BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, MARCH 03, 2005 BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE SINCE FEBRUARY 18... STRETCH REACHES 14 DAYS OR TWO WEEKS INCLUDING TODAY... One year ago yesterday we established a new record high temperature of 63 degrees for March 2 but this year we're locked in a long spell of colder than normal weather. This season continues to feature long spells of either warmer than normal or colder than normal weather. Our records show that the first 17 days of February were all warmer than normal except for one day, -1 degree on the 11th. Then a look back at January shows a long stretch of 17 days of above normal temperatures going from December 29 through January 14th with the once exception of January the 9th which had a small negative departure of -1 degree. THE OFFICIAL WINTER SEASON DEC. 2004 THRU FEB. 2005....AT BLUE HILL... Mean temp: 28.8 deg. or 0.3 warmer the 30-year average By comparison last winter averaged 26.6 degrees. Precipitation: 16.50 inches or 3.10 inches on the wet side Snowfall: 86.4 inches or a plus 43.9 inches; 203% of normal of 42.5 inches By comparison last winter had a near normal snowfall of 41.2 inches TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 3/3/2005 THU 7 a.m. BHO SA 1155 300 -SCT 75 007/16/1/2718G27/955/ FEW CUFRA OFFSHR DSNT E-SE THN CI AND LWR CI SSW-N PK WND 2730/33/ OCNL DRFTG SNW/ 8/101 4/015 51023 10021 20015 10 a.m. BHO SA 1455 250 -SCT 75 016/21/0/2818G35/958/ CI S-W-NE FEW DENSE CI AND CISL SSW-N PK WND 2735/48/ DRFTG SNW/ 8/002 51008 1 p.m. BHO SA 1755 250 -SCT 300 -OVC 80 022/27/4/2815G27/960/ FEW SC DSNT OFFSHR ENE-ESE LGE BINOVC NE-SE PK WND 2834/1657/ 8/501 53006 10027 20016 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY MARCH 02: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....33 NORMAL.....40 MIN.....20 NORMAL.....24 MEAN....27 NORMAL.....32 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......- 5 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......- 11 [ -5.3 DAILY ] TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR FEBRUARY.......+ 49 [ 1.5 WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY ] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....trace DEPARTURE....-0.15 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.53 DEPARTURE....+0.23 ASOS..............0.46 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........10.87 DEPARTURE....+1.73 ASOS.............10.12 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M........ trace DEPARTURE.....-0.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH............... 3.6 DEPARTURE.... +2.6 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY................25.4 DEPARTURE.... +9.4 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............97.8 DEPARTURE....+51.4 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........44 W AT 3:33 P.M. ** AEROVANE.........45 W AT 9:32 A.M. ASOS.............40 W AT 9:25 A.M. DAVIS............41 W AT 9:32 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......... 30 W AT 3:34 P.M. ** MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......30 W AT 3:34 P.M. DAVIS MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE AVERAGE......32 W AT 9:32 A.M. ** last of several occurrences OUR AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 19.9 MPH W THE ASOS AVERAGE SPEED AND DIRECTION....18.7 MPH W [ 270 deg ] THE DAVIS AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR....20.7 MPH W [ 280 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/+16/0.01/0/099/16 25 MPH W 2/10 38/30/34/+7/0.97/2.9/000/00 32 MPH NNW 2/11 30/21/26/-1/0.05/0.5/451/72 44 MPH WNW Aero 51 MPH WNW 2/12 36/24/30/+2/0/0/182/29 36 MPH W 2/13 37/21/29/+1/0/0/429/68 27 MPH WNW 2/14 38/19/29/+1/0.06/0.1/323/51 38 MPH SE 2/15 48/36/42/+14/0.58/0/293/46 52 MPH SE Aero 53 MPH SE 2/16 52/33/43/+15/0.17/0/160/25 42 MPH S Aero 43 MPH S 2/17 38/26/32/+3/0/0/417/65 30 MPH W Aero 30 MPH W 2/18 33/14/24/-5/0.01/0.2/316/49 37 MPH W 2/19 26/9/18/-11/0/0/576/89 31 MPH WNW Aero 33 MPH WNW 2/20 30/17/24/-5/0/0/598/92 28 MPH W 2/21 31/21/26/-3/0.60/5.2/000/00 32 MPH E 2/22 29/21/25/-5/0.05/0.6/000/00 24 MPH NNW 2/23 34/19/27/-3/0.03/0.4/342/52 30 MPH W 2/24 26/10/18/-12/0.14/2.0/311/47 25 MPH NW 2/25 30/16/23/-8/0.33/4.7/385/58 26 MPH NNW 2/26 34/14/24/-7/0/0/414/62 25 MPH NW 2/27 32/15/24/-7/0/0/663/99 36 MPH W 2/28 33/19/26/-5/0.80/8.5/007/01 46 MPH NNE Aero 46 MPH NNE 3/1 29/23/26/-6/0.53/3.6/000/00 52 MPH NNE Aero 52 MPH NNE 3/2 33/20/27/-5/T/T/.../.. 42 MPH W Aero 45 MPH W 3/3 morning low temp. 15 deg; normal now 24 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): There was ONE NEW DAILY EXTREMES RECORD FOR FEBRUARY and that was 8.5 inches of snowfall on 2/28; old record 7.9 ins. RECORDS FOR MARCH 03 HIGH 64 IN 1991 LOW -01 IN 1950 PRECIP 2.36 INS. IN 1972 SNOWFALL 12.8 INS. 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 INS. IN 1960 SNOWFALL 17.3 INS. IN 1960 PEAK GUST 81e MPH SSW IN 1971 RECORDS FOR MARCH 05 HIGH 64 IN 1979 LOW -02 IN 1948 PRECIP 1.76 INS. IN 2001 SNOWFALL 13.0 INS. IN 1891 PEAK GUST 76e MPH WNW IN 1971 RECORDS FOR MARCH 06 HIGH 66 IN 1894 LOW 03 IN 1948 PRECIP 1.85 INS. IN 2001 SNOWFALL 15.5 INS. IN 2001 PEAK GUST 82 MPH S IN 1959 RECORDS FOR MARCH 07 HIGH 66 IN 1946 LOW -01 IN 1890 PRECIP 2.05 INS. IN 1967 SNOWFALL 11.1 INS. IN 1967 PEAK GUST 66 MPH NE IN 1962 RECORDS FOR MARCH 08 HIGH 63 IN 1942, 1995 LOW 02 IN 1986 PRECIP 1.73 INS. IN 1933 SNOWFALL 8.3 INS. IN 1941 PEAK GUST 68e MPH NE IN 1941 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling