inches.... TODAYS OBSERVATIONS.... 1/25/2002 FRI 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 E100 BKN 150 BKN 35 093/33/27/3108/980/ FEW LWR SC NE-S-SW VIRGA OVHD-E-S SKY CLRG W-N-NNE/ 8/570/ 53032 70005 10037 20033 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 E28 BKN 45 119/36/26/2917G26/988/ SC INCRSNG RPDLY PST HR MDT CUFRM TOPS PK WND 3026/48/ 8/500/ 51029 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 CLR 65 120/39/18/2718G24/988/ FEW CU DSSPTNG/ 8/100/ 50001 10039 20032 DATA RECORDED FOR THURSDAY JANUARY 24..... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 47 MIN: 38 // ASOS MAX: 48 ASOS MIN: 37 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 33/17 MEAN 43 [+ 17] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 151 JANUARY IS AVERAGING 6 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY.... PRECIPITATION....ON 01/25 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . .0.05 IN. ASOS......................0.05 IN. JAN. TOTAL................3.01 IN. (std. gage) DEP FROM NORMAL..........-0.72 IN. JAN. ASOS TOTAL...........2.89 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 3.01 IN. SNOWFALL.... ON 01/25 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 0.0 INS. JAN. TOTAL...............14.5 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 24.6 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 01/24... PEAK GUST ASOS: 29 MPH NNW AT 10:18 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 30 MPH NNW AT 10:18 P.M. ** PEAK GUST AERO: 31 MPH NNW AT 10:18 P.M. ** last of several occurrences 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/.../../ 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/.../../ 35 WNW 1/17 38/28/33/+7/0.06/1.3/.../../ 31 WNW 1/18 33/24/29/+3/T/T/.../../ 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/.../../ 23 W 1/21 35/25/30/+5/0.21/0.1/000/00/ 33 W 1/22 41/31/35/+10/0/0/.../../ 40 WNW 1/23 50/31/41/+16/0/0/.../../ 51 SW 1/24 47/38/43/+17/0.05/0/000/00/ 30 NNW 1/25 morning low temp. 32 degrees... RECORD FOR JANUARY 25 HIGH 55 IN 1990 LOW -10 IN 1935 PRECIP 2.24 INS 1979 SNOWFALL: 12.5 INS. 1941 PEAK GUST 81 MPH WNW IN 1972 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 26 HIGH 68 IN 1950 LOW - 5 IN 1920 PRECIP 1.60 INS 1958 SNOWFALL: 9.0 INS. 1898 PEAK GUST 90e MPH SE IN 1978 e = estimated Robert Skilling