BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2017   ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME MILD CONDITIONS CONTINUE  Temperatures remained above freezing overnight, rising to 50F by 1:00PM EST from an overnight low of 34F, and dry conditions continued.  Winds have been light all day and shifted southwesterly shortly before noon.  Yesterday's clear skies turned mostly cloudy today with altocumulus. Hazier conditions brought visibility down to 70 miles during each observation.   Today's Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered altocumulus, broken cirrus Temperature: 38F; Dew Point: 13F; Wind: W at 4 kts, Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 29.88 ins. Hg, rising then steady Visibility: 70 miles 6-hr Max temp: 38F 6-hr Min temp: 34F 24-hr precip: 0.00 in. 24-hr snowfall: 0.0 in. BHO SA 1155 84 SCT E250 BKN 70 117/38/13/2704/988/ WND LGT/ 8/051 4/003 51003 10038 20034 10 A.M. Weather: Broken altocumulus Temperature: 46F; Dew Point: 16F; Wind: NW at 5 kts, Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 29.88 ins. Hg, rising, then falling Visibility: 70 miles, light distant haze BHO SA 1455 E110 BKN 70 118/46/16/3205/988/ LGT DSNT HZ WND LGT/ 8/050 50001 1 P.M. Weather: Broken altocumulus Temperature: 49F; Dew Point: 18F; Wind: WSW at 6 kts, Wind Speed: Light Sea-level pressure: 29.83 ins. Hg, falling, then more quickly Visibility: 70 miles 6-hr Max temp: 50F 6-hr Min temp: 38F BHO SA 1755 E100 BKN 70 101/49/18/2406/983/ WND LGT/ 8/030 58017 10050 20038 SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2017   TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....49   NORMAL.....45 MIN.....29   NORMAL.....28 MEAN....39   NORMAL.....37 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.........................+2 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH........................-78 [-4.1 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY..............26   DEPARTURE..........-2 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.............704   DEPARTURE.........+78 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...........4581   DEPARTURE........-613 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE......4165   DIFFERENCE.......+416 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)  PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY...................31  N  AT 10:15 A.M.                    AERO........................35  N  AT 10:07 A.M.                    ASOS........................35  N  AT 10:07 A.M.                    DAVIS.......................32  N  AT 10:06 A.M. RMY 36 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY.....................22  N  AT 10:08 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE..................23 NNE AT 10:15 A.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE.................22 NNE AT 10:15 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.............12.6 NNW                    ASOS......................12.7                    DAVIS.....................11.2 N [000 deg.] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00  DEPARTURE......-0.19                          ASOS..............0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........2.52  DEPARTURE......-1.00                          ASOS..............2.73 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........11.80  DEPARTURE......-0.14                          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.......-0.4 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH...............10.3  DEPARTURE.......+0.9 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............62.6  DEPARTURE.......+6.2 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/.../..          35 W   AERO 36 W   RMY 37 3/9  49/35/42/+9/0.0/0.0/.../..            53 W   AERO 59 W   RMY 58  3/10 35/20/28/-5/0.27/2.9/.../..           35 WNW AERO 44 WNW RMY 40 3/11 20/7/14/-20/0.02/0.2/.../..           43 W   AERO 47 W   RMY 50 3/12 25/4/15/-19/0.00/0.0/.../..           32 W   AERO 40 WNW RMY N/A 3/13 33/8/21/-13/0.00/0.0/.../..           25 WNW AERO 29 WNW RMY N/A 3/14 38/23/31/-4/2.15/7.3/.../..           60 NE  AERO 62 NE  RMY 62 3/15 27/15/21/-14/0.00/0.0/.../..          36 W   AERO 37 W   RMY N/A 3/16 33/17/25/-10/0.00/0.0/.../..          36 W   AERO 37 W   RMY 38 3/17 40/22/31/-5/0.00/0.0/.../..           25 WNW AERO 24 WNW RMY 27 3/18 36/24/30/-6/0.00/0.0/.../..           26 ENE AERO 24 ENE RMY 26 3/19 35/28/32/-4/0.01/T/.../..             39 N   AERO 37 N   RMY 39 3/20 49/29/39/+2/0.00/0.0/.../..           31 N   AERO 35 N   RMY 36 3/21 Low temp since midnight is 34F; normal low is now 28F 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 DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR MARCH 21 HIGH 81 IN 1921 LOW 2 IN 1885 PRECIP 2.67 INS. IN 1974 SNOWFALL 10.6 INS. IN 1958 PEAK GUST 72 MPH NE IN 1958 RECORDS FOR MARCH 22 HIGH 81 IN 2012 LOW 3 IN 1885 PRECIP 3.48 INS. IN 2001 SNOW 8.7 INS. 1967 WIND 84e MPH E IN 1977 TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Cecilia Borries-Strigle