BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2004 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME Today's Observations 7 A.M. Scattered stratocumulus. Clear southwest through west. Temperature: 13F Dew point: 1F Wind: WNW at 24 kt gusting to 39 kt Sea level Pressure: 29.97 inches and rising Snow on ground: 1 inch 24-hour precipitation: 0.05 inches Morning low temperature: 13F BHO SA 1155 40 SCT 45 150/13/1/3024G39/997/ CLR SW-W PK WND 4030/13 WIND CHILL -11/ 8/500 4/001 53044 70005 10022 20013 10 A.M. Clear with stratocumulus northeast through east and distant nothwest. Temperature: 14 Dew point: -5 Wind: WNW AT 20 kt gusting to 32 kt Sea level Pressure: 30.07 inches and rising BHO SA 1455 CLR 80 192/14/-5/3020G32/007/ SC ALG/OFFSHR NE-E LONE SC DSNT NW PK WND 4431/05 WIND CHILL -5/ 8/500 51042 OUR WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 07 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....39 NORMAL.....35 HAZEN SHELTER: 38.5 @ 1:38 P.M. MIN.... 24 NORMAL.....19 HAZEN SHELTER: 24.0 @ 11:59 P.M. MEAN....32 NORMAL.....27 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+5 TOTAL DEPARTURE FEBRUARY TO DATE: +19 DEPARTURE FOR THE FEBRUARY TO DATE: +2.7 DEGREES/DAY ASOS MAX/MIN FOR 2/7: 38/24 HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR YESTERDAY.......33 DEPARTURE......-5 TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR FEBRUARY...... 251 DEPARTURE.... -19 TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SEASON....3854 DEPARTURE.....+46 TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR LAST SEASON...3869 DIFFERENCE...-121 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........37 WNW AT 9:13 P.M. AEROVANE.........40 WNW AT 7:42 P.M. ASOS.............36 WNW AT 7:43 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........32 W AT 5:43 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......29 W AT 9:13 P.M. AVERAGE ASOS WIND FOR YESTERDAY ....9.3 MPH PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HR ENDING 7 A.M.....0.05 ASOS..............0.07 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY...........1.71 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR FEBRUARY TO DATE.......0.67 TOTAL ASOS PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY......1.55 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR JANUARY............1.72 DEPARTURE....-3.06 ASOS..............1.40 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR 2004...............3.38 DEPARTURE....-2.30 TOTAL ASOS PRECIPITATION FOR 2004..........2.95 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M......0.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY TO DATE.........2.5 DEPARTURE......-1.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR JANUARY ................8.5 DEPARTURE......-7.1 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............41.2 DEPARTURE......+8.6 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY, 2004......CALENDAR DAY DATA FEBRUARY 2004 DAILY DATA... DATA REPORTED: DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day ....: Data not yet available 2/1 31/9/20/-6/0/0/599/100 33 NW Aerovane 38 MPH NW 2/2 37/18/28/+2/0/0/578/96 21 NNW 2/3 42/25/34/+8/0.51/0.2/000/00 47 SSE Aerovane 49 MPH SSE 2/4 42/24/33/+7/T/0/564/93 46 W Aerovane 47 MPH W 2/5 34/21/28/+1/0/0/.../.. 33 WNW 2/6 33/24/29/+2/.../../.../.. 28 SSE 2/7 39/24/32/+5/.../../.../.. 37 WNW 2/8 MORNING LOW 12 NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2004 TO DATE: NONE RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 8 HIGH 60F IN 1933 LOW -9F IN 1934 PRECIP 2.50 INCHES IN 1945 SNOWFALL 11.0 INCHES IN 1891 PEAK GUST 63e MPH NE IN 1945 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 9 HIGH 58F IN 1990 LOW -21F IN 1934* PRECIP 2.12 INCHES IN 1969 SNOWFAL 13.0 INCHES IN 1969 PEAK GUST 89 MPH NE IN 1969 *ALL-TIME LOW TEMPERATURE TODAY'S REPORT BY: Andrew Hoell