BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY MARCH 05 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....3/5/2002 @ 1 P.M. COLD AND VERY DRY....... The morning low was 16 degrees and this is well below normal for a change. The normal low temperature for this date is 25 degrees. Dewpoint temperature have been hovering near zero degrees since late yesterday afternoon. Look at how much snow we recorded ONE YEAR AGO TOMORROW.....15.5 INCHES..... Here we are five days into March and there's not even a flake of snow.... THE FEBRUARY 2002 STATS... MEAN 34.0 [ +5.7 ] HIGH: 60 on 26th LOW: 09 on 12th (low for winter and new record high minimum for any winter; previous 6 deg. ) HDD = 864 [ - 184 ] HDD SEASON = 3637 [ - 964 ] ** PRECIP: 2.30 INS. [ - 1.76 ] SNOWFALL: 6.4 [ - 9.3 ] PEAK WIND GUST: 68 mph S on 10th... FASTEST MILE: 47 MPH S on 10th SUNSHINE: 56% OF POSSIBLE [ + 6 points ] PREVAILING WIND: W 17% OF THE TIME.... AV. VAPOR PRESSURE: 4.5 mbs. AV. STATION PRESSURE: 29.276 ins. AV. SEA LEVEL PRESSURE: 30.000 ins. ** this is the lowest seasonal heating degree day unit total on record through the end of February with an all-time record departure of - 964 units. The departure is probably a couple hundred units less than previous record! TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 3/5/2002 TUE BHO SA 1155 CLR 55 238/17/2/2511/023/ SC ALG/OFFSHR NNE-ESE FEW SC DSNT NNW CI NW-NE/ 8/501/ 51024 10020 20016 BHO SA 1455 CLR 60 250/24/1/3013G19/027/ SML CU FRMG CI SW-W/ 8/101/ 51012 BHO SA 1755 65 SCT 250 -SCT 300 -BKN 60 236/29/0/2713G22/023/ 8/406/ 58014 10030 20017 DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY MARCH 04 TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 43 MIN: 20 // ASOS MAX: 43 ASOS MIN: 20 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 41/24 MEAN 32 [- 1] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR MARCH TO DATE: + 22 degrees PRECIPITATION....ON 03/05 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . 0.00 IN. i ASOS......................0.00 IN. TOTAL FOR MARCH . .......0.91 IN. STD. GAGE DEP. FROM NORMAL.........+0.31 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 6.86 IN. (std. gage ) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-2.58 IN. SNOWFALL.... ON 02/28 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 0.0 IN. FEB. TOTAL................6.4 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 32.2 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 03/04... PEAK GUST ASOS: 38 MPH WNW AT 5:12 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 38 MPH WNW AT 3:17 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 40 MPH WNW AT 5:12 A.M. ** ** last of several occurrences... MARCH 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ WIND GUST 3/01 42/23/33/+1/0/0/.../../ 32 W 3/02 47/31/39/+7/0.02/0/.../../ 32 SSE 3/03 56/37/47/+15/0.89/0/000/00/ 58 SSE (Aero 61 MPH S ) 3/04 43/20/32/-1/0/0/477/70/ 38 WNW 3/05 morning lo temp. 16; normal 25 FEBRUARY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ WIND GUST 2/01 37/31/34/+8/0.36/0/000/00/ 53 W 2/02 34/18/26/0/0/0/506/84/ 63 WNW 2/03 35/17/26/+0/0/0/508/84/ 36 SSW 2/04 38/24/31/+5/0/0/522/86/ 36 NW 2/05 27/15/21/-6/0/0/500/82/ 42 NW 2/06 37/19/28/+1/0/0/601/98/ 31 W 2/07 41/29/35/+8/0/0/049/08/ 24 SSW 2/08 45/29/37/+10/0/0/617/100/ 36 NW 2/09 37/24/31/+4/0/0/608/98/ 30 NW 2/10 51/25/38/+11/0.13/0/087/14/ 63 S (Aero 68 mph S) 2/11 51/11/31/+4/0.66/0/075/12/ 58 SSW 2/12 39/9/24/-4/0/0/263/42/ 50 SSW 2/13 36/16/26/-2/T/T/530/84/ 46 W 2/14 34/12/23/-5/0/0/627/99/ 27 SSW 2/15 46/28/37/+9/0/0/146/23/ 43 S 2/16 54/39/47/+19/0/0/339/53/ 28 SSW 2/17 40/31/36/+7/0.23/1.6/000/00/ 39 N 2/18 39/26/33/+4/T/T/631/98/ 42 N 2/19 49/23/36/+7/0/0/633/98/ 21 W 2/20 53/37/45/+16/0/0/117/18/ 37 SSE 2/21 56/45/51/+22/0.35/0/052/08/ 36 SSE 2/22 46/32/39/+9/T/0/229/35/ 37 W 2/23 42/27/35/+5/0/0/506/77/ 27 W 2/24 39/25/33/+2/0/0/489/74/ 18 S 2/25 48/28/38/+7/0/0/192/29/ 36 S 2/26 60/39/50/+19/0.02/0/539/81/ 47 S (Aero 50 MPH S ) 2/27 54/24/39/+8/0.55/3.5/000/00/ 54 S (Aero 54 MPH S ) 2/28 33/20/27/-4/0/0/672/100/ 44 WNW RECORDS FOR MARCH 05 HIGH 64 IN 1979 LOW -02 IN 1948 PRECIP 1.76 INS 2001 SNOWFALL: 13.0 INS. 1891 PEAK GUST 76e MPH WNW IN 1971 RECORDS FOR MARCH 06 HIGH 66 IN 1894 LOW 03 IN 1948 PRECIP 1.85 INS 2001 SNOWFALL: 15.5 INS. 2001 PEAK GUST 82 MPH S IN 1959 e = estimated Robert Skilling