BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY, MARCH 04, 2005 BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE SINCE FEBRUARY 18... STRETCH REACHES 15 DAYS OR TWO WEEKS INCLUDING TODAY... 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.... 3/4/2005 FRI 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 250 -BKN 70 110/14/1/2817G26/985/ FEW SC E PK WND 2826/53/ 8/501 4/015 51017 10016 20012 10 A.M. BHO SA 1455 250 -SCT 80 107/23/1/2621G28/985/ PK WND 2628/47/ 8/001 58003 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY MARCH 03: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....28 NORMAL.....41 MIN.....15 NORMAL.....24 MEAN....22 NORMAL.....32 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......- 10 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......- 21 [ -7.0 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....0.00 DEPARTURE....-0.15 ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.53 DEPARTURE....+0.08 ASOS..............0.46 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........10.87 DEPARTURE....+1.58 ASOS.............10.12 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M........ 0.0 DEPARTURE.....-0.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH............... 3.6 DEPARTURE.... +2.1 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR FEBRUARY................25.4 DEPARTURE.... +9.4 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............97.8 DEPARTURE....+50.9 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........43 W AT 2:23 P.M. AEROVANE.........43 W AT 2:23 P.M. ASOS.............37 W AT 2:24 P.M. DAVIS............40 WNW AT 3:28 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......... 32 W AT 8:35 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......29 W AT 4:49 P.M. DAVIS MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE AVERAGE......32 W AT 8:34 A.M. OUR AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 19.8 MPH W THE ASOS AVERAGE SPEED AND DIRECTION....18.6 MPH W [ 270 deg ] THE DAVIS AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR....20.5 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 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 28/15/22/-10/0/0/.../.. 43 MPH W Aero 43 MPH W 3/4 Morning low 12 degrees... 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 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 TODAY’S REPORT BY: Matt Douglas