BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME MOSTLY CLOUDY, GUSTY, AND SEASONABLE DAY Temperatures remained seasonable today with a high of 53F, 53F is also the normal temperature for today. Strong gust coming from the south west reached a peak of 37 kts (43 MPH) by 1:00PM. Skies were mostly cloudy or overcast altocumulus with scattered cumulus during today's observations. Yesterday's rainstorm which included thunder totaled 1.27 inches of precipitation. PRELIMINARY STATS FOR MARCH 2017 TEMPERATURE, Deg. F Avg. Max. 39.8 [-4.5] Avg. Min. 23.4 [-3.2] Mean 31.6 [-3.9] 24-hour corrected mean: 31.6 Max. for month: 61F on 1st Min. for month: 4F on 12th HEATING DEGREE DAYS Total heating units: 1025 [+109] Total for the season: 4902 [-582] Total for last season: 4419 PRECIPITATION, Inches Total: 4.84 [-0.74] Greatest in 24 hrs: 2.15 on the 14th SNOWFALL, Inches Total: 11.4 [-1.3] Greatest in 24 hrs: 7.3 in. on 14th WIND, mph Avg. uncorrected wind speed: 14.3 Avg. corrected wind speed: 14.6 Prevailing wind direction: W at 18% Peak gust and direction: 60 NE on 14th SUNSHINE: Campbell-Stokes card minutes: 11,490 minutes of possible 21,516 or 53% Astronomical total minutes: 11,899 minutes of possible 22,264 or 53% March 2017's average temperature measured 31.6F which was colder than each of the last three winter months. March has been colder than February of the same year three times in the past, and colder than all three preceding winter months only once before in 1936-1937. BHO Lowest Mar-Feb 24-hour Mean Temperature Difference, deg F (1885-2017): 1) -5.4 in 1984 2) -3.1 in 1960 3) -2.2 in 2017 4) -0.3 in 1937 5) +0.8 in 1890 +0.8 in 1997 7) +0.9 in 1939 8) +1.2 in 1954 Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered cumulus, broken altocumulus Temperature: 45F; Dew Point: 42F; Wind: S at 17G26 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.28 ins. Hg, steady then rising Visibility: 45 miles 6-hr Max temp: 48F 6-hr Min temp: 43F 24-hr precip: 1.27 24-hr snowfall: 0.0 in. BHO SA 1155 64 SCT E120 BKN 45 915/45/42/1817G26/928/ DSNT FG ALQDS PK WND 1826/52 8/130 53001 MANUAL 70128 ASOS 70133 10048 20043 10 A.M. Weather: Broken stratocumulus Temperature: 51F; Dew Point: 32F; Wind: SW at 19G28 kts, Peak Wind: 37 kts (43 MPH) at 9:37 AM Sea-level pressure: 29.28 ins. Hg, rising then falling Visibility: 70 miles 3-hr precip: 0.0 in. 3-hr snowfall: 0.0 in. BHO SA 1455 E39 BKN 70 914/51/32/2219G28/928/ PK WND 2237/37 58001 1 P.M. Weather: Few cumulus in all directions, broken stratocumulus, broken altocumulus Temperature: 50F; Dew Point: 31F; Wind: SW at 15G26 kts, Peak Wind: 28 kts (32 MPH) at 12:37 PM Sea-level pressure: 29.28 ins. Hg, falling, then rising Visibility: 70 miles 6-hr Max temp: 50F 6-hr Min temp: 31F 6-hr precip: 0.00 in. 6-hr snowfall: 0.0 in. BHO SA 1755 E44 BKN E110 BKN 70 914/50/31/2215G26/928/ FEW CU ALQDS PK WND 2228/37/ 8/143 56000 10053 20045 SUMMARY FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 2017 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....55 NORMAL.....52 MIN.....35 NORMAL.....34 MEAN....45 NORMAL.....43 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.........................+2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.........................-7 [-1.2 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............20 DEPARTURE..........-2 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............145 DEPARTURE..........+7 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...........5047 DEPARTURE........-575 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE......4587 DIFFERENCE.......+460 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY...................35 SSE AT 9:24 P.M. AERO........................37 S AT 9:07 P.M. ASOS........................37 S AT 9:25 P.M. DAVIS.......................33 S AT 9:17 P.M. RMY 37 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.....................29 S AT 9:09 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..................29 S AT 9:18 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.................24 S AT 9:18 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.............14.3 ENE ASOS......................14.6 DAVIS.....................12.4 ESE [107 deg.] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....1.27 DEPARTURE......+1.10 ASOS..............1.33 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........4.26 DEPARTURE......+3.24 ASOS..............4.27 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........18.38 DEPARTURE......+3.36 ASOS...............N/A *** *** ASOS annual total not available due to erroneous readings SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0 DEPARTURE.......-0.2 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................2.7 DEPARTURE.......+1.6 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............66.4 DEPARTURE.......+5.6 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH CALENDAR DAY DATA DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/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 M: Missing data 3/1 61/46/54/+23/0.01/0.0/000/00 41 S AERO 45 S RMY 45 3/2 55/26/41/+10/T/T/509/75 58 W AERO 61 W RMY 59 3/3 36/19/28/-4/T/T/592/87 38 W AERO 44 W RMY N/A 3/4 20/7/14/-18/T/T/622/91 45 NW AERO 48 NW RMY 51 3/5 29/5/17/-15/0.00/0.0/687/100 35 WNW AERO 43 WNW*RMY N/A 3/6 40/11/26/-6/0.00/0.0/641/93 18 WNW AERO 17 NW* RMY N/A 3/7 47/29/38/+5/0.01/0.0/000/00 32 S AERO 35 S RMY 36 3/8 55/43/49/+16/0.05/0.0/320/46 35 W AERO 36 W RMY 37 3/9 49/35/42/+9/0.0/0.0/684/98 53 W AERO 59 W RMY 58 3/10 35/20/28/-5/0.27/2.9/000/00 35 WNW AERO 44 WNW RMY 40 3/11 20/7/14/-20/0.02/0.2/612/87 43 W AERO 47 W RMY 50 3/12 25/4/15/-19/0.00/0.0/679/96 32 W AERO 40 WNW RMY N/A 3/13 33/8/21/-13/0.00/0.0/667/94 25 WNW AERO 29 WNW RMY N/A 3/14 38/23/31/-4/2.15/7.3/000/00 60 NE AERO 62 NE RMY 62 3/15 27/15/21/-14/0.00/0.0/536/75 36 W AERO 37 W RMY N/A 3/16 33/17/25/-10/0.00/0.0/696/97 36 W AERO 37 W RMY 38 3/17 40/22/31/-5/0.00/0.0/577/80 25 WNW AERO 24 WNW RMY 27 3/18 36/24/30/-6/0.00/0.0/557/77 26 ENE AERO 24 ENE RMY 26 3/19 35/28/32/-4/0.01/T/153/21 39 N AERO 37 N RMY 39 3/20 49/29/39/+2/0.00/0.0/686/94 31 N AERO 35 N RMY 36 3/21 52/34/43/+6/0.00/0.0/418/57 28 W AERO 26 W RMY N/A 3/22 38/15/27/-10/T/T/603/82 46 NW AERO 50 NW RMY 51 3/23 36/13/25/-13/0.00/0.0/716/97 36 WNW AERO 35 WNW RMY 38 3/24 44/25/35/-3/0.02/T/000/00 37 S AERO 38 S RMY 39 3/25 44/31/38/0/0.07/0.07/000/00 22 NE AERO 20 NE RMY 21 3/26 42/29/36/-3/0.00/0.0/232/31 25 ENE AERO 23 ENE RMY 25 3/27 43/33/38/-1/0.51/0.0/000/00 22 E AERO 18 E RMY N/A 3/28 40/33/37/-2/0.69/0.0/000/00 16 N AERO 15 N RMY N/A TSTM 3/29 46/33/40/0/0.11/0.0/053/07 37 NW AERO 36 NW RMY 37 TSTM 3/30 50/30/40/0/0.00/0.0/659/87 23 NW AERO 21 NW RMY N/A 3/31 37/32/35/-6/0.92/1.0/000/00 25 E AERO 30 E RMY N/A DAILY RECORDS FOR MARCH 2017 3/11/17: DAILY RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 20F, TIES PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 1885 3/14/17: DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM SNOWFALL OF 7.3 INS, BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 6.7 INS SET IN 1958 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR APRIL CALENDAR DAY DATA DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/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 M: Missing data 4/1 35/31/33/-8/2.21/2.7/000/00 40 ENE AERO 41 ENE RMY 41 4/2 53/30/42/+1/0.00/0.0/.../.. 32 NW AERO 33 NW RMY 34 4/3 60/35/48/+6/0.00/0.0/.../.. 21 W* AERO 20 NW RMY N/A 4/4 42/35/39/-3/0.78/0.0/.../.. 41 ESE AERO 43 ESE RMY 42 4/5 41/35/38/-5/0.00/0.0/000/00 21 NNW AERO 20 NNW RMY N/A 4/6 55/35/45/+2/.../0.0/000/00 35 SSE AERO 37 S RMY 37 4/7 Low temp since midnight is 43F; normal low is now 34F DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR APRIL 7 HIGH 90 IN 2010 LOW 13 IN 1982 PRECIP 1.72 IN. IN 1924 SNOWFALL 4.5 IN. IN 1967, 1996 PEAK GUST 65 MPH WNW IN 1982 RECORDS FOR APRIL 8 HIGH 87 IN 1991 LOW 17 IN 1888 PRECIP 1.78 IN. IN 1956 SNOWFALL 9.3 IN. IN 1956 PEAK GUST 70 MPH S IN 2000 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Kaitlin Ann Geagan