BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, MARCH 02, 2004 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME TODAY'S DISCUSSION....2 P.M. Now 61.5 at 2:05 p.m.!!!!! SUDDENLY WE'RE INTO RECORD WARMTH.... TIED A RECORD WARM TEMPERATURE FOR MARCH 02 TEMP. REACHES 61 DEGREES ABOUT 1:54 P.M. The sun is out brightly and mostly all blue sky is approaching from the west and northwest--so much for mostly cloudy this afternoon! Today's record high temperature is 61 degrees registered in 1991 and it looks like we're reaching the record for this date. This morning's showers were very light and lasted less than 30 minutes and by early this afternoon the temperature was 60 degrees surpassing the 55 degrees for yesterday and becoming the warmest day of the year to date. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 3/2/2004 TUE 7 a.m. high clouds and 10 mile view thin fog and haze and 40 deg; wind south at 16 mph... BHO SA 1155 E100 BKN 200 OVC 10 184/40/37/1814/007/ THN FH ALQDS GST TO 24 KTS PST HR/ 8/077/ 55024 10040 20037 10 a.m. high overcast with 10 miles view rain showers ended past hour just a trace recorded; temp. 44; wind ssw at 14 mph... BHO SA 1455 100 SCT E150 BKN 200 OVC 10 163/44/41/2012/001/ FEW STFRA SUN DMLY VSB THN FH RE15/ 8/787/ 58021 6000/ 1 p.m. high thin overcast with 20 miles view hazy; temp. 58; dewpoint 45; wind ssw at 16 gusting 24 mph...a trace of rain past six hours.... BHO SA 1755 250 -BKN 300 -OVC 20 118/58/45/2014G21/988/ FEW AC/ACC BINOVC NW-N HAZY/ 8/081/ 58045 6000/ 10058 20040 OUR WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY MARCH 01 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....55 NORMAL.....40 HAZEN SHELTER: 55.1 @ 1:51 P.M. MIN.... 38 NORMAL.....24 HAZEN SHELTER: 38.0 @ 11:59 P.M. MEAN....47 NORMAL.....32 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....15 TOTAL DEPARTURE MARCH TO DATE....+15 ASOS MAX/MIN FOR 3/1 54/38 HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR YESTERDAY.......18 DEPARTURE.....-16 TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR FEBRUARY......1023 DEPARTURE.... -11 TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR THE SEASON....4644 DEPARTURE.....+40 TOTAL HEATING DEGREE DAYS FOR LAST SEASON...4932 DIFFERENCE...-288 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........27 S AT 5:54 P.M. AEROVANE.........28 S AT 5:54 P.M. ASOS.............29 S AT 5:54 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........N/A MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......21 SSE AT 6:30 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED/DIRECTION........11.8 MPH WNW AVERAGE ASOS WIND FOR YESTERDAY ....11.9 MPH PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HR ENDING 7 A.M.....0.00 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY...........1.76 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR FEBRUARY..............-2.30 TOTAL ASOS PRECIPITATION FOR FEBRUARY......1.59 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR 2004...............3.48 DEPARTURE....-5.51 TOTAL ASOS PRECIPITATION FOR 2004..........2.99 SNOWFALL (INCHES) TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M......0.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY.................3.0 DEPARTURE......-9.7 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............41.7 DEPARTURE......-0.5 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/+1/0/0/451/74 33 WNW 2/6 33/24/29/+2/1.08/2.3/000/00 28 SSE 2/7 39/24/32/+5/0.12/T/092/15 37 WNW 2/8 24/12/18/-9/0/0/616/100 59 WNW Aerovane 62 MPH WNW 2/9 41/20/31/+4/0/0/279/45 47 SSW Aerovane 48 MPH SSW 2/10 44/32/38/+11/0/0/546/88 31 WSW 2/11 35/21/28/+1/0/0/618/99 46 W Aerovane 46 MPH W 2/12 35/16/26/-2/0/0/294/47 25 SW 2/13 38/26/32/+4/0/0/535/85 37 W 2/14 40/28/34/+6/0/0/581/92 32 W 2/15 29/9/19/-9/T/T/583/92 39 NW Aerovane 40 MPH NW 2/16 27/8/18/-10/0/0/631/99 20 NNW 2/17 29/11/20/-9/0/0/346/54 21 SE 2/18 29/24/27/-2/0.03/0.5/006/01 35 N Aerovane 37 MPH N 2/19 39/20/30/+1/0/0/632/98 38 NW Aerovane 44 MPH NW 2/20 43/23/33/+4/T/T/428/66 18 WNW 2/21 39/29/34/+5/0.02/T/000/00 27 E Aerovane 30 MPH E 2/22 39/29/34/+4/0/0/000/00 33 WNW Aerovane 37 MPH NW 2/23 42/24/33/+3/0/0/649/99 29 NW Aerovane 34 MPH NW 2/24 35/22/29/-1/0/0/053/08 24 NW 2/25 39/19/29/-2/0/0/662/100 32 NNW Aerovane 34 MPH NNW 2/26 41/22/32/+1/0/0/651/98 27 NW 3/27 44/20/32/+1/0/0/607/91 31 NW 2/28 51/27/39/+8/0/0/630/94 32 WNW 2/29 52/32/42/+11/0/0/352/52 27 W There were no new daily records during February 2004 MARCH 2004 3/1 55/38/47/+15/0/0/.../.. 3/2 61 thru 2 p.m. morning low 37 and trace of rain... RECORDS FOR MARCH 02 HIGH 61 IN 1991 LOW -3 IN 1886 PRE 2.15 INS IN 1983 SNOW 7.1 INS IN 1948 WIND 75 MPH NW IN 1966 RECORDS FOR MARCH 03 HIGH 64 IN 1991 LOW -01 IN 1950 PRECIP 2.36 INCHES IN 1972 SNOWFALL 12.8 INCHES IN 1960 PEAK GUST 78e MPH E IN 1942 RECORDS FOR MARCH 04 HIGH 69 IN 1974 LOW -05 IN 1950 [RECORD LOW FOR MONTH] PRECIP 1.80 INCHES IN 1960 SNOWFALL 17.3 INCHES IN 1960 PEAK GUST 81e MPH SSW IN 1971 RECORDS FOR MARCH 05 HIGH 64 IN 1979 LOW -02 IN 1948 PRECIP 1.76 INCHES IN 2001 SNOWFALL 13.0 INCHES IN 1891 PEAK GUST 76e MPH WNW IN 1971 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling