BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, MARCH 7, 2005 A MILD DAY FOR A CHANGE! AN END TO LONG BELOW NORMAL TEMP. STRETCH... BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUED FROM FEBRUARY 18... STRETCH REACHED 17 DAYS THROUGH MARCH 06.... Today will break the long streak of below normal temperatures after a mild early morning low of 33 degrees and early afternoon temps. already into the middle 40's. The month is averaging more than six degrees colder than normal daily. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS.... 3/7/2005 MON 7 A.M. mostly clear with 25 miles visibility and hazy; temp. 34; dewpoint 25; wind sw at 13 mph; six hourly min temp. 33 BHO SA 1155 300 -SCT 25 073/34/25/2311/975/ FEW AC/ACSL DSNT WNW-N AND ENE-SE LWR CS SE-SW HAZY/ 8/048 4/011 51017 10036 20033 10 A.M. overcast with 25 miles visibility and hazy; temp. 42; dewpoint 25; wind ssw at 09 mph... BHO SA 1455 E100 OVC 25 076/42/25/2108/975/ NMRS THN SPTS AND SML BINOVC HAZY/ 8/03/ 50003 1 P.M. overcast with sun visible and 25 miles visibility and hazy; temp. 44; dewpoint 27; wind sse at 17 gusting 29 mph; six hourly max. temp. 44 degrees... BHO SA 1755 80 SCT E140 OVC 25 046/44/27/1615G25/967/ FEW ACSL SUN DMLY VSB WND 12V19/ 8/047 58030 10044 20034 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY MARCH 06: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....40 NORMAL.....42 MIN.....24 NORMAL.....25 MEAN....32 NORMAL.....33 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL......- 1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......- 37 [ -6.4 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....-0.37 ASOS..............0.46 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........10.87 DEPARTURE....+1.13 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.... +0.6 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............97.8 DEPARTURE....+49.4 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........42 SSW AT 3:43 P.M. AEROVANE.........44 SSW AT 3:43 P.M. ASOS.............39 SSW AT 3:44 P.M. DAVIS............41 SW AT 3:41 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......... 30 SSW AT 3:43 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......30 SSW AT 3:44 P.M. DAVIS MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE AVERAGE......30 SSW AT 3:44 P.M. OUR AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 14.7 MPH SW THE ASOS AVERAGE SPEED AND DIRECTION....14.5 MPH SW [ 230 deg ] THE DAVIS AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR....14.4 MPH SW [ 230 deg ] THE PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 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/264/39 42 MPH W Aero 45 MPH W 3/3 28/15/22/-10/0/0/640/94 43 MPH W Aero 43 MPH W 3/4 31/12/22/-11/0/0/561/82 40 MPH W Aero 44 MPH W 3/5 39/18/29/-4/0/0/679/99 29 MPH W 3/6 40/24/32/-1/0/0/.../.. 42 MPH SSW Aero 44 MPH SSW 3/7 early morning low temp. 33 deg... a total of 11 inches of old snow on the ground DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): 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