BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA   DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME   OVERCAST SKY BUT NO PRECIPITATION TODAY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN 30'S (39 MAXIMUM) THROUGH 1 P.M.   The morning low temperature was 32 degrees since midnight and high through early afternoon 39 but that was still 5 degrees above normal. Today will mark the 5th consecutive day with above normal temperatures and the month stands close to 3.5 degrees above normal.      Today's Observations:   7 A.M. Weather: Undercast except broken NNE-S, estimated top 4 hundred ft. Overcast altostratus Temperature: 33F; Dew Point: 33F; Wind: WNW at 5 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.49 ins. Hg, falling then more slowly   Visibility: 1 1/2 miles, except east 2, southeast 5, west 1 mile, 6-hr Max temp: 34F 6-hr Min temp: 32F 24-hr precip: none 24-hr snowfall: none Snow depth: 1 in.(snow cover patchy) BHO SA 1155 E100 OVC 11/2F 987/33/33/3005/949/ UNDERCAST BKN NE-SSW ESTMTD TOP 4 HND VSBY E 2 SSW-N 1 HILL 8 SW CLRLY VSB ABV UNDERCAST WND LGT/ 8/02/ 4/001 56020 10034 20032   10 A.M. Weather: Broken altostratus, broken dense cirrus, break in overcast SW-NW (clear sky band) Temperature: 34F; Dew Point: 33F; Wind: N at 5 kts, Wind: Light Sea-level pressure: 29.42 ins. Hg, falling then more slowly  Visibility: 1 3/4 miles, fog  BHO SA 1455 E150 BKN 200 OVC 13/4F 963/34/33/3605/942/ BINOVC/BND CLR SKY VC XTDNG SW-NW SUN OCNL DMLY VSB VSBY SW-N 1 E 3 SE 5 TOP OF FG/STRA LYR ESTMTD 15 HND W AND 9 HND E THN STRA OCNL DRFTG OVR SMT/ 8/012 56024     1 P.M. Weather: Overcast altocumulus, stratocumulus NNE-S bright spots in overcast, sun occasionally dimly visible  Temperature: 38F; Dew Point: 28F; Wind: WNW at 8 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.38 ins. Hg, falling then more rapidly  Visibility: 15 miles, except 20 miles WNW hazy  6-hr Max temp: 39F 6-hr Min temp: 33F BHO SA 1755 E85 OVC 15 950/38/28/2908/938/ SC NNE-S BRGHT SPTS IOVC SUN OCNL DMLY VSB VSBY WNW 20 HAZY ALQDS/ 8/57/ 58017 10039 20033   SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016    TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....41   NORMAL.....34 MIN.....23   NORMAL.....17 MEAN....32   NORMAL.....25   DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL........................+7 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH......................+102 [+3.4 DEGREES/DAY]   HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............33   DEPARTURE..........-7 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............974   DEPARTURE........-101  TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...........2663   DEPARTURE........-749 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE......3213   DIFFERENCE.......-550   PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY...................29 SSW   AT    1:57 P.M.                                          ASOS........................29 SSW   AT    1:57 P.M.                       DAVIS.......................27 SSW   AT    1:57 P.M. RMY 29 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.....................21 SSW   AT    1:57 P.M.    MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..................22 SSW   AT    2:00 P.M.     MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.................21 SSW   AT    1:58 P.M.     AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..............10.4 S                      ASOS.......................10.5                    DAVIS.......................9.7 SSW [210 Deg.]   PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00  DEPARTURE......-0.13                          ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........3.77  DEPARTURE......-0.17                          ASOS..............3.94 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........3.77  DEPARTURE......-0.17                           ASOS..............3.94   SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0  DEPARTURE.......-0.7 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...............14.3  DEPARTURE.......-1.4 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............15.6  DEPARTURE......-16.1   PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/ AERO/RMY GUST AERO: Aerovane wind recording system 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   1/1   37/29/33/+6/0.00/0.0/005/01           29 W               RMY 29 1/2   37/27/32/+5/0.00/0.0/461/84           31 W               RMY N/A         1/3   41/27/34/+8/0.00/0.0/501/91           28 W               RMY 29 1/4   30/10/20/-6/T/T/000/00                29 NNW             RMY 29 1/5   23/4/14/-12/0.00/0.0/552/100          28 NNW             RMY N/A 1/6   43/17/30/+4/0.00/0.0/553/100          24 SW              RMY 24 1/7   43/25/34/+8/0.00/0.0/521/94           21 SW              RMY N/A 1/8   40/28/34/+8/T/0.0/000/00              28 E   AERO 25 ENE RMY 25 1/9   39/36/38/+12/T/0.0/000/00             21 ENE AERO 20 ENE RMY N/A 1/10  58/38/48/+23/1.55/0.0/000/00          53 SSE AERO 55 SSE RMY 53 1/11  48/21/35/+10/0.00/0.0/559/100         43 W   AERO 45 WSW RMY N/A 1/12  35/19/27/+2/..../.../359/64           30 SE  AERO N/A    RMY N/A 1/13  30/17/24/-1/..../.../551/98           50 W   AERO 58 W   RMY 54 1/14  28/17/23/-2/T/T/389/69                26 W   AERO N/A    RMY 25 1/15  40/23/32/+7/0.00/0.0/102/18           26 ESE AERO 25 ESE RMY 23 1/16  41/32/37/+12/1.03/T/000/00            32 NNW AERO 32 NNW RMY 28 1/17  33/26/30/+5/..../.../.../..           29 WNW AERO 28 WNW RMY N/A 1/18  26/15/21/-4/..../.../487/82           50 W   AERO 50 W   RMY 47 1/19  22/13/18/-7/0.00/0.0/194/34           55 WNW AERO 59 W   RMY 55 1/20  30/15/23/-2/0.00/0.0/.../..           46 WNW AERO 47 WNW RMY 45 1/21  30/15/23/-2/0.00/0.0/.../..           38 WNW AERO 38 NW  RMY 35 1/22  28/14/21/-4/0.00/0.0/.../..           32 NW  AERO 32 NW  RMY N/A 1/23  30/18/24/-1/0.74/7.1/000/00           54 NE  AERO 56 NE  RMY 50 1/24  33/14/24/-1/T/T/.../..                34 N   AERO 37 N   RMY 29 1/25  37/20/29/+4/0/0/.../..                22 NW  AERO 22 NW  RMY N/A 1/26  49/27/38/+13/0/0/.../..               44 SSW AERO 47 SSW RMY 43 1/27  43/27/35/+10/0/0/.../..               38 WNW AERO 40 SSW RMY 37  1/28  41/23/32/+7/0/0/.../..                29 SSW AERO 29 SSW RMY 29    1/29  morning low since midnight 32F; normal low is 17F DAILY RECORDS FOR JANUARY 2016   **1/10/16: NEW DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 58F, BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 54F SET BACK IN 2000**   DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):   RECORDS FOR JANUARY 29 HIGH 66F IN 2002 LOW -11F IN 1888 PRECIP 1.48 INS. IN 1973 SNOWFALL 8.0 INS. IN 1943 PEAK GUST 72 MPH NW IN 1973   RECORDS FOR JANUARY 30 HIGH 60F IN 1914 LOW -8F IN 1948 PRECIP 1.12 INS. IN 1925 SNOWFALL 6.5 INS. IN 1986 PEAK GUST 76 MPH WNW IN 1962   TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Robert Skilling