BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2005 Overnight snow and sleet accumulated to 0.3 inch here and the total melted precipitation was 0.30 inch. There was glaze formation during freezing rain as well. Our total snow on the ground continues at 14 inches this morning. Today's observations: 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 W2 X 1/16F 230/32/32/3613/021/ TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 0.3 IN THN GLZ/ 8//// 4/014 53002 MANUAL 6001/ ASOS 70029 MANUAL 70030 10032 20031 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 W3 X 3/4VF 243/32/32/0111G22/025/ STRA DRFTG OVR SMT VSBY 1/2V11/2 VSBY N 1/8 SE-SW 1/ 8//// 51013 1 P.M. BHO SA 1755 E5 OVC 9 231/33/31/3614G22/021/ THN F ALQDS/ 8/6// 58012 10033 20032 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 03: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....36 NORMAL.....34 HAZEN.....36.0 AT 12:37 P.M. MIN.....20 NORMAL.....18 HAZEN ....20.0 AT 4:46 A.M. MEAN....28 NORMAL.....26 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......+2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......+6 (2 DEGREES/DAY) PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.30 DEPARTURE....+0.15 ASOS..............0.29 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.30 DEPARTURE....-0.15 ASOS..............0.29 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........6.54 DEPARTURE....+1.31 ASOS..............6.07* * actual total discounting errors starting 1/23 thru end of month; that amounted to a monthly total of 9.02 ins! SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.3 DEPARTURE.....-0.3 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH............... 0.3 DEPARTURE.... -1.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR MONTH OF JANUARY 44.8 DEPARTURE....+29.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............69.1 DEPARTURE....+37.9 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........27 NNE AT 6:47 P.M. AEROVANE.........25 NNE AT 8:55 P.M. ASOS.............22 NE AT 9:16 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........15 NNE AT 2:17 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......18 NNE AT 2:05 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 12.0 MPH N ASOS.............12.5 MPH DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 04 HIGH 63F IN 1991 LOW -04F IN 1886, 1908 PRECIP 1.80 INS. IN 1926 SNOWFALL 15.0 INS. IN 1961 PEAK GUST 89 MPH SSE IN 1972 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 05 HIGH 65F IN 1991 LOW -14F IN 1918 PRECIP 1.55 INS. IN 2001 SNOWFALL 16.0 INS. IN 1907 PEAK GUST 67 MPH WNW IN 1969 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling