BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SATURDAY, MARCH 05, 2005 BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE SINCE FEBRUARY 18... STRETCH REACHES 16 DAYS INCLUDING TODAY... Yesterday's mean temperature averaged some 11 degrees below normal for the date. Total departure for only the first 4 days of March stands at -32, thus we are averaging nearly 8 degrees below normal daily. The long stretch of below normal temperatures looks to continue for several more days with perhaps 1 or 2 days getting near normal early next week. 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.... 3/5/2005 SAT 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 CLR 70 104/19/11/2615/984/ FEW CI DSNT N-NE/ 8/001 4/014 51006 10021 20018 11 A.M. BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 104/31/12/2913G20/984/ FEW SC OFFSHR DSNT E-SE FEW CI DSNT NW-NE WND 22V34/ 8/501 50000 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY MARCH 04: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....31 NORMAL.....41 MIN.....12 NORMAL.....24 MEAN....22 NORMAL.....33 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......- 11 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......- 32 [ -8.0 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....-0.07 ASOS..............0.46 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........10.87 DEPARTURE....+1.43 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.... +1.6 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............97.8 DEPARTURE....+50.4 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........40 W AT 2:01 P.M. AEROVANE.........44 W AT 2:01 P.M. ASOS.............38 W AT 2:01 P.M. DAVIS............39 WNW AT 2:00 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......... 33 W AT 2:02 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......30 W AT 2:01 P.M. DAVIS MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE AVERAGE......30 W AT 2:02 P.M. OUR AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 17.0 MPH W THE ASOS AVERAGE SPEED AND DIRECTION....17.6 MPH W [ 260 deg ] THE DAVIS AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR....17.6 MPH W [ 270 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 31/12/22/-11/0/0/.../.. 40 MPH W Aero 44 MPH W 3/5 Morning low 18 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 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 TODAY’S REPORT BY: Matt Douglas