BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME   TEMPERATURES ON THE RISE TO THE WARM SIDE OF AVERAGE   An increasing south wind is bringing milder weather today as gusts reach near 35 MPH early this afternoon. An overcast prevailed by afternoon along with temperatures that were rising into the mid-40's. So, after two slightly colder than normal days to begin March, we're beginning a week that is expected to bring milder than average weather.   Today's observations:   7 A.M. Weather: Overcast altocumulus, break NNE-SSE and SSW-WNW with clearing sky from southwest  Temperature: 27F, Dew point: 13F, Wind: SSE at 11 kts  Sea-level pressure: 30.31 inches Hg, steady Visibility: 60 miles 6-hour min temp: 24F  Total snow on ground: 2 inches BHO SA 1155 E95 OVC 60 263/27/13/1611/031/ BINOVC/CLR SKY BND XTDNG NNE-SSE AND SSW-WNW/CLRG/ THN K E-SE AND LYR ALF S/ 8/070 4/002 51001 10027 20024    10 A.M. Weather: Clear, altocumulus cloud layers SW-N   Temperature: 38F, Dew point: 18F, Wind: S at 13G22 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.27 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 45 miles, light haze  BHO SA 1455 CLR 45 249/38/18/1713G22/027/ AC LYRS SW-N ADVCNG LGT HZ/ 8/050 58014   1 P.M.  Weather: Overcast with stratocumulus   Temperature: 40F, Dew point: 24F, Wind: W at S at 16 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.19 inches Hg, falling Visibility: 50 miles 6-hour max. temp: 41F BHO SA 1755 E55 OVC 50 223/40/24/1716/019/ LGT HZ/ 8/5// 58026 10041 20027   WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 2   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....37    NORMAL.....40 MIN.....23    NORMAL.....24 MEAN....30    NORMAL.....32 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL...........-2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH...........-5 [-2.3 DEGREES/DAY]   HEATING DEGREE DAYS TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY............36  DEPARTURE........+2 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH............71  DEPARTURE........+4 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........4319  DEPARTURE......-318 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE....4151  DIFFERENCE.....+168    PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY............40 WNW AT 10:06 A.M.                     AEROVANE.............40 WNW AT 11:05 A.M.                        ASOS.................39 WNW AT 10:06 A.M.                    DAVIS................39 WNW AT  8:26 A.M.      FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..............30 WNW AT 11:08 A.M.  MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...........30 WNW AT 11:08 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..........31 W   AT  8:27 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION......18.8 WNW                     ASOS...............17.5                       DAVIS..............19.1 W [280 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..........0.34   DEPARTURE......+0.04                          ASOS..............0.35  TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........12.38   DEPARTURE......+3.24                          ASOS.............14.64 # # Includes erroneous ASOS precipitation data on 2/13/08.   SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0   DEPARTURE.....-0.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................3.2   DEPARTURE.....+2.2 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............63.3   DEPARTURE....+16.9    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/+13/0/0/374/62 *     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 26/11/19/-12/0.04/0.4/456/68  31 W 2/29 26/5/16/-15/T/T/646/96        22 SSE   * sunshine is corrected by -7 mins. and % correct @ 62%   3/1  37/20/29/-3/0.34/3.2/.../..   38 W     Aero 40 MPH W 3/2  37/23/30/-2/0/0/.../..        40 WNW   3/3  morning low temp. of 24F; our normal low is now 24F   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 MARCH 3 HIGH 64 IN 1991 LOW -1 IN 1950 PRECIP 2.36 INCHES IN 1972 SNOWFALL 12.8 INCHES IN 1960 PEAK GUST 78e MPH E IN 1942   RECORDS FOR MARCH 4 HIGH 69 IN 1974 LOW -5 IN 1950  [RECORD LOW FOR MONTH] PRECIP 1.80 INS. IN 1960 SNOWFALL 17.3 INS. IN 1960 PEAK GUST 81e MPH SSW IN 1971   TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED By: Robert Skilling