BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARYTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2008ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME RECORD DAILY PRECIPITATION YESTERDAYTotal precipitation for the day yesterday was 2.80 inchessurpassing the previous record of 1.90 inches for the dateset in 1966. This is also one of the greatest calendar day
rainfall totals for any day in February.   The total precipitation for the February 12-13 event was3.07 inches with periods of very heavy rain occurringyesterday afternoon. The 4:00 - 5:00 PM EDT hour yesterdaybrought 0.88 inches of rain.  Nothing remains of the 3.0inches of snow that fell late on 2/12 and early 2/13 aftertemperatures reached a high of 53 degrees yesterday afternoon. Today's observations: 7 A.M.Weather: Scattered altocumulusTemperature: 27F, Dew point: 20F, Wind: WNW at 11G22 ktsWind: Peak gust past hour 34 kts NW at 5:56 A.M.Sea-level pressure: 29.77 inches Hg, rising rapidlyVisibility: 20 miles6-hour min temp: 27F24-hour precipitation: 2.54 in.BHO SA 1155 110 SCT 20 080/27/20/3011G22/977/FEW ACSL N-NE AND SE-S PRESRR PK WND 3134/1056/8/040 53041 MANUAL 70254 ASOS 7//// 10034 20027 10 A.M.Weather: Scattered altocumulus, thin broken cirrusTemperature: 29F, Dew point: 15F, Wind: WNW at 19G29 ktsWind: Peak gust past hour 33 kts WNW at 9:41 A.M.Wind: Variable in direction WSW to NSea-level pressure: 29.87 inches Hg, risingVisibility: 40 miles BHO SA 1455 110 SCT 220 –BKN 40 115/29/15/3019G29/987/PK WND 3033/41 WND 25V01/ 8/031 53035 1 P.M.Weather: Clear, few distant cirrus all quadrantsTemperature: 33F, Dew point: 16F, Wind: WNW at 17G25 ktsWind: Peak gust past hour 26 kts WNW at 12:17 P.M.Wind: Variable in direction WSW to NNWSea-level pressure: 29.83 inches Hg, risingVisibility: 50 miles  BHO SA 1755 CLR 50 102/33/16/3017G25/983/ FEW DSNT CI ALQDSPK WND 2926/17 WND 24V34/ 8/001 51013 10033 20026  WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)MAX.....53    NORMAL.....36MIN.....22    NORMAL.....20MEAN....38    NORMAL.....28DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL..........+10TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..........+68 [+5.0 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYSTOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY............27  DEPARTURE......-10TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........428  DEPARTURE......-71TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........3665  DEPARTURE.....-370TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE....3517  DIFFERENCE....+148  PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............52 S   AT 12:14 P.M.                     AEROVANE.............54 S   AT 12:14 P.M.                      ASOS.................N/A **                   DAVIS................48 S   AT 12:15 P.M.      FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............35 S   AT 12:30 P.M. * MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........N/A **MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........32 SSE AT 12:32 P.M.   AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION......  15.7 SSE                   ASOS.................N/A **                   DAVIS................14.7  [SE deg]    * Last of several occurrences** ASOS WIND DATA ERROR ON 2/13/08 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....2.54  DEPARTURE......+2.40                           ASOS..............N/A #TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........6.37  DEPARTURE......+4.48                         ASOS..............N/A # TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........10.24 DEPARTURE......+3.57                         ASOS..............N/A # # ASOS PRECIPITATION DATA ERROR ON 2/13/08 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0  DEPARTURE.....-0.6TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................7.4  DEPARTURE.....-0.9TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............51.5  DEPARTURE....+13.8  PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2008 CALENDAR DAY DATADATA REPORTED:DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUSTAERO: Aerovane recording wind system when significantTSTM: Thunderstorm day....: Data not yet available, records not finalized 2/1  53/26/40/+14/1.16/0.1/000/00  54 SSE  Aero 59 MPH SSE TSTM2/2  51/34/43/+17/T/0/391/65       52 SW   Aero 52 MPH SW2/3  45/33/39/+13/0/0/381/63       21 SW2/4  38/29/34/+8/0/0/006/01        18 SE 2/5  45/33/39/+12/0.42/0/000/00    36 SE   Aero 37 MPH SE 2/6  46/34/40/+13/0.88/0/000/00    36 NE   Aero 33 MPH NE  TSTM2/7  34/26/30/+3/0.59/1.9/000/00   40 NE   Aero 40 MPH NE  TSTM2/8  28/24/26/-1/0.08/0.5/000/00   21 W2/9  36/21/29/+2/0.09/1.0/118/19   30 ESE2/10 40/11/26/-1/0.08/0.9/090/11   56 W    Aero 61 MPH W 2/11 22/7/15/-12/0/0/612/98        56 W    Aero 60 MPH W2/12 26/9/18/-10/0.27/2.0/.../..   25 W 2/13 53/22/38/+10/2.80/1.0/000/00  52 S 2/14 morning low temp. 27F; normal low is now 20F NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 2008: 2/13 - New record daily precipitation 2.80 inches;surpasses previous record of 1.90 inches in 1966 DAILY EXTREMESTemperature and precipitation records back to 1885, andwind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 14HIGH 56F IN 1949LOW -8F IN 1979PRECIP 2.09 INCHES IN 2007SNOWFALL 11.0 INCHES IN 1914PEAK GUST 83 MPH SSW IN 2000 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 15HIGH 60F IN 1954LOW -18F IN 1943PRECIP 1.28 INCHES IN 1950SNOWFALL 11.2 INCHES IN 1940PEAK GUST 94e MPH WNW IN 1946 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Stephanie Radner