BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2007  ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME   FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY AVERAGED 19 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL! RAINFALL TODAY ADDS UP TO OVER ONE HALF INCH THIS MORNING EAST WINDS GUSTING NEAR 40 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING   Yesterday was the 4th consecutive day to have a very large temperature departure on the warm side of normal and by 18 degrees. The past four days have averaged 24 degrees warmer than normal and the month is 19 degrees on the warm side through the first week.    Rainfall has totaled over a half inch by noon today. Early this morning east winds were recorded gusting near  40 MPH between about 4 and 5:30 a.m.   Today's observations:   7 A.M.   Weather: Partial obscurement with fog, low overcast, light drizzle and fog Temperature: 42F, Dew point: 42F, Wind: ESE10G20 kts Peak wind: 29 kts SE at 5:57 A.M. Sea-level pressure: 29.73 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 1 mile variable 1/2 to 11/2 miles 6-hourly rainfall: 0.24 in. 24-hourly rainfall: 0.24 in. 6-hourly min. temp. 38 deg. BHO SA 1155 –X E4 OVC 1VL-F 068/42/42/1110G20/973/ F8 STRA DRFTG OVR SMT VSBY 1/2V11/2 VSBY N-E 1/8 CIG/VSBY DCRSNG RPDLY REUKN PCPN VRY LGT PK WND 1329/1057/ 8/7// 56058 ASOS 60024 MANUAL 6024/ ASOS 70024 MANUAL 70024 10042 20038   10 A.M.    Weather: Obscurement with fog, light rain and fog   Temperature: 47F, Dew point: 47F, Wind: SSW at 08 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.58 inches Hg, falling   Visibility: 1/8 mile 3-hourly rainfall: 0.27 in. BHO SA 1455 W3 X 1/8R-F 017/47/47/2008/958/ VSBY E-SE 1 WND GRDLY VEERING/ 8//// 56051 ASOS 60027 MANUAL 6027/   1 P.M.    Weather: Obscurement with fog, light rain and fog  Temperature: 48F, Dew point: 48F, Wind: SSE at 18 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.42 inches Hg, falling rapidly  Visibility: 1/16 mile  6-hourly rainfall: 0.41 in.   6-hourly max. temp: 48 deg.                      BHO SA 1755 W2 X 1/16R-F 963/48/48/1518/942/ PRESFR/ 8//// 58054 ASOS 60041 MANUAL 6041/ 10048 20042   WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 7    TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....50   NORMAL.....34 MIN.....38   NORMAL.....18   MEAN....44   NORMAL.....26   DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL........+18 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.......+134 (+18.9 DEGREES/DAY)   HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..........21   DEPARTURE......-18 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.........113   DEPARTURE.....-134 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.......2007   DEPARTURE.....-589 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE..2401   DIFFERENCE....-394   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY...........43   W AT  3:50 A.M. *                                  AEROVANE............44   W AT  2:19 A.M.                                          ASOS................38   W AT  3:50 A.M.                                        DAVIS...............43 WSW AT  2:19 A.M.                FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.............31   W AT  2:19 A.M.      MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..........31   W AT  2:20 A.M.          MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.........33   W AT  2:20 A.M.               AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.....13.3   W                    ASOS..............13.3                             DAVIS.............13.8 WSW [250 deg] * last of several occurrences..   PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.24  DEPARTURE......+0.09                          ASOS..............0.24 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........1.32  DEPARTURE......+0.27                          ASOS..............1.32    TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........1.32  DEPARTURE......+0.27                          ASOS..............1.32   SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0   DEPARTURE.....-0.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................0.0   DEPARTURE.....-3.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON...............3.7   DEPARTURE....-13.4   PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2007......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST   AERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significant TSTM: Thunderstorm day ....: Data not yet available   1/1  53/30/42/+15/0.98/0/000/00     38 SE 1/2  43/31/37/+10/0.03/0/505/92     44 W    Aero 47 MPH W   1/3  49/30/40/+13/0/0/435/79        40 S   1/4  53/40/47/+20/0/0/187/34        31 SSW 1/5  61/46/54/+27/0.04/0/000/00     44 S    Aero 44 MPH S 1/6  66/48/57/+31/0.03/0/.../..     48 SSW  Aero 47 MPH SSW 1/7  50/38/44/+18/0/0/.../..        43 W    Aero 44 MPH W   1/8  morning low temp. 38 deg; normal now 18 deg.      morning rainfall thru 7 a.m. 0.24 inch    DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):   RECORDS FOR JANUARY 8 HIGH 59F IN 1930 LOW -8F IN 1968 PRECIP 1.70 INCHES IN 1958,1970 SNOWFALL 12.5 INCHES IN 1996 WIND 77 MPH NNW IN 1958   RECORDS FOR JANUARY 9 HIGH 62F IN 1937 LOW - 9F IN 1968 PRECIP 3.00 INS. IN 1956 SNOWFALL 10.0 INS. IN 1904 PEAK GUST 101e MPH SE IN 1978 [RECORD FOR MONTH]   TODAY'S REPORT By: Robert Skilling