DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPS AND LIGHT WINDS The temperatures remained well above average today with a high of 52F at the 1 P.M. EST observation. The normal high temperature for this day is 38F. Winds coming from the SW decreased throughout the morning and were light by 10 A.M. observation. Visibility also decreased from 70 to 50 with a distant morning fog and afternoon haze. Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Overcast stratus, distant fog all directions Temperature: 37F; Dew Point: 33F; Wind: SW at 11 kts, Sea-level pressure: 30.02 ins. Hg, falling unsteadily Visibility: 70 miles 6-hr Max temp: 37F 6-hr Min temp: 35F 24-hr precip: Trace 24-hr snowfall: 0.0 in. BHO SA 1155 E27 OVC 70 166/37/33/2311/002/ DSNT FG ALQDS/ 8/6// 4/002 57009 10037 20035 10 A.M. Weather: Few stratus all quadrants, scattered cirrus, distant fog all directions Temperature: 41F; Dew Point: 34F; Wind: WSW at 6 kts, Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 30.01 ins. Hg, rising then falling Visibility: 50 miles BHO SA 1455 250 SCT 50 161/41/34/2506/001/ FEW ST ALQDS DSNT FG ALQDS WND LGT/ 8/604 58005 1 P.M. Weather: Few altocumulus SE-S, broken cirrus, distant haze all directions Temperature: 52F; Dew Point: 35F; Wind: SW at 5 kts, Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 29.94 ins. Hg, falling unsteadily Visibility: 50 miles BHO SA 1755 E250 BKN 50 138/52/35/2305/994/ FEW AC SE-S DSNT HZ ALQDS WND LGT/ 8/034 4/002 56023 10052 20037 SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2017 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....44 NORMAL.....38 MIN.....25 NORMAL.....20 MEAN....35 NORMAL.....29 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.........................+6 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH........................+60 [+2.7 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............30 DEPARTURE..........-5 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............731 DEPARTURE.........-62 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...........3758 DEPARTURE........-565 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE......3482 DIFFERENCE.......+276 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY...................24 SSE AT 6:34 P.M. AERO........................22 SSW AT 11:55 P.M. ASOS........................24 SSW AT 11:55 P.M. DAVIS.......................24 SSW AT 11:56 P.M. RMY 24 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.....................18 SSW AT 11:55 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..................18 SSW AT 11:57 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.................18 SSW AT 11:56 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..............8.4 NNW ASOS.......................9.0 DAVIS......................7.3 WSW [239 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..........3.63 DEPARTURE......+0.67 ASOS................NA TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........9.13 DEPARTURE......+1.82 ASOS................NA SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0 DEPARTURE.......-0.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...............31.5 DEPARTURE......+21.1 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............52.3 DEPARTURE.......+8.8 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 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 2/1 40/25/33/+7/0.03/0.4/228/38 43 W AERO 44 W RMY 47 2/2 38/25/32/+6/T/T/265/44 36 WNW AERO 37 WNW RMY 36 2/3 30/19/25/-1/0.00/0.0/351/58 28 WNW AERO 29 WNW RMY 31 2/4 31/15/23/-3/0.00/0.0/590/97 31 WNW AERO 30 WNW RMY N/A 2/5 43/22/33/+7/0.00/0.0/092/15 38 SSW AERO 41 SSW RMY N/A 2/6 37/28/33/+7/0.00/0.0/503/82 41 WNW AERO 41 WNW RMY 43 2/7 37/30/34/+7/0.54/0.7/000/00 32 ENE AERO 31 ENE RMY 32 2/8 49/25/37/+10/T/0.0/136/22 25 W AERO 25 W RMY 31 2/9 35/8/22/-5/1.60/16.9/000/00 54 NNE AERO 53 NNE RMY 54 TSTM 2/10 24/7/16/-11/T/T/623/100 43 WNW AERO 50 WNW RMY 48 2/11 27/15/21/-6/0.14/2.9/000/00 21 SE AERO 20 SE RMY 19 2/12 32/17/25/-2/0.71/5.6/000/00 22 ENE AERO 28 ENE RMY N/A 2/13 32/20/26/-2/0.27/2.2/032/05 48 NW AERO 60 NW RMY 61 2/14 35/16/26/-2/0.00/0.0/.../.. 23 NW AERO 24 NW RMY 24 2/15 40/25/33/+5/0.17/1.2/.../.. 31 SE AERO 33 NW RMY N/A 2/16 33/23/28/0/0.17/1.6/.../.. 38 WNW AERO 38 WNW RMY 40 2/17 38/19/29/+1/0.00/0.0/.../.. 36 WNW AER0 35 WNW RMY 35 2/18 50/24/37/+8/0.00/0.0/.../.. 31 SSW AERO 33 SSW RMY 34 2/19 58/42/50/+21/0.00/0.0/.../.. 32 W AERO 33 W RMY 32 2/20 42/29/36/+7/0.00/0.0/.../.. 25 NW AERO 28 NW RMY 27 2/21 44/25/35/+6/0.00/0.0/.../.. 24 SSE AERO 22 SSW RMY 24 2/22 Low temp since midnight is 35F; normal low is now 20F DAILY RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 2017 2/09/17: NEW DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM SNOWFALL OF 16.9 INS. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 14.0 INS. SET IN 2015 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 22 HIGH 63F IN 1997 LOW -1F IN 1918 PRECIP 1.38 INCHES IN 1900 SNOWFALL 8.0 INCHES IN 1893 PEAK GUST 74 MPH S IN 1974 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 23 HIGH 62F IN 1990 LOW -8F IN 1907 PRECIP 1.48 INCHES IN 1967 SNOWFALL 10.6 INCHES IN 1967 PEAK GUST 73 MPH WNW IN 1974 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Cecilia Borries-Strigle and Kaitlin Geagan