BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 THURSDAY JANUARY 23 2003 TODAY'S DISCUSSION....1 P.M. NO RECORD COLD...JUST WINDY SUSTAINED COLD... Winds have finally diminished today after gusting to 54 MPH W yesterday, and 50 MPH on the 21st and 47 MPH on the 20th. It's been a windy time with all of the Arctic air prevailing. Low of -2 this morning was the 2nd below zero morning during the past week but low temperatures have not been anywhere close to the record lows for this time of year. Today is 10th consecutive day to have below freezing temperatures and in December 1989 there was a 19-day stretch of below freezing days so this will likely turn out to be our longest sub-freezing stretch since then. The temperature in our office dropped to 52 degrees this morning despite the heating system working normally! This is the lowest reading inside during the cold spell. A couple of electric heaters turned on brought it up to a more reasonable 64 degrees. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS... 1/23/2003 THU BHO SA 1155 CLR 50 087/-1/-14/2912/979/ SC OFFSHR NE-ESE FEW AC DSNT N-NE CI LYR XTDNG E-SW WINDCHILL -21 ARCTIC SEA SMOKE VSB OVR OCEAN SFC NE VSBY NE 20/ 8/548/ 4/006 10003 11001 BHO SA 1455 250 -SCT 50 081/4/-13/3011/977/ SC OFFSHR NE-ESE PTCH AC NW-NE CI/CS LYR XTDNG E-SW ARCTIC SEA SMOKE VSB OVR OCEAN SFC NE-ENE VSBY NE 20 NW 70 WND 27V34/ 8/548/ 58006 BHO SA 1755 220 SCT 55 058/10/-8/3210G16/970/ SC OFFSHR NE-ESE AC WNW-N-ENE CI LYR E-SSW WND 27V36/ 8/538/ 58023 10010 21002 THE DATA RECORDED FOR WEDNESDAY JANUARY 22 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 14 MIN: 02 ASOS MAX: 14 ASOS MIN: 02 MEAN: 08 [ -17 ] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 33/17/25/ TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR JANUARY TO DATE: - 85 degrees JANUARY IS AVERAGING 4.1 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN TEMPERATURE PRECIPITATION FOR 01/22 UPDATED AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.00 INS. TOTAL FOR ASOS............0.00 INS. TOTAL FOR JANUARY ....... 2.70 INS.(STD GAUGE) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-0.73 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR JANUARY....2.49 INS. TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.... 0.0 INS. JANUARY SNOWFALL TO DATE..11.1 INS. SEASONAL SNOWFALL........ 42.4 INS. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002...53.41 INS. DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL.....+2.34 INS. WIND DATA FOR TUESDAY JANUARY 22, 2003 PEAK GUST ASOS: 45 MPH W PEAK GUST AERO: 52 MPH W AT PEAK GUST 420C: 54 MPH W AT JAN. 2003 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL /SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST/Aero Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significant TSTM = thunderstorm day ... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE 1/1 40/33/37/+10/0.60/T//000/00/ 48 NE Aero 51 MPH NE 1/2 34/20/27/0/0.13/0.3/050/09/ 55 NE Aero 56 MPH NE 1/3 35/23/29/+2/0.75/2.0/000/00 44 NE Aero 44 MPH NE 1/4 35/24/30/+3/0.83/3.6/000/00 52 NE Aero 54 MPH NE 1/5 31/20/26/-1/0.01/0.2/431/78 18 WNW 1/6 27/23/25/-1/0.12/1.6/000/00 18 NNW 1/7 26/15/21/-5/0.03/0.6/089/16 28 NNW 1/8 35/15/25/-1/0.08/1.3/061/11 30 W 1/9 37/30/34/+8/0.08/0.7/290/52 30 SSW 1/10 36/19/28/+2/0.03/0/324/58 32 WNW 1/11 26/17/22/-4/0/0/375/67 42 WSW Aero 43 MPH WSW 1/12 31/20/26/0/0/0/499/89 43 W Aero 45 MPH WNW 1/13 34/19/27/+1/T/T/388/69 45 WSW Aero 45 MPH WSW 1/14 23/11/17/-9/0/0/564/100 38 W 1/15 23/9/16/-10/0/0/503/89 24 WNW 1/16 25/13/19/-7/0/0/.../.. 31 W 1/17 28/7/18/-8/0.04/0.7/.../.. 28 NW 1/18 16/-3/7/-19/0/0/.../.. 27 NW 1/19 22/10/16/-9/0/0/.../.. 25 W 1/20 27/11/19/-6/T/0.1/.../.. 47 W 1/21 17/5/11/-14/0/0/.../.. 50 W Aerovane 53 MPH W 1/22 14/2/8/-17/0/0/.../.. 52 W Aerovane 54 MPH W THE DAILY EXTREMES...... RECORDS FOR JANUARY 23 HIGH 62 IN 1906 LOW -10 IN 1976 PRECIP 2.40 INS. IN 1935 SNOWFALL 14.6 INS. IN 1966 PEAK GUST 85 MPH S IN 1992 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 24 HIGH 60 IN 1967 LOW -12 IN 1907 PRECIP 2.04 INS. IN 1998 SNOWFALL 11.3 INS. IN 1935 PEAK GUST 82 MPH S IN 1996 e = estimated today's report by: Robert Skilling