BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2005 FEBRUARY CONTINUES WITH MUCH ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES... AVERAGING 7.6 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL FOR FIRST 8 DAYS Temperatures reached the high 40's early this afternoon despite very little sunshine, and this makes today another much warmer than normal day for early February. As of 1 p.m. a high of 48 and low of 36 gives us a mean of 42, or 15 degrees above normal. This will make the month 8.3 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 2/9/2005 WED 7 a.m. broken clouds with 20 miles visibility and thin fog and haze; temp. 38; dewpoint 35; wind wnw at 13 mph; six hourly min. temp. 36 deg; snow on ground 10 inches.. BHO SA 1155 E60 BKN 250 BKN 20 140/38/35/2911/994/ THN FH ALQDS/ 8/501 4/010 53003 10038 20036 10 a.m. overcast with 25 miles visibility and hazy; temp. 44; dewpoint 35; wind nw at 09 mph BHO SA 1455 E70 BKN 90 OVC 25 143/44/35/3108/995/ HIER CS CLDS VSB FEW THN SPTS IOVC BINOVC DSNT E-SE HAZY/ 8/077 50003 1 p.m. overcast with breaks and hazy with visibility 30 miles but 40 miles to the west-northwest; temp. 47; dewpoint 36; wind wnw at 05 mph; max. temp past 6 hours is 48 deg.... BHO SA 1755 43 SCT E80 OVC 30 135/47/36/3004/993/ FEW SML DSNT CU SML BINOVC LGE BINOVC SW VSBY WNW 40 HAZY ALQDS/ 8/87/ 58008 10048 20038 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 08: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....47 NORMAL.....35 MIN.....36 NORMAL.....19 MEAN....42 NORMAL.....27 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......+15 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......+62 (+7.6 DEGREES/DAY) PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.14 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.30 DEPARTURE....-0.89 ASOS..............0.29 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........6.54 DEPARTURE....+0.57 ASOS..............6.07 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0 DEPARTURE.....-0.7 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH............... 0.3 DEPARTURE.... -5.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR MONTH OF JANUARY 44.8 DEPARTURE....+29.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............69.1 DEPARTURE....+34.4 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........24 SSW AT 12:27 A.M. ** AEROVANE.........25 SSW AT 12:27 A.M. ** ASOS.............22 SSW AT 12:16 A.M. DAVIS............24 SSW AT 12:14 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........18 SSW AT 12:39 A.M. ** MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......18 SSW AT 12:39 A.M. DAVIS MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE AVERAGE......20 SW AT 12:16 A.M. OUR AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 12.3 MPH SSW THE ASOS AVERAGE SPEED AND DIRECTION....12.8 MPH SSW [ 200 deg ] THE DAVIS AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR....12.8 MPH SSW [ 210 deg ] ** last of several occurrences... THE PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2005...... CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED HERE ENDING MIDNIGHT: 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 38/18/28/+2/0/0/600/100 13 MPH NNW 2/2 35/20/28/+2/0/0/549/91 23 MPH N 2/3 36/20/28/+2/0.28/0.2/012/02 27 MPH NNE 2/4 33/30/32/+6/0.02/0.1/000/00 33 MPH N 2/5 49/30/40/+13/0/0/605/99 30 MPH N 2/6 41/30/36/+9/0/0/613/100 31 MPH N 2/7 50/29/40/+13/0/0/400/65 22 MPH S 2/8 47/36/42/+15/0/0/012/02 24 MPH SSW 2/9 morning low temp. 36; normal low 19 high temp. thru 1 p.m. is 48 deg. DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): There are no new daily extremes established for this month to date.... RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 09 HIGH 58F IN 1990 LOW -21F IN 1934 [LOWEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD] PRECIP 2.12 INS. IN 1969 SNOWFALL 13.0 INS. IN 1969 PEAK GUST 89 MPH NE IN 1969 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 10 HIGH 56F IN 1909 LOW -08F IN 1899 PRECIP 1.34 INS. IN 1909 SNOWFALL 12.1 INS. IN 1926 PEAK GUST 64 MPH W IN 2001 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling