BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2008 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME   Today's observations:   7 A.M. Weather: Overcast with breaks Temperature: 34F, Dew point: 24F, Wind: W at 10 kt Sea-level pressure: 30.21 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 20 miles, hazy 6-hour min temp: 34F BHO SA 1155 30 OVC 20 232/34/24/2610/021/ FEW BINOVC ALQDS HAZY/ 8/4// 53015 10034 20034 10 A.M. Weather: Overcast with breaks Temperature: 37F, Dew point: 23F, Wind: WSW at 9 kt Sea-level pressure: 30.21 inches Hg, steady Visibility: 20 miles, hazy BHO SA 1455 30 OVC 20 233/37/23/2509/021/ FEW BINOVC ALQDS HAZY/ 8/4// 51001   WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....51    NORMAL.....34 MIN.....34    NORMAL.....18 MEAN....43    NORMAL.....26 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL..........+17 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..........+31 [+15.3 DEGREES/DAY]   HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY............22  DEPARTURE......-17 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH............47  DEPARTURE......-31 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........3284  DEPARTURE.....-330  TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE....3014  DIFFERENCE....+270    PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............52 SW  AT 3:18 A.M.                    AEROVANE.............54 SW  AT 3:15 A.M.                    ASOS.................52 WSW AT 3:19 A.M.                    DAVIS................53 SW  AT 3:19 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............43 SW  AT 3:18 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........38 W   AT 3:19 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........26 SW  AT 3:19 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION......20.1 WSW                       ASOS...............19.8                    DAVIS..............19.5 WSW [240 deg]      PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00  DEPARTURE.....-0.15                             ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........1.16  DEPARTURE.....+0.86                          ASOS..............1.20  TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........5.03  DEPARTURE.....-0.05                          ASOS..............5.16   SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0  DEPARTURE.....-0.6 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................0.1  DEPARTURE.....-1.1 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............44.2  DEPARTURE....+13.6    PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 2008 CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: 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   1/1   38/28/33/+6/0.24/1.8/049/09   30 E   1/2   29/7/18/-9/T/T/006/01         43 NW   Aero 43 MPH NW 1/3   11/2/7/-20/0/0/539/98         35 NW 1/4   30/2/16/-11/0/0/242/44        31 SSW 1/5   38/24/31/+4/0/0/287/52        28 SSW 1/6   47/34/41/+15/0/0/133/24       27 SSW 1/7   54/39/47/+21/0/0/188/34       29 S 1/8   65/45/55/+29/0/0/283/51       37 S 1/9   59/42/51/+25/0.01/0/167/30    48 S 1/10  47/35/41/+15/0/0/340/61       35 W 1/11  55/35/45/+19/1.58/T/0/0       46 S    Aero 48 MPH S 1/12  47/32/40/+14/0/0/376/67       28 W 1/13  42/30/36/+10/0/0/455/81       33 ENE 1/14  36/24/30/+4/1.45/10.3/000/00  37 NE   Aero 36 MPH NE 1/15  30/21/26/0/T/T/000/00         25 NW 1/16  30/16/23/-3/0/0/560/99        28 NW 1/17  32/17/25/-1/T/T/165/29        23 ESE  Aero 19 MPH ESE 1/18  44/28/36/+10/0.39/0.2/331/58  41 W    Aero 39 MPH W 1/19  33/24/29/+4/0/0/086/15        25 W 1/20  29/13/21/-4/0/0/367/64        38 WNW  Aero 40 MPH WNW  1/21  21/10/16/-10/0/0/564/98       35 W    Aero 33 MPH W 1/22  37/15/26/+1/0.03/0.1/110/19   52 S    Aero 55 MPH S   1/23  35/23/29/+4/0/0/574/99        31 W 1/24  29/19/24/-2/0/0/203/35        28 NW   Aero 25 MPH NW 1/25  28/11/20/-6/0/0/583/100       36 W    Aero 33 MPH W 1/26  31/17/24/-2/0/0/.../..        23 WSW 1/27  30/21/26/0/0.13/1.2/000/00    47 N    Aero 44 MPH N      1/28  38/19/29/+3/0/0/384/65        40 NW   Aero 39 MPH NNW  1/29  46/22/34/+8/T/0/.../..        23 SE 1/30  47/28/38/+12/0.04/0/.../..    53 WSW 1/31  34/21/28/+2/0/0/.../..        28 WSW  Aero 25 MPH WSW   NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR JANUARY 2008:   1/8 - New record high temperature of 65 deg; the previous record, 59 deg. in 1930 New record high minimum temperature of 45 deg; the previous record, 41 deg. in 1930, 1935, 1967   1/9 - New record high minimum temperature of 42 deg; the previous record, 39 deg. in 1937, 1956.   1/11 - New record rainfall of 1.58 inches; surpasses previous record of 1.14 inches in 1956   1/14 - New record daily snowfall of 10.3 inches; surpasses previous record of 9.0 inches in 1999. New record maximum daily precipitation of 1.45 inches; surpasses 1.35 inches in 2006   PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2008 CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: 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   2/1   53/26/40/+14/1.16/0.1/0/0       54 SSE  Aero 59 MPH SSE TSTM 2/2   51/34/43/+17/0/0/.../..       52 SW   Aero 52 MPH SW   DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):   RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 3 HIGH 58F IN 1991 LOW -7F IN 1955 PRECIP 2.14 INCHES IN 1970 SNOWFALL 7.0 INCHES IN 1913 PEAK GUST 102 MPH S IN 1970 [RECORD FOR MONTH]   RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 4 HIGH 63F IN 1991 LOW -4F IN 1886, 1908 PRECIP 1.80 INCHES IN 1926 SNOWFALL 15.0 INCHES IN 1961 PEAK GUST 89 MPH SSE IN 1972 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Andrew Hoell