BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2008 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME   ABNORMALLY MILD WEATHER CONTINUES FOR EARLY FEBRUARY   Temperatures are off to a very mild start for the month with the first three days averaging 14 degrees warmer than the 30-year normal.   Today's observations:   7 A.M. Weather: Overcast middle and high clouds, altocumulus, altostratus, and dense cirrus, break in overcast distant ESE-S  Temperature: 31F, Dew point: 23F, Wind: N at 08 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.34 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 20 miles, thin fog below inversion, hazy 6-hour min temp: 29F BHO SA 1155 120 SCT E180 BKN E200 OVC 20 275/31/23/3508/034/ BINOVC DSNT ESE-S DENS CI FEW SML THN SPTS IOVC THN F BLO INVSN ALQDS/ 8/072 51004 10032 20029   10 A.M. Weather: Overcast altocumulus clouds, small break in overcast and few thin spots in overcast Temperature: 36F, Dew point: 23F, Wind: N at 04 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.37 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 15 miles, hazy BHO SA 1455 E110 BKN 150 OVC 15 285/36/23/3604/037/ HIER CI CLDS VSB SSE-S SML BINOVC WNW HAZY VSBY 30 ABV INVSN WNW WND LGT/ 8/071 50010   1 P.M. Weather: Overcast altocumulus clouds  Temperature: 37F, Dew point: 23F, Wind: S at 03 kts Wind: estimated due low wind Sea-level pressure: 30.36 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 25 miles, hazy 6-hour max. temp. 38F BHO SA 1755 E90 OVC 25 281/37/23/E1903/036/ FEW BRGHT SPTS IOVC HAZY WND LGT/ 8/07/ 58004 10038 20031   WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....45    NORMAL.....34 MIN.....33    NORMAL.....18 MEAN....39    NORMAL.....26 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL..........+13 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..........+44 [+14.5 DEGREES/DAY]   HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY............26  DEPARTURE......-13 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH............73  DEPARTURE......-44 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........3310  DEPARTURE.....-343 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE....3053  DIFFERENCE....+257    PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............21 SW  AT 1:01 P.M.                     AEROVANE.............20 SW  AT 1:01 P.M.                     ASOS.................20 SW  AT 1:01 P.M.                     DAVIS................20 SSW AT 1:19 P.M.  FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............13 WSW AT 1:21 P.M.  MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........14 WSW AT 1:14 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........15 WSW AT 1:15 P.M.  AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...... 7.9 W                      ASOS............... 8.1                     DAVIS.............. 8.2 W [270 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.....+0.71                          ASOS..............1.20  TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........5.03  DEPARTURE.....-0.20                          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.....-1.7 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............44.2  DEPARTURE....+13.0   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/-2/0/0/275/47        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/0/344/58        23 SE 1/30  47/28/38/+12/0.04/0/143/24    53 WSW 1/31  34/21/28/+2/0/0/525/88        28 WSW  Aero 25 MPH WSW   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  2/2   51/34/43/+17/T/0/.../.. *     52 SW   Aero 52 MPH SW 2/3   45/33/39/+13/0/0/.../..       21 SW   2/4   morning low temp. 29F; our normal low temp. is still 18F   * corrected to add trace of rain on 2/2.   DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):   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   RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 5 HIGH 65F IN 1991 LOW -14F IN 1918 PRECIP 1.55 INS. IN 2001 SNOWFALL 16.0 INS. IN 1907 PEAK GUST 67 MPH WNW IN 1969   TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Robert Skilling