BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http:// www.bluehill.org DAILY DISCUSSION... CLEAR, DRY WEATHER TODAY....Cooler air moved in this morning, though temperatures are still running above normal. The February temperature departure is up to +26 through Friday. I've checked the record books here and found that the highest minimum temperature for any winter season (DJF) is 6 degrees in 1936-1937. The lowest temperature so far this season of 15 is far warmer and will easily set a new record if it holds up for the rest of the month. MJI BLUE HILL OBSERVATIONS Look for the hourly observations from the Blue Hill ASOS on the Internet. Our station code is KMQE. One good site is run by the NWS: http://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/KMQE.html The main page for this site is: http://weather.noaa.gov/index.html Today's observations: 7 AM BHO SA 1155 CLR 75 292/24/8/3213/039/ SC DSNT ENE-ESE OFFSHR/ 8/500 51047 10034 20024 10 AM BHO SA 1455 CLR 80 322/28/6/3310/048/ FEW SC DSNT SE/ 8/500 51030 1 PM BHO SA 1755 CLR 80 329/34/5/3305/050/ CI DSNT W WND LGT AND VRB/ 8/001 50007 10035 20024 WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8: PEAK WIND GUST FOR FRIDAY...........29 MPH W AT 11:07 AM AEROVANE.........28 MPH W AT 11:07 AM ASOS.............25 MPH W AT 11:07 AM AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIR........14.9 MPH W ASOS...........15.4 MPH WINDS AT BLUE HILL FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9: PEAK WIND GUST THROUGH 1 PM..........30 MPH NW AT 8:18 AM AEROVANE..........29 MPH NW AT 8:18 AM ASOS..............28 MPH NW AT 8:18 AM TEMPERATURES AT BLUE HILL FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8 MAX.....45 NORMAL.....35 ASOS.....45 AT 3:33 PM MIN.....29 NORMAL.....19 ASOS.....29 AT 6:47 AM MEAN....37 NORMAL.....27 DEP.....+10 DEP FOR MONTH....+26 The month is averaging more than 3 degrees above normal per day. HEATING DEGREE DAYS AT BLUE HILL: HEATING UNITS FOR FRIDAY...............28 DEP......-10 HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH...........282 DEP......-26 HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON.........3055 DEP.....-806 HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON.............n/a DIFF.....n/a PRECIPITATION DATA AT BLUE HILL..... TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 AM....0.00 IN DEP....-0.14 IN ASOS.............0.00 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH.........0.36 IN DEP....-0.83 IN ASOS.............0.32 IN TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........4.01 INS DEP....-1.96 INS ASOS.............3.78 INS SNOWFALL DATA AT BLUE HILL....USING 1971-2000 NORMALS... TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 AM.......0.0 IN DEP....-0.5 IN TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH............0.0 IN DEP....-3.6 INS TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..........25.8 INS DEP....-7.0 INS Note: The new normal seasonal snowfall is down to 56.3 inches from the old 1961-1990 normal of 61.4 inches.... RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 9 HIGH 58 IN 1990 LOW -21 IN 1934 PRE 2.12 INS IN 1969 SNOW 13.0 INS IN 1969 WIND 89 MPH NE IN 1969 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 10 HIGH 56 IN 1909 LOW -8 IN 1899 PRE 1.34 INS IN 1909 SNOW 12.1 INS IN 1926 WIND 64 MPH W IN 2001 Daily wind records are for the period 1940-2001. Temperature and precipitation records are for the full period of record 1885-2001. Mike Iacono