BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY  MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2015    ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME RELENTLESS SNOW FALLS HEAVILY FROM EARLY MORNING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. NEW STORM TOTAL OF 22.6 INCHES BY 1:00 PM EST OBSERVATION. RECORDS BROKEN ONCE MORE. Snow which fell nearly continuously yesterday,  continued overnight, becoming heavy by 8:00 AM EST. Steady winds have drifted snow on the summit, which had an apparent average snow depth of 37 inches by the 1:00 PM EST observation, though many areas have drifted much higher. With storm after storm pounding the area, Blue Hill Observatory has unofficially broken a record through today's 1:00 PM snowfall measurement for the snowiest January and February on record. With January's total of 42.9 inches and February's of 42.6, as of 1:00 PM with moderate to heavy snow still falling and plenty of days left in the month, 85.5 inches of snow beats out the previous record of 77.9 inches set in 1948. BHO Snowiest January-February, inches (1886-2014) 1) 77.9 in 1948 2) 70.2 in 2005 3) 68.7 in 1904 4) 67.5 in 1920 5) 66.9 in 1994 Additionally, with 42.6 inches of snow so far for February, we have moved into 4th place with more snow on the way. This total is still 22.8 inches away from the all time snowiest month on record at Blue Hill, of February 1969.  BHO Snowiest Februarys, inches (1885-2014) 1) 65.4 in 1969 2) 51.3 in 2003 3) 45.2 in 1967 4) 40.4 in 1920 5) 39.7 in 2013 6) 37.0 in 1893 7) 36.0 in 1899 8) 34.7 in 1926    34.7 in 1934 10) 34.4 in 1940 Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Sky obscured, moderate snow, fog, drifting snow Temperature: 17F; Dew Point: 14F; Wind: NNE at 15G25 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.10 ins. Hg, steady, then rising Visibility: 1/4 of a mile, obscured by moderate snow and fog 6-hr max temp: 17F 6-hr min temp: 12F 24-hr precip: 0.93 inches 24 hr snowfall: 9.6 inches  Snow depth: 27 inches  BHO SA 1155 W4 X 1/4SF 193/17/14/0115G25/010/ DRFTG SNW ALQDS NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 9.6 INS/ 8//// 4/032 53008 ASOS 60033 ASOS 70088 MANUAL 70093 10017 20012 10 A.M.  Weather: Sky obscured, moderate snow and fog Temperature: 17F; Dew Point: 14F; Wind: NNE at 13G20 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.12 ins. Hg, rising then falling Visibility: 1/4 of a mile, moderate snow and fog 3-hr prcip: 0.28 3-hr snowfall: 3.2 inches BHO SA 1455 W4 X 1/4SF 201/17/14/0113G20/012/ DRFTG SNW ALQDS NEW SNW PST 3 HRS 3.2 INS/ 8//// 50008 ASOS 60028 MANUAL 60028 1 P.M.  Weather: Sky obscured, heavy snow, fog Temperature: 18F; Dew Point: 16F; Wind: NNE at 12G22 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.11 ins. falling, then rapidly     Visibility: 1/4 of mile, obscured by heavy snow, fog 6 Hr precip: 0.68 in 6 Hr Snowfall: 8.0 in BHO SA 1755 W4 X 1/4S+F 196/18/16/0112G22/011/ DRFTG SNW ALQDS NEW SNW PST 6 HRS 8.0 INS/ 8//// 58005 ASOS 60066 MANUAL 60068 10018 20016 SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2015 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....29   NORMAL.....35 MIN.....11   NORMAL.....18 MEAN....20   NORMAL.....27 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL............................-7 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH...........................-69 [-8.8 DEGREES/DAY]    HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............45  DEPARTURE...........+7 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............379  DEPARTURE..........+68      TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...........3727  DEPARTURE.........-115 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE......3813  DIFFERENCE.........-86 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)  PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY..................30 NNE    AT  1:00 P.M.                       ASOS.......................29 N      AT 11:49 P.M.                    DAVIS......................26 NNE    AT  1:01 P.M. RMY 29 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY....................22 N      AT 11:47 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.................22 N      AT 10:36 P.M.     MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE................19 N      AT 11:50 P.M.       AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION............13.3 N                        ASOS.....................13.7                        DAVIS....................11.6 N [013 degrees]  * last of several occurrences...   PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.93  DEPARTURE.....+0.80                          ASOS..............0.88 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........2.93  DEPARTURE.....+1.85                           ASOS..............2.96   TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........8.10  DEPARTURE.....+2.80                          ASOS..............8.42   SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........9.6  DEPARTURE......+4.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...............34.6  DEPARTURE.....+30.7 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............88.5  DEPARTURE.....+51.5   PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/RMY GUST RMY:  R.M. Young wind gust recording system  TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day) ....: Data not yet available, records not finalized 2/1  28/8/18/-8/0.00/0.0/.../..               29 WNW RMY N/A 2/2  29/8/19/-7/1.53/16.5/000/00              44 NE  RMY 46 2/3  21/0/11/-15/0.00/0.0/.../..              31 NW  RMY N/A             2/4  36/14/25/-1/0.00/0.0/.../..              31 S   RMY 33 2/5  34/4/19/-7/0.15/3.5/.../..               38 NW  RMY 39 2/6  19/-2/9/-17/0.00/0.0/.../..              28 NW  RMY 27     2/7  25/14/20/-7/..../.../.../..              25 WSW RMY N/A 2/8  29/11/20/-7/..../.../000/00              30 NNE RMY 29 2/9 morning low temp: 12F since midnight, normal low is now 18 DAILY RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 2015 -NEW DAILY RECORD SNOWFALL FOR 2 FEBRUARY 2015 SNOWFALL 16.5 INS. surpasses previous record:  5.5 ins. in 1916, 1934 DAILY EXTREMES  Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):                                                                                                  RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 9 HIGH 58F IN 1990 LOW -21F IN 1934 [LOWEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD] PRECIP 2.12 INS. IN 1969 SNOWFALL 13.0 INS. IN 1969 PEAK GUST 89 MPH NE IN 1969 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 10 HIGH 56F IN 1909 LOW -8F IN 1899 PRECIP 1.34 INS. IN 1909 SNOWFALL 12.1 INS. IN 1926 PEAK GUST 64 MPH W IN 2001 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald