BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FT. ABOVE MSL....10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY JANUARY 30 2002 PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT: http://www.bluehill.org/ DAILY DISCUSSION.....1/30/2002 @ 1 P.M. BOTH NEW RECORDS FOR JAN. 29TH.... MAX TEMP. OF 66; old record 58 in 1950 MIN TEMP. OF 44; highest minimum for date; previous 36 in The maximum temp. of 66 was 2nd highest for any January day after the 68 on 1/26/1950. OBSERVATIONS FOR TODAY..... 1/30/2002 WED 7 A.M. BHO SA 1155 W2 X 1/16R-F 139/39/39/0408/994/ 8///// 58001 6014/ 70014 10044 20039 1 P.M. BHO SA 1455 W2 X 1/16F 157/37/37/0110/999/ 8///// 51018 6001/ 7 P.M. BHO SA 1755 W2 X 1/16R-F 170/35/35/0106/003/ PCPN VRY LGT/ 8///// 50013 6002/ 10039 20035 DATA RECORDED FOR TUESDAY JANUARY 29..... TEMPERATURES.... MAX : 66 MIN: 44 // ASOS MAX: 66 ASOS MIN: 44 NORMAL HIGH AND LOW: 34/18 MEAN 55 [+ 29] TOTAL DEP FOR MONTH TO DATE: + 246 degrees JANUARY IS AVERAGING 8.5 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL DAILY.... PRECIPITATION....ON 01/30 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M. . .0.14 IN. ASOS......................0.14 IN. JAN. TOTAL................3.15 IN. (std. gage) DEP FROM NORMAL..........-1.33 IN. JAN. ASOS TOTAL...........3.03 IN. PRECIP. TOTAL YEAR 2002: 3.15 IN. (std. gage ) SNOWFALL.... ON 01/30 AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.... 0.0 INS. JAN. TOTAL...............14.5 INS. SEASONAL TOTAL TO DATE. 24.6 INS. WIND DATA....FOR 01/29... PEAK GUST ASOS: 29 MPH WNW AT 2:27 P.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 30 MPH WNW AT 3:03 P.M. ** PEAK GUST AERO: 30 MPH WNW AT 2:27 P.M. ** SECOND OF TWO OCCURRENCES.... ANUARY 2002 PRELIMINARY DATA.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUNSHINE/ WIND GUST 1/01 32/17/25/-2/0/0/533/97/ 38 W 1/02 36/18/27/0/0/0/545/99/ 31 W 1/03 36/22/29/+2/0/0/435/79/ 30 W 1/04 33/20/27/0/0/0/513/93/ 29 NNW 1/05 39/27/33/+6/0/0/260/47/ 25 W 1/06 46/29/38/+12/0.50/0/022/04/ 45 NE 1/07 39/26/33/+7/0.44/1.5/000/00/ 43 NE 1/08 32/17/25/-1/0.03/0.5/534/96/ 25 SW 1/09 37/25/31/+5/T/T/000/00/ 32 SW 1/10 47/35/41/+15/0/0/240/43/ 37 W 1/11 41/33/37/+11/0.18/T/000/00/ 35 W 1/12 40/31/36/+10/T/T/090/16/ 32 WNW 1/13 38/30/34/+8/1.02/6.0/090/16/ 68 MPH W (Aero 68 MPH W ) 1/14 36/26/31/+5/0/0/350/62/ 51 W (Aero 51 MPH W ) 1/15 36/30/33/+7/0.21/0.3/000/00/ 29 E (ASOS 30 MPH E ) 1/16 36/29/33/+7/0/0/335/59/ 35 WNW 1/17 38/28/33/+7/0.06/1.3/119/21/ 31 WNW 1/18 33/24/29/+3/T/T/188/33/ 32 WNW 1/19 27/20/24/-1/0.25/4.0/000/00/ 22 W 1/2O 35/19/27/+2/0.06/0.8/500/87/ 23 W 1/21 35/25/30/+5/0.21/0.1/000/00/ 33 W 1/22 41/31/35/+10/0/0/486/81/ 40 WNW 1/23 50/31/41/+16/0/0/273/47/ 51 SW (Aero 53 MPH SW ) 1/24 47/38/43/+17/0.05/0/000/00/ 30 NNW 1/25 42/32/37/+11/0/0/538/92/ 45 WNW (Aero 45 WNW ) 1/26 50/33/42/+16/0/0/165/28/ 39 WSW (Maestro 40 WSW ) 1/27 56/39/48/+22/0/0/548/93/ 22 WSW 1/28 53/32/43/+17/0/0/.../../ 24 SW 1/29 66/44/55/+29/0/0/.../../ 30 WNW 1/30 high temp. of 56 early morning... The sunshine total minutes for the month thru 1/27 is 6764 for 44% of possible thru that date.... RECORDS FOR JANUARY 30 HIGH 60 IN 1914 LOW - 8 IN 1948 PRECIP 1.12 INS 1925 SNOWFALL: 6.5 INS. 1986 PEAK GUST 76 MPH WNW IN 1962 RECORDS FOR JANUARY 31 HIGH 58 IN 1913,1947 LOW -12 IN 1920 PRECIP 1.03 INS 1914 SNOWFALL: 8.0 INS. 1943 PEAK GUST 75 MPH NW IN 1974 e = estimated Robert Skilling