BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, MARCH 28, 2005 TODAY'S DISCUSSION..... RAINFALL ABOUT 1/2 INCH THRU EARLY THIS AFTERNOON... Light to occasionally moderate rain has brought close to a half inch by early afternoon with temperatures rising to close to 40 degrees from an early morning low of 32 degrees. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS 3/28/2005 MON 7 a.m. low overcast stratus clouds and visibility 2 miles in light rain and fog; temp. 36; dewpoint 35; wind ene at 17 mph; six hourly min. temp. 32 deg; six hourly precip and 24 hourly precip: 0.10 inch; av snow depth on ground 1 inch... BHO SA 1155 E5 OVC 2RF 167/36/35/0615/002/ 8/7// 4/001 58010 ASOS 60010 MANUAL 6010/ ASOS 70010 MANUAL 70010 10036 20032 10 a.m. obscurement with fog and visibility 1/16 light rain and fog; temp, dewpoint 37; wind northeast at 15 mph; 3-hourly precip: 0.15 inch BHO SA 1455 W3 X 1/16R-F 130/37/37/0513/991/ 8//// 57037 ASOS 60016 MANUAL 6015/ 1 p.m. obscurement with fog; visibility 1/16 mile light rain and fog; temp./ dewpoint 39; wind north at 12 mph; six hourly max. temp. 39; six hourly precipitation 0.37 inch... BHO SA 1755 W2 X 1/16R-F 093/39/39/3510/980/ WND GRDLY BACKING/ 8//// 58037 ASOS 60037 MANUAL 60037 10039 20036 WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY MARCH 27 EASTER SUNDAY: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....52 NORMAL.....48 HAZEN 51.5 @ 2:33 P.M. MIN.....28 NORMAL.....31 HAZEN 27.5 @ 5:20 A.M. MEAN....40 NORMAL.....40 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL...... 0 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......-116 (-4.5 DEGREES/DAY) PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.10 DEPARTURE....-0.06 ASOS..............0.10 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........3.71 DEPARTURE....-0.47 ASOS..............3.45 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........14.05 DEPARTURE....+1.03 ASOS.............13.06 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M........ 0.0 DEPARTURE.....-0.3 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH.............. 25.0 DEPARTURE....+13.8 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON.............119.2 DEPARTURE....+62.6 TOTAL SNOW ON THE GROUND.................... 1 YESTERDAY'S PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........24 SSW AT 2:56 P.M. AEROVANE.........24 SSW AT 2:56 P.M. ASOS.............21 S AT 4:25 P.M. DAVIS............24 S AT 2:12 P.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......... 16 S AT 4:25 P.M. * MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.......17 S AT 5:58 P.M. MAXIMUM 1-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE......19 S AT 4:54 P.M. OUR AVERAGE SPEED AND DIRECTION.....11.0 S ASOS AVERAGE AND DIRECTION..........11.8 S [180 deg.] DAVIS AVERAGE AND DIRECTION.........11.3 S [170 deg.] * last of several occurrences 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/-1/0/0/345/50 42 MPH SSW Aero 44 MPH SSW 3/7 47/33/40/+7/0/0/201/29 45 MPH S Aero 50 MPH SSE 3/8 42/12/27/-7/1.20/5.7/000/00 63 MPH WNW Aero 66 MPH WNW 3/9 21/06/14/-20/0.02/0.3/663/95 54 MPH W Aero 58 MPH W 3/10 29/11/20/-14/0/0/673/96 29 MPH WSW 3/11 32/18/26/-10/0.07/1.0/134/19 29 MPH E 3/12 34/28/31/-4/1.19/8.9/000/00 27 MPH NE 3/13 37/25/31/-4/0.01/0.1/291/41 25 MPH W 3/14 39/21/30/-6/0/0/669/94 31 MPH WNW 3/15 44/24/34/-2/0/0/512/72 30 MPH WNW 3/16 43/26/35/-1/0/0/675/94 29 MPH W 3/17 43/23/33/-4/0/0/606/84 25 MPH WNW 3/18 43/29/36/-1/0/0/506/70 27 MPH WNW 3/19 45/25/35/-2/0/0/697/96 28 MPH WNW Aero 31 MPH WNW 3/20 48/28/38/0/T/0/365/50 27 MPH SSW 3/21 41/33/37/-1/0/0/007/01 21 MPH NNE 3/22 52/29/41/+3/0/0/720/98 29 MPH W 3/23 42/30/36/-2/0.12/1.0/022/03 36 MPH ENE 3/24 37/31/34/-5/0.47/4.4/022/03 40 MPH N Aero 41 MPH NNE 3/25 47/30/39/0/0/0/.../.. 30 MPH W 3/26 40/26/33/-6/0/0/.../.. 22 MPH SSE 3/27 52/28/40/0/0/0/.../.. 24 MPH SSW 3/28 morning min. temp. 31.7 deg @ 12:23 a.m. total precip. thru 7 a.m. 0.10 inch There are NO NEW DAILY RECORDS set for March to date.... DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR MARCH 28 HIGH 86 IN 1998 LOW 07 IN 1923 PRECIP 2.31 INCHES IN 1932 SNOWFALL 3.0 INCHES IN 1932 PEAK GUST 60e MPH NW IN 1944, 60 WSW IN 1991 RECORDS FOR MARCH 29 HIGH 85 IN 1945 LOW -02 IN 1923 PRECIP 2.78 INCHES IN 1984 SNOWFALL 13.5 INCHES IN 1984 PEAK GUST 95 MPH ENE IN 1984 TODAY'S REPORT BY: Robert Skilling