BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2008  ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME   YESTERDAY'S HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 59 DEGREES WAS NOT A RECORD PEAK GUST TO 69 MPH S SET A NEW RECORD FOR THE DATE TEMPERATURES AVERAGED 18 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL   The high temperature of 59F yesterday was far above the normal maximum of 37F for the date but not close to the record which is in the mid-60's.  Peak wind gusts exceeded 60 MPH from the south during many hours in the morning and the peak of 69 MPH broke a record of 65 MPH set in 1952 for the date. The mild weather has pushed the Feburary mean temperature back up to 5 degrees warmer than normal.   Today's observations:   7 A.M. Weather: Clear, lone patch of stratocumulus SW Temperature: 31F, Dew point: 26F, Wind: SSW at 11 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.75 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 20 miles, hazy 6-hour min temp: 31F 24-hour precipitation: 0.38 inch BHO SA 1155 CLR 20 074/31/26/2011/975/ LONE PTCH SW HZY/ 8/500 ASOS 70049 MANUAL 70038 51024 10034 20031     10 A.M. Weather: Clear, cumulus forming Temperature: 39F, Dew point: 22F, Wind: SSW at 18G33 kts Wind: peak wind 33 kts SSW at 53 past the hour  Sea-level pressure: 29.72 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 45 miles BHO SA 1455 CLR 45 064/39/22/2118G33/972/ CU FRMG ALQDS FEW MDT W-N PK WND 2133/53/ WND 17V24 58010   1 P.M.  Weather: Scattered cumulus/stratocumulus Temperature: 42F, Dew point: 20F, Wind: SSW at 18G28 kts Wind: Peak gust to 31 kts from SSW at 38 past the hour  Wind: variable in direction S-WSW Sea-level pressure: 29.65 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 40 miles, light haze  6-hour max. temp: 43F BHO SA 1755 50 SCT 40 039/42/20/2118G28/965/ SCT V BKN LGT HZ PK WND 2131/38/ WND 17V25/ 8/400 58025 10043 20031   WEATHER SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....59    NORMAL.....37 MIN.....37    NORMAL.....21 MEAN....48    NORMAL.....29 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL..........+19 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..........+94 [+5.0 DEGREES/DAY]   HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY............17  DEPARTURE......-19 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........585  DEPARTURE......-97 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........3822  DEPARTURE.....-397 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE....3733  DIFFERENCE.....+89    PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............69 S AT   8:53 A.M. **                        AEROVANE.............70 S AT   8:53 A.M.                         ASOS.................70 S AT   8:53 A.M.                     DAVIS................60 SSE AT 8:37 A.M. *          FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............49 S   AT 8:53 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........48 S AT   8:53 A.M.   MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........43 S AT  10:49 A.M. *    AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION......27.9 S                      ASOS...............26.4                     DAVIS..............23.3 S [190 deg.] * * Davis malfuctioning ** New record peak gust for date, previous 65 MPH NNW (estimated) in 1952   PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.38  DEPARTURE......+0.24                            ASOS..............0.49 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........6.94  DEPARTURE......+4.35                          ASOS..............N/A #  TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........10.81 DEPARTURE......+3.44                          ASOS..............N/A #   # ASOS PRECIPITATION DATA ERROR ON 2/13/08   MONTHLY AND 2008 ASOS TOTAL NOT AVAILABLE  SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0  DEPARTURE.....-0.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................7.4  DEPARTURE.....-3.6 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............51.5  DEPARTURE....+11.1    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, records not finalized   2/1  53/26/40/+14/1.16/0.1/000/00  54 SSE  Aero 59 MPH SSE TSTM 2/2  51/34/43/+17/T/0/391/65       52 SW   Aero 52 MPH SW 2/3  45/33/39/+13/0/0/381/63 *     21 SW 2/4  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  TSTM 2/7  34/26/30/+3/0.59/1.9/000/00   40 NE   Aero 40 MPH NE  TSTM 2/8  28/24/26/-1/0.08/0.5/000/00   21 W 2/9  36/21/29/+2/0.09/1.0/118/19   30 ESE 2/10 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 W 2/12 26/9/18/-10/0.27/2.0/351/56   25 W  2/13 53/22/38/+10/2.80/1.0/000/00  52 S    Aero 54 MPH S 2/14 36/26/31/+3/0/0/517/82        39 WNW 2/15 46/24/35/+7/0/0/406/64        47 W    Aero 50 MPH W   2/16 29/16/23/-5/0/0/586/92        32 W 2/17 44/18/31/+2/0.02//0/415/65    43 SSE  Aero 43 MPH SSE  2/18 59/37/48/+19/0.55/0/006/01    69 S    Aero 70 MPH S    * A minor 6-minute correction has been made to previously   reported sunshine for 2/3.   2/19 morning low temp. 31F; our normal low is now 21F    NEW DAILY RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 2008:   2/13 - New record daily precipitation 2.80 inches; surpasses previous record of 1.90 inches in 1966   2/18 - New record peak wind gust of 69 MPH S; surpasses 65 MPH (estimated) NNW in 1952   DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):   RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 19 HIGH 66F IN 1981 LOW -5F IN 1923 PRECIP 2.73 INCHES IN 1972 SNOWFALL 12.0 INCHES IN 1893 PEAK GUST 76 MPH ENE IN 1972   RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 20 HIGH 66F IN 1930 LOW -4F IN 1966 PRECIP 1.90 INCHES IN 1934 SNOWFALL 15.0 INCHES IN 1921,1934 PEAK GUST 78 MPH NW IN 1972   TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Robert Skilling