BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2005 1 p.m. Clouds are thickening early this afternoon; temperatures reached the upper 30's after a morning minimum of 19 degrees. Near normal temperatures over the weekend have done little to reduce the big surplus in temperature for February which is still over 6 degrees warmer than normal. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 2/14/2005 MON 7 a.m. high thin scattered clouds; visibility 30 miles; temp. 22; dewpoint 16; wind ene at 10 mph; six hourly min. temp. 19; snow on ground total 8 inches.. BHO SA 1155 250 -SCT 30 323/22/16/0609/048/ FEW SC DSNT NE-ENE FEW AC/LWR CI INVSN PRSNT LGT HZ/ 8/541 4/008 53009 10022 20019 10 a.m. high thin overcast with multiple high layers; visibility 40 miles; temp. 31; dewpoint 20; wind se at 13 mph BHO SA 1455 220 SCT 250 -BKN 300 -OVC 30 332/31/20/1311/051/ FEW SC DSNT NNE-ENE FEW AC ALQDS PTCHS DENSE CI THN K LYR W-N HAZY WND GRDLY VEERING/ 8/542 51009 1 p.m. high thin overcast with multiple layers high layers; visibility 40 miles; temp. 38; dewpoint 19; wind se at 15 mph; six hourly max. temp. 38 deg. BHO SA 1755 120 SCT 150 SCT 200 SCT 250 -BKN 300 -OVC 40 313/38/20/1413/045/ FEW SC NE-E ADVCNG LWR AC LYR XTDNG S-NW FEW ACSL DENSE CI VSBY WNW 45 LGT HZ ALQDS WND 12V18/ 8/552 57019 10038 20022 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....37 NORMAL.....36 MIN.....21 NORMAL.....20 MEAN....29 NORMAL.....28 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......+ 1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......+87 (+6.5 DEGREES/DAY) PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....trace DEPARTURE....-0.14 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........1.33 DEPARTURE....-0.56 ASOS..............1.29 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........7.57 DEPARTURE....+0.90 ASOS..............7.12 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.........trace DEPARTURE.....-0.6 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH............... 3.7 DEPARTURE.... -4.6 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR MONTH OF JANUARY 44.8 DEPARTURE....+29.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............72.5 DEPARTURE....+34.8 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........27 W AT 5:15 A.M. AEROVANE.........29 WNW AT 5:20 A.M. ASOS.............24 WNW AT 5:20 A.M. DAVIS............27 WNW AT 5:13 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........18 WNW AT 5:14 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......18 WNW AT 1:55 P.M. DAVIS MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE AVERAGE......20 WNW AT 5:13 A.M. OUR AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 11.6 MPH NW THE ASOS AVERAGE SPEED AND DIRECTION....11.9 MPH NW [ 310 deg ] THE DAVIS AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR....12.0 MPH NW [ 310 deg ] 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 50/36/43/+16/0.01/0/.../.. 25 MPH W 2/10 38/30/34/+7/0.97/2.9/.../.. 32 MPH NNW 2/11 30/21/26/-1/0.05/0.5/.../.. 44 MPH WNW Aero 51 MPH WNW 2/12 36/24/30/+2/0/0/... 36 MPH W 2/13 37/21/29/+1/0/0/... 27 MPH WNW 2/14 morning low temp. 19; normal now 20; total snow on ground at 7 a.m. 8 inches 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 14 HIGH 56F IN 1949 LOW -08F IN 1979 PRECIP 1.95 INCHES IN 1940 SNOWFALL 11.0 INCHES IN 1914 PEAK GUST 83 MPH SSW IN 2000 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 15 HIGH 60F IN 1954 LOW -18F IN 1943 PRECIP 1.28 INCHES IN 1950 SNOWFALL 11.2 INCHES IN 1940 PEAK GUST 94e MPH WNW IN 1946 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling