BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017   ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING HIGH TEMPERATURE DAY Yesterday we recorded the warmest February day on record 71F. The previous warmest day was set back in 1985 at 68F. We also  had a record breaking high today of 68F at 1PM EST. The  previous record of 67F was set in 1976. The winds were moderate  and switched from SW to the SE. There was a dense fog covering Great Blue Hill at the 7AM EST observation, obscuring visibility to 1/8 miles. The fog cleared by 10AM EST but visibility remained low for the rest of the day peaking at 40 miles. We had a trace amount of precipitation overnight and early this morning.     Highest February Daily Maximum Temperature, deg F (1885-2017) 1) 71 on 24 Feb 2017  2) 68 on 24 Feb 1985    68 on 25 Feb 2017 (by 1PM EST observation) 4) 67 on 26 Feb 1957    67 on 25 Feb 1976    67 on 23 Feb 2017  7) 66 on 20 Feb 1930    66 on 19 Feb 1981 9) 65 on 18 Feb 1981    65 on 1  Feb 1989      Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Fog  Temperature: 53F; Dew Point: 53F; Wind: SSE at 10 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.85 ins. Hg, falling then rising  Visibility: 1/8 mile 6-hr Max temp: 54F 6-hr Min temp: 53F 24-hr precip: Trace   24-hr snowfall: 0.0 in. BHO SA 1155 W3 X 1/8F 110/53/53/1610/985/ 8//// 55005  MANUAL 700// 10054 20053 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered cirrus, few cumulus E-SW, few stratus fractus S-NE, distant fog NW-SW Temperature: 60F; Dew Point: 56F; Wind: SSE at 13G19 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.81 ins. Hg, rising then falling Visibility: 50 miles BHO SA 1455 E250 SCT 50 096/60/56/1613G19/981/ FEW CU E-SW  FEW STFRA S-NE DSNT FG NW-SW 8/702 58014 MANUAL 600// 1 P.M. Weather: Broken cirrus, broken altocumulus, scattered cumulus Temperature: 67F; Dew Point: 53F; Wind: SSE at 17G24 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.71 ins. Hg, falling then more rapidly  Visibility: 30 miles BHO SA 1755 E250 BNK E44 BNK 35 SCT 30 060/67/53/1617G24/971/ 8/261  58036 10068 20052 SUMMARY FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....71   NORMAL.....39 MIN.....47   NORMAL.....21 MEAN....59   NORMAL.....30 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL........................+29 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.......................+129 [+5.2 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............6   DEPARTURE.........-29 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............768   DEPARTURE........-131 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...........3795   DEPARTURE........-635 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE......3562   DIFFERENCE.......+233 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)  PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY...................41 SSW AT  1:16 P.M.   AERO........................41 SSW AT  1:17 P.M.                     ASOS........................42 SSW AT  1:17 P.M.                    DAVIS.......................45 SW  AT  1:17 P.M. RMY 44 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.....................30 SSW AT  1:17 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..................31 SSW AT  1:18 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.................32 SW  AT  1:18 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.............15.8 SSW                    ASOS......................15.8                    DAVIS.....................14.1 SW [222 deg.] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00  DEPARTURE......-0.16                          ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........3.63  DEPARTURE......+0.21                          ASOS................NA TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........9.13  DEPARTURE......+1.36                          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......+19.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............52.3  DEPARTURE.......+7.2 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  56/34/45/+16/T/0.0/.../..             24 SSW AERO 24 SSW RMY N/A 2/23  67/40/54/+24/0.00/0.0/.../..          36 SSW AERO 35 SSW RMY 37 2/24  71/47/59/+29/0.00/0.0/.../..          41 SSW AERO 41 SSW RMY 44  2/25  Low temp since midnight is 52F; normal low is now 21F 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  2/23/17: NEW DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 67F          PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 62F SET IN 1990 2/24/17: NEW DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71F          PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 68F SET IN 1985 2/24/17: NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 47F PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 43F SET IN 1930, 1985 AND 2000 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 25 HIGH 67F IN 1976 LOW -10F IN 1894 PRECIP 2.40 INCHES IN 1981 SNOWFALL 13.6 INCHES IN 1966 PEAK GUST 76 MPH S IN 2016 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 26 HIGH 67F IN 1957 LOW -7F IN 1928 PRECIP 2.24 INCHES IN 1979 SNOWFALL 11.1 INCHES IN 1933 PEAK GUST 66 MPH W IN 1961 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Kaitlin Geagan