BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2020
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME

SOME BREAKS OF SUNSHINE THIS MORNING LEAD TO 
AN OVERCAST AFTERNOON....

Despite traces of snow falling in the greater Boston area
this morning, the observatory did not receive any. Today 
began mostly cloudy, becoming fully overcast by noontime.
Wind is northeasterly, with a max gust so far of 27 mph. 
Pressure has been on a steady decline this morning, while
temperatures have stayed relatively cool. 

Visibility has been gradually improving through the day, starting
at 30 miles early this morning, increasing to 80 miles early this
afternoon. 

Our high temperature so far today is 40F, which is 10 degrees 
lower than our daily normal high temperature of 50F. The low
since midnight is 28F, which is 4 degrees below the daily 
normal low of 32F. 

A note of interest, yesterday and today mark the 23 year
anniversary of the April Fools blizzard on March 31 - April 1,
1997. 15.0" of snow was recorded on each day bringing a storm 
total of 30". The amazing part is that most of that fell in a 
12-hour period! We had very impressive periods of heavy snow 
accompanied by many bouts of thundersnow. At times snowfall 
rates were as high as 4 inches per hour. Remarkable for so 
late in the season!


Today's Observations:

7 A.M.
Weather: Broken stratocumulus, few stratus fractus
Temperature: 33F; Dew Point: 31F; Relative Humidity: 93%
Wind: NNE at 7G16 kts
Sea-level pressure: 29.86 ins. Hg: falling unsteadily
Visibility: 30 miles, distant fog
6-hr Max temp: 33F
6-hr Min temp: 28F
24-hr Precip:  0.00 ins.
24-hr Snowfall: 0.0 ins.
BHO SA 1155 E100 BKN 30 112/33/31/0207G16/986/ DSNT FG FEW 
STFA ALQDS/ 8/720 55013 10033 20028

10 A.M.
Weather: Broken stratocumulus
Temperature: 36F; Dew Point: 26F; Relative Humidity: 67%
Wind: NE at 14G21 kts
Sea-level pressure: 29.84 ins. Hg: falling steadily
Visibility: 70 miles
3-hr Precip:  0.00 ins.
3-hr Snowfall: 0.0 ins.
BHO SA 1455 E30 BKN 70 105/36/26/0414G21/984/ 8/400 58007 

1 P.M.
Weather: Overcast stratocumulus
Temperature: 37F; Dew Point: 29F; Relative Humidity: 73%
Wind: ENE at 10G17 kts 
Sea-level pressure: 29.79 ins. Hg: falling, then more
rapidly
Visibility: 80 miles
6-hr Max temp: 40F
6-hr Min temp: 33F
6-hr Precip:  0.00 ins.
6-hr Snowfall: 0.0 ins.
BHO SA 1755 E30 OVC 80 090/37/29/0610G17/979/ 8/400 56015 
10040 20033


SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 2020 

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....40   NORMAL.....49
MIN.....29   NORMAL.....32
MEAN....35   NORMAL.....41

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL....................-6
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH..................+182 [+5.7 DEGREES/DAY]

HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY...............30  DEPARTURE........+6
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH..............733  DEPARTURE......-183
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON............4873  DEPARTURE......-611
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE.......5404  DEPARTURE......-531

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) 
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY....................28 ENE AT 12:13 A.M.  
                   AERO.........................26 ENE AT 12:13 A.M  
                   ASOS.........................26 NE  AT 12:13 A.M. 
                   DAVIS........................27 NNE AT 12:12 A.M. RMY N/A
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......................18 ENE AT 12:18 A.M. 
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...................17 ENE AT 12:04 A.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..................18 NE  AT 12:14 A.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..............9.6 ENE               
                   ASOS.......................9.6
                   DAVIS......................10.0 NE [055 deg.]

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00  DEPARTURE......-0.18
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........4.67  DEPARTURE......-0.91
                         ASOS..............4.82
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR...........9.33  DEPARTURE......-4.67
                         ASOS..............9.73

SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M..........0.0  DEPARTURE.......-0.3
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH................2.8  DEPARTURE.......-9.9
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON..............27.6  DEPARTURE......-32.1


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

03/01  33/15/24/-7/0.00/0.0/.../..         28 WNW AERO 28 WNW RMY 27
03/02  52/24/38/+7/T/T/.../..              40 S   AERO 39 S   RMY 41
03/03  64/45/55/+23/..../0.0/.../..        30 S   AERO 30 S   RMY N/A
03/04  50/38/44/+12/..../0.0/.../..        56 W   AERO 56 W   RMY 58
03/05  51/32/42/+10/0.00/0.0/.../..        31 W   AERO 31 NW  RMY 32
03/06  47/30/39/+7/..../.../.../..         46 NE  AERO 45 NE  RMY 46
03/07  43/26/35/+2/..../.../.../..         42 N   AERO 43 N   RMY 44
03/08  53/26/40/+7/0.00/0.0/.../..         31 W   AERO 30 W   RMY 28
03/09  72/40/56/+23/0.00/0.0/.../..        32 SW  AERO 32 SW  RMY 31
03/10  68/49/59/+26/0.00/0.0/.../..        48 WSW AERO 46 WSW RMY 49
03/11  56/37/47/+13/0.00/0.0/.../..        31 WNW AERO M  M   RMY 21
03/12  46/31/39/+5/..../0.0/.../..         21 SE  AERO 18 SE  RMY N/A
03/13  59/38/49/+15/..../0.0/.../..        46 WNW AERO 44 WNW RMY 46
03/14  51/35/43/+8/0.00/0.0/.../..         37 W   AERO 36 W   RMY 35
03/15  47/28/38/+3/0.00/0.0/.../..         28 NW  AERO 28 NW  RMY N/A
03/16  36/22/29/-6/0.00/0.0/.../..         21 NE  AERO 21 ESE RMY 21
03/17  43/28/36/0/..../0.4/.../..          29 W   AERO 30 W   RMY 29
03/18  54/31/43/+7/..../0.0/.../..         26 S   AERO 26 S   RMY 26
03/19  43/37/40/+4/..../0.0/.../..         36 E   AERO 35 E   RMY 34
03/20  66/37/52/+15/..../0.0/.../..        48 W   AERO 48 W   RMY 46
03/21  55/29/42/+5/0.00/0.0/.../..         45 W   AERO 48 W   RMY N/A
03/22  36/23/30/-7/0.00/0.0/.../..         23 NE  AERO 24 NE  RMY 23
03/23  40/25/33/-5/..../1.6/.../..         38 NNE AERO 39 NNE RMY 38
03/24  48/33/41/+3/..../.../.../..         37 NNW AERO 37 NNW RMY N/A
03/25  41/35/38/0/0.03/0.0/.../..          28 ENE AERO 28 ENE RMY 27
03/26  51/30/41/+2/..../0.0/.../..         25 SSE AERO 26 SSW RMY N/A
03/27  61/41/51/+12/..../0.0/.../..        32 NW  AERO M  M   RMY 33
03/28  56/36/46/+7/..../0.0/.../..         22 S   AERO 21 E   RMY N/A
03/29  43/37/40/0/..../0.0/.../..          32 NE  AERO 33 NE  RMY 33
03/30  40/34/37/-3/..../0.0/.../..         33 NE  AERO 33 NE  RMY 33
03/31  40/29/35/-6/..../0.0/.../..         28 ENE AERO 26 ENE RMY N/A

04/01 The low since midnight is 28F, daily normal minimum is 32F 

DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):  

RECORDS FOR APRIL 1
HIGH 74 IN 1967
LOW 6 IN 1923 [RECORD FOR MONTH]
PRECIP 3.47 IN. IN 2004 [RECORD FOR MONTH]
SNOWFALL 15.0 IN. IN 1997 [RECORD FOR MONTH]
PEAK GUST 75 MPH SSW IN 1962

RECORDS FOR APRIL 2
HIGH 77 IN 1967
LOW 14 IN 1919
PRECIP 1.83 IN. IN 1970
SNOWFALL 13.0 IN. IN 1887
PEAK GUST 76 MPH SSW IN 1970

TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Benjamin Turner