BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2008  ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME   FEBRUARY PRECIPITATION TOTAL IS OVER 8 INCHES, MOST SINCE THE FEBRUARY RECORD OF OVER 9 INCHES IN 1969   Just 0.8 inches of snow fell last night, with an additional 0.1 inch after 7AM today.  The total precipitation was 0.09 inches, bringing the month of February to 8.17 inches, the most for this month since 1969.  If no significant precipitation occurs tonight or tomorrow, we are on track for having the third wettest February on record, after 1969 (9.32 inches) and 1886 (8.29 inches).   Today's observations:   7 A.M. Weather: Overcast stratus, few lower stratus fractus, light snow flurries Temperature: 17F, Dew point: 14F, Wind: W at 12G20 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.81 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 8 miles 6-hour min temp: 16F  6-hour precipitation: 0.02 ins. 24-hour precipitation: 0.09 inch 24-hour snowfall: 0.8 inch Total snow on ground: 3 ins. BHO SA 1155 E40 OVC 8SW- 096/17/14/2712G20/981/ FEW LWR STFRA THN SPTS IOVC SBUKN TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 0.8 INS/ 8/6// 4/003 53031 MANUAL 6002/ ASOS 60002 MANUAL 70009 ASOS 70007 10022 20016   10 A.M. Weather: Scattered cumulus, broken stratocumulus, thin fog   Temperature: 20F, Dew point: 12F, Wind: W at 15G20 kts  Sea-level pressure: 29.91 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 5 miles 3-hour snowfall: 0.1 in. 3-hour precipitation: trace BHO SA 1455 20 SCT E40 BKN 128/20/12/2815G20/991/ THN F TOTAL NEW SNW 3 HRS 0.1 IN/ 8/800 51032 MANUAL 600X/   1 P.M.  Weather: Broken stratocumulus, cirrostratus Temperature: 24F, Dew point: 12F, Wind: W at 12 kts Wind: variable in direction from SSW-NNW  Sea-level pressure: 29.88 inches Hg, rising Visibility: 50 miles 6-hour max. temp: 26F 6-hour snowfall: 0.1 in. 6-hour precipitation: trace BHO SA 1755 E30 BKN 200 BKN 50 120/24/12/2612/988/ WND 21V33 TOTAL NEW SNW 6 HRS 0.1 IN/ 8/508 50008 MANUAL 6000/ 10026 20017   WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....38    NORMAL.....39 MIN.....22    NORMAL.....23 MEAN....30    NORMAL.....31 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL...........-1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..........+78 [+2.7 DEGREES/DAY]   HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY............35  DEPARTURE.......+1 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........916  DEPARTURE......-84 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........4153  DEPARTURE.....-383 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE....4062  DIFFERENCE.....+91    PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............32 WNW AT 11:59 P.M.                     AEROVANE.............30  W  AT  9:30 P.M.                         ASOS.................30  W  AT  9:30 P.M.                       DAVIS................32  W  AT  9:29 P.M.              FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............25 WNW AT 11:59 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........22 WNW AT  8:30 P.M.       MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........24  W  AT  7:03 P.M.       AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION...... 11.9  W                    ASOS................11.1                       DAVIS...............12.3  W [277 deg]    PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.09   DEPARTURE......-0.06                           ASOS..............0.07 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........8.17   DEPARTURE......+4.26                          ASOS..............N/A #  TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........12.04   DEPARTURE......+3.35                          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..........0.8  DEPARTURE.....+0.3 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...............15.9  DEPARTURE.....+0.4 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............60.0  DEPARTURE....+15.1    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/-1/0.08/0.9/068/11   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  2/19 43/22/33/+4/0.02/0.2/600/93   44 SSW  Aero 46 MPH SSW 2/20 28/18/23/-6/0/0/480/74        36 W 2/21 29/14/22/-7/0/0/650/100       28 W 2/22 29/18/24/-6/0.80/7.5//000/00  28 N    2/23 31/21/26/-4/T/T/013/02        21 NNW 2/24 37/15/26/-4/0/0/639/97        24 WNW 2/25 46/24/35/+4/0/0/602/91        23 W 2/26 40/29/35/+4/0.32/T/000/00     36 E     Aero 37 MPH E 2/27 38/22/30/-1/0.05/0.5/000/00   32 WNW   Aero 30 MPH W   2/28 morning low temp. 16F; our normal low is now 23F   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 28 HIGH 62F IN 1976 LOW -2F IN 1907,1934 PRECIP 1.79 INCHES IN 1958 SNOWFALL 8.5 INCHES IN 2005 PEAK GUST 88e MPH SSW IN 1943   RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 29 HIGH 56F IN 1976 LOW 4F IN 1992 PRECIP 0.64 INCHES IN 1968 SNOWFALL 3.5 INCHES IN 1968 PEAK GUST 60 MPH NE IN 1968   TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Stephanie Radner