BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 TUESDAY FEBRUARY 04 2003 TODAY'S DISCUSSION....1 P.M. EARLY FEBRUARY THAW CONTINUES AS THERMOMTER HITS 46 DEGREES! FIRST THREE DAYS AVERAGES 8 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL... RAINFALL BEGINS EARLY AFTERNOON WITH 0.01 THRU 1 P.M. The overnight low temperature was a very mild 35 degrees and today's high has been 46 giving us a mean of 41 degrees so far for the day or 15 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL. The first three days of February have averaged 8 degrees WARMER THAN NORMAL. Rainfall began here before 1 p.m. and measured just 0.01 through that time. JANUARY 2003 MUCH COLDER AND DRIER THAN NORMAL...HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 40 DEGREES NEW RECORD LOW MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE FOR JANUARY...PREVIOUS 41 IN JANUARY 1948. Here are the stats for January: Max temp: 27.4 (-6.4) deg F Min temp: 13.7 (-4.4) deg F Avg temp: 20.6 (-5.4) deg F (tied for 16th coldest with 1985) HDD: 1371 Precipitation: 2.88 (-1.90) inches Snowfall: 12.7 (-2.9) inches Peak Gust: 55 mph NE (2nd) Sunshine: 52% MJI TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS... 2/4/2003 TUE BHO SA 1155 E10 OVC 25 054/36/26/1114/969/ HIER CLDS OCNLY VSB/ 8/6/// 4/009 58027 10037 20035 BHO SA 1455 E8 OVC 15 007/40/36/1312/955/ VSBY SE 20 THN F ALQDS ASOS DEWPT INOP/ 8/6/// 56047 BHO SA 1755 E5 BKN 10 OVC 3R-F 930/45/44/1612/932/ 5 BKN V OVC VSBY LWRG RB UKN PRESFR ASOS DEWPT INOP/ 8/72// 56077 6001/ 10046 20035 THE DATA RECORDED FOR MONDAY FEBRUARY 03 TEMPERATURES ARE CALENDAR DAY MIDNIGHT TO MIDNIGHT EASTERN STANDARD TIME MAX: 42 MIN: 32 ASOS MAX: 41 ASOS MIN: 32 MEAN: 37 [ +11 ] NORMAL HIGH/LOW/MEAN: 34/18/26/ TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR FEBRUARY TO DATE: + 24 degrees FEBRUARY IS AVERAGING 8 DEGREES WARMER THAN NORMAL... PRECIPITATION FOR 02/04 UPDATED AS OF 7 A.M. 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M.......0.00 INS. TOTAL FOR ASOS............0.00 INS. TOTAL FOR FEBRUARY........0.93 INS. (STD GAGE) TOTAL FOR JANUARY ....... 2.88 INS.(STD GAGE) DEPARTURE FROM NORMAL....-1.92 INS. ASOS TOTAL FOR JANUARY....2.58 INS. TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS.... 0.00 INS. FEBRUARY SNOWFALL TO DATE.6.5 INS. WIND DATA FOR MONDAY FEBRUARY 03 2003 PEAK GUST ASOS: 45 MPH NW AT 12:54 A.M. PEAK GUST AERO: 46 MPH WNW AT 12:24 A.M. PEAK GUST 420C: 52 MPH NW AT 12:54 A.M. JAN. 2003 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL /SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST/Aero Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significant TSTM = thunderstorm day ... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE 1/1 40/33/37/+10/0.60/T//000/00/ 48 NE Aero 51 MPH NE 1/2 34/20/27/0/0.13/0.3/050/09/ 55 NE Aero 56 MPH NE 1/3 35/23/29/+2/0.75/2.0/000/00 44 NE Aero 44 MPH NE 1/4 35/24/30/+3/0.83/3.6/000/00 52 NE Aero 54 MPH NE 1/5 31/20/26/-1/0.01/0.2/431/78 18 WNW 1/6 27/23/25/-1/0.12/1.6/000/00 18 NNW 1/7 26/15/21/-5/0.03/0.6/089/16 28 NNW 1/8 35/15/25/-1/0.08/1.3/061/11 30 W 1/9 37/30/34/+8/0.08/0.7/290/52 30 SSW 1/10 36/19/28/+2/0.03/0/324/58 32 WNW 1/11 26/17/22/-4/0/0/375/67 42 WSW Aero 43 MPH WSW 1/12 31/20/26/0/0/0/499/89 43 W Aero 45 MPH WNW 1/13 34/19/27/+1/T/T/388/69 45 WSW Aero 45 MPH WSW 1/14 23/11/17/-9/0/0/564/100 38 W 1/15 23/9/16/-10/0/0/503/89 24 WNW 1/16 25/13/19/-7/0/0/483/85 31 W 1/17 28/7/18/-8/0.04/0.7/336/59 28 NW 1/18 16/-3/07/-19/0/0/554/97 27 NW 1/19 22/10/16/-9/0/0/137/24 25 W 1/20 27/11/19/-6/T/0.1/310/54 47 W 1/21 17/5/11/-14/0/0/577/100 50 W Aero 53 MPH W 1/22 14/2/08/-17/0/0/572/99 52 W Aero 54 MPH W 1/23 12/-02/05/-20/T/T/557/96 32 WNW Aero 36 MPH WNW 1/24 23/03/13/-13/0/0/553/95 33 WNW 1/25 27/09/18/-8/0/0/345/59 23 WNW 1/26 32/19/26/0/0.01/0.3/053/09 22 SSW 1/27 24/0/12/-14/0.04/0.7/500/85 39 NW Aero 43 MPH NW 1/28 17/-05/06/-20/0/0/573/97 29 WNW Aero 32 MPH WNW 1/29 27/16/22/-4/0.04/0.6/000/00 18 NW 1/30 31/16/24/-2/0/0/083/14 18 NNW 1/31 35/25/30/+4/0.09/T/000/00 25 N FEB. 2003 PRELIMINARY DATA....ALL IS CALENDAR DAY DATA.... BELOW IS ORDER OF DATA REPORTED.... MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL /SUNSHINE/ OFFICIAL 420C WIND GUST/Aero Aero = Aerovane recording wind system gust when significant TSTM = thunderstorm day ... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE 2/1 32/29/31/+5/0.21/1.5/000/00/ 28 NNE 2/2 36/31/34/+8/0.72/5.0/000/00 48 NW Aerovane 55 MPH NW 2/3 42/32/37/+11/0/0/.../../ 46 WNW Aerovane 52 MPH NW 2/4 morning low temp. 35 degrees... RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 04 HIGH 63 IN 1991 LOW -04 IN 1886, 1908 PRECIP 1.80 INS. IN 1926 SNOWFALL 15.0 INS. IN 1961 PEAK GUST 89 MPH SSE IN 1972 e = estimated today's report by: Robert Skilling