BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2004 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME RECORD COLD TEMPERATURES POSSIBLE NEXT FEW DAYS..... Some record low temperatures could occur.... However, January 10th appears to be the one day that new extremes may be established for both low maximum and low minimum temperatures. The record low minima are included in the daily extremes below and here are our record low maxima: January 9.....+9 in 1968 January 10....13 in 1886,1912,1960,1982 January 11....+7 in 1893 January 12....+1 in 1886 Today's observations... 1/8/2004 THU 7 a.m. scattered clouds with visibility 50 miles... temp. 9; dewpoint -2; wind west at 18 gusting 28 mph... windchill temp. -9 deg. BHO SA 1155 25 SCT 45 206/9/-2/2816G24/014/ SC FRMG VCNTY STN AND SC LYR NE-E-DSNT SE-SSW PK WND 2930/38/ WINDCHILL -9/ 8/500/ 53016 10013 20009 10 a.m. clear with 60 miles visibility and 70 to the northwest.. temp. 12; dewpoint -3; wind west at 23 gusting 40 mph... windchill temp. -7 deg. BHO SA 1455 CLR 60 221/12/-3/2720G35/018/ FEW CUFRA FRMG VCNTY STN SC OFFSHR NE-SE VSBY NW 70 PK WND 2735/45/ WINDCHILL -7/ 8/800/ 51015 1 p.m. clear with 60 miles visibility and 70 to the northwest... temp. 16; dewpoint -2; wind west-northwest at 27 gusting to 42 mph... windchill temp. -3 deg. BHO SA 1755 CLR 60 202/16/-2/2923G36/013/ FEW CUFRA/CU/SC/SCSL VSBY NW 70 PK WND 2939/22/ WND 26V33 WINDCHILL -3/ 8/800/ 56019 10017 20009 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....20 NORMAL.....34 ASOS.....19 AT 1:26 PM MIN.....12 NORMAL.....18 ASOS.....12 AT 8:07 AM MEAN....16 NORMAL.....26 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......-10 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+32 (+4.4 DEGREES/DAY) HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR YESTERDAY.......49 TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE MONTH......236 TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SEASON....2356 DEPARTURE...-240 TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR LAST SEASON...2640 DIFFERENCE..-284 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........37 W AT 9:48 PM ** AEROVANE.........38 W AT 9:48 PM ** ASOS.............32 W AT 9:48 PM FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........26 W AT 9:47 PM *** MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......26 W AT 9:48 PM AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION... 17/6 MPH W ASOS............ 17.2 ***additional fastest mile at 9:37 MPH @ 26 W PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....TRACE ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........1.15 DEPARTURE....+0.10 ASOS..............0.98 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........1.15 DEPARTURE....SAME AS ABOVE ASOS..............0.98 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....TRACE TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...............1.6 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR DECEMBER................29.7 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............32.1 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY, 2004 CALENDAR DAY 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 1/1 41/30/36/+09/0.00/0.0/461/84/ 35 WNW 1/2 35/28/32/+05/0.08/0.6/000/00/ 18 SSW 1/3 45/33/39/+12/0.15/0.0/000/00/ 21 SSW 1/4 47/32/40/+13/0.28/T /000/00/ 23 WNW 1/5 34/30/32/+05/0.58/0.4/000/00/ 25 ENE 1/6 32/16/24/-2/0.06/0.6/514/93 43 WNW Aerovane 45 MPH WNW 1/7 20/12/16/-10/T/T/.../73 37 W 1/8 morning low 09 deg. DAILY EXTREMES RECORDS FOR JANUARY 08 HIGH 59F IN 1930 LOW -8F IN 1968 PRECIP 1.70 INS. IN 1958,1979 SNOWFALL 12.5 INS. IN 1996 PEAK GUST 77 MPH NNW IN 1958 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 09 HIGH 62F IN 1937 LOW - 9F IN 1968 PRECIP 3.00 INS. IN 1956 SNOWFALL 10.0 INS. IN 1904 PEAK GUST 101e MPH SE IN 1978 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 10 HIGH 54F IN 2000 LOW -1F IN 1945, 1968, 1982 PRECIP 2.16 INS IN 1935 SNOWFALL 6.3 INS IN 1977 WIND 73e SE IN 1977 e = estimated TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling