BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY  MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015    ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME SNOW RETURNS, OCEAN EFFECT BRINGS LIGHT SNOW INTO THE AFTERNOON Very light snow showers and flurries began prior to the 7:00 AM EST observation, with only a trace measured at that time with 36 inches of snow on the ground. Light snow flurries turned into steadier snow not long after, with 0.8 inches of new fluffy snow measured by the  10:00 AM EST observation. Snow and poor visibility continued into early afternoon  totaling 1.4 inches through the 1:00 PM EST observation. This additional snow now makes 103.0 inches for the 2014-2015 winter season, now the 9th snowiest on record (list to follow later this week). Below are the list of recent records recently broken by this season's historic snowfall. More information can be found on our website BlueHill.org: BHO Greatest Snowstorms, inches (1885-2015): 1) 38.7 on 24-28 Feb, 1969 2) 30.8 on 26-28 Jan, 2015 3) 30.3 on 3-5 Mar, 1960 4) 30.1 on 6-7 Feb, 1978 5) 30.0 on 31 Mar - 1 Apr, 1997 6) 29.8 on 6-8 Mar, 2013 7) 27.7 on 7-10 Feb, 2015 8) 26.6 on 8-9 Feb, 2013 9) 24.7 on 17-18 Feb, 2003 10) 24.3 on 5-7 Dec, 2003 11) 23.0 on 5-7 Mar, 2001 12) 22.2 on 16-17 Feb, 1958 13) 21.0 on 9-10 Feb, 1969 BHO Greatest February Snowstorms, inches (1885-2015): 1) 38.7 on 24-28 Feb, 1969 2) 30.1 on 6-7 Feb, 1978 3) 27.7 on 7-10 Feb, 2015  4) 26.6 on 8-9 Feb, 2013 5) 24.7 on 17-18 Feb, 2003 6) 22.2 on 16-17 Feb, 1958 7) 21.0 on 9-10 Feb, 1969 BHO Snowiest February, inches (1885-2015): 1) 65.4 in 1969 2) 51.3 in 2003 3) 49.1 in 2015 (through Feb 11 at 1:00 PM EST) 4) 45.2 in 1967 5) 40.4 in 1920 6) 39.7 in 2013 7) 37.0 in 1893 BHO Snowiest January-February, inches (1886-2015): 1) 92.0 in 2015 (through Feb 11 at 1:00 PM EST) 2) 77.9 in 1948 3) 70.2 in 2005 4) 68.7 in 1904 5) 67.5 in 1920 6) 66.9 in 1994 BHO Greatest Snow Depth, inches (1895-2015): 1) 43 in March 1969 2) 42 in January 1948 3) 41 in February 1969 4) 39 in February 1948 5) 38 in February 1920    38 in February 2015 6) 33 in February 1978    33 in January 1996 9) 31 in February 2003    31 in February 2011 11)30 in March 1960    30 in March 1978 Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Light snow showers, overcast nimbostratus Temperature: 18F; Dew Point: 13F; Wind: N at 11G17 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.09 ins. Hg, falling, then rising Visibility: 10 miles, except 8 miles SE, obscured by light snow 6-hr max temp: 23F 6-hr min temp: 17F 24-hr precip: Trace  24 hr snowfall: Trace  Snow depth: 36 inches  BHO SA 1155 E21 OVC 10SW- 190/18/13/3611G17/009/  VSBY SE 8 MI SHWRS ALQDS NEW SNW PST 24 HRS TRACE/  8/6// 4/036 55000 ASOS 70002 10023 20017  10 A.M.  Weather: Light snow, overcast nimbostratus, bright spots overhead Temperature: 18F; Dew Point: 15F; Wind: N at 10G18 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.10 ins. Hg, increasing, then decreasing Visibility: 2 miles, obscured by light snow 3-hr prcip: 0.02 3-hr snowfall: 0.8 BHO SA 1455 E13 OVC 2S- 192/18/15/3610G18/010/  BRGT SPTS OVHD NEW SNW PST 3 HRS 0.8 INS/  8/6// 50002 MANUAL 60002 1 P.M.  Weather: Light snow, overcast nimbostratus Temperature: 18F; Dew Point: 14F; Wind: NNE at 11G21 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.03 ins. falling, then more slowly     Visibility: 3 miles, obscured by light snow 6 Hr precip: 0.03 inches 6 Hr Snowfall: 1.4 inches BHO SA 1755 E25 OVC 3S- 168/18/14/0211G21/003/  PRCP VRY LGT NEW SNW PST 6 HRS 1.4 INS/  8/6// 56024 ASOS 60001 MANUAL 60001 10019 20017 SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....28   NORMAL.....36 MIN.....12   NORMAL.....18 MEAN....20   NORMAL.....27 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL............................-7 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH...........................-87 [-8.9 DEGREES/DAY]    HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............45  DEPARTURE...........+7 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............473  DEPARTURE..........+86      TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...........3821  DEPARTURE..........-97 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE......3898  DIFFERENCE.........-77 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)  PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY..................29 N      AT  6:11 A.M.*                       ASOS.......................29 N      AT 12:02 A.M.                    DAVIS......................26 N      AT 12:02 A.M. RMY 29 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY....................20 N      AT  8:45 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE.................21 N      AT  8:45 A.M.     MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE................18 N      AT  1:57 A.M.       AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION............13.8 N                        ASOS.....................13.0                        DAVIS....................12.1 N [008 degrees]  * last of several occurrences...   PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M...TRACE  DEPARTURE.....-0.14                          ASOS..............0.02*** TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........4.25  DEPARTURE.....+2.90                           ASOS..............9.23***   TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........9.42  DEPARTURE.....+3.85                          ASOS.............14.69***   ***ERRONEOUS ASOS PRECIP GAUGE DATA DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW*** SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M........TRACE  DEPARTURE......-0.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...............47.7  DEPARTURE.....+42.8 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON.............101.6  DEPARTURE.....+63.6   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  19/12/16/-11/..../.../000/00             29 N   RMY 28 2/10 28/12/20/-7/..../.../.../..              29 N   RMY 29 2/11 morning low temp: 17F 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 11 HIGH 60F IN 1981 LOW -10F IN 1899 PRECIP 1.07 INCHES IN 1955 SNOWFALL 9.6 INCHES IN 1933 PEAK GUST 95 MPH S IN 1981 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 12 HIGH 56F IN 1999 LOW -14F IN 1914 PRECIP 4.85 INCHES IN 1886 [RECORD FOR MONTH] SNOWFALL 15.0 INCHES IN 2006 PEAK GUST 70 MPH E IN 1985 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald