BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
FRIDAY JANUARY 7, 2005

STORM TOTAL FOR LAST STORM REACHED 7 INCHES....

A total of 1.8 inches of snow fell on Wednesday followed by
5.2 inches yesterday bringing the two day storm total to 7.0
inches. Snow yesterday changed to sleet, freezing rain, and
then rain. There was enough freezing rain yesterday afternoon
that some of the glaze was still around early this morning.
It is estimated that between 1/8-1/4" of glaze accumulated
before changing finally to rain during the late afternoon
hours. Storm total liquid equivalent was 1.02".


TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS...

7 A.M.
BHO SA 1155 35 SCT 250 BKN 35 140/31/29/2617G24/994/ PK WND 2726/28/
TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 1.4 INS/ 8/501 4/004 53044 70048 10033 20031

10 A.M.
BHO SA 1455 35 SCT 250 -BKN 60 184/33/21/2717G37/007/ PK WND 2738/43/
8/501 53044


WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 6:

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....35    NORMAL.....34
MIN.....22    NORMAL.....19
MEAN....29    NORMAL.....26

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 3
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+56  (+9.5 DEGREES/DAY)

WIND DATA [ MPH ]
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........30 NE  AT 6:50 P.M.
                   AEROVANE.........30 NE  AT 6:50 P.M.
                   ASOS.............26 NE  AT 6:45 P.M.
                   DAVIS............26 NE  AT 6:46 P.M.

FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......... 24 NE  AT 6:46 P.M.
FASTEST 2-MIN AVERAGE ASOS..........23 ENE AT 6:45 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..11.1 ENE
                   ASOS...........11.3 ENE / 070 deg.
                   DAVIS.......... 8.0 NNE / 020 deg.

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.48   DEPARTURE....+0.33
                         ASOS..............0.45
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........1.76   DEPARTURE....+0.71
                         ASOS..............1.66
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........1.76   DEPARTURE....+0.71
                         ASOS..............1.66

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M......1.4   DEPARTURE....+0.9
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................7.0   DEPARTURE....+3.1
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............31.0   DEPARTURE....+14.4

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY, 2005......CALENDAR DAY DATA

DAILY DATA REPORTED:
AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant
TSTM: Thunderstorm day
....: Data not yet available

DATE  MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST

1/1   49/32/41/+14/0/0/.../..                        45 MPH W
1/2   39/26/33/+6/0.05/0/.../..                      36 MPH S
1/3   51/39/45/+18/0.26/0/.../..                     40 MPH SSW
1/4   42/36/39/+12/0.41/0/.../..                     25 MPH NNE
1/5   35/22/29/+3/0.89/7.0/.../..

1/6   Morning low 31 degrees...


DAILY EXTREMES

RECORDS FOR JANUARY 07
HIGH 60F IN 1930
LOW -7F IN 1896
PRECIP 1.97 INS. IN 1977
SNOWFALL 16.0 INS. IN 1977
WIND 74 MPH NW IN 1968

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

e = Estimated

TODAY'S REPORT BY: Matt Douglas