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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

January 31, 2017

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, JANUARY…

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

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2017
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME

SUNNY SKIES TURN OVERCAST BY EARLY AFTERNOON

The morning’s mostly sunny skies had turned overcast
by the 1:00PM ob as the low pressure system which is
set to bring 4-6 inches of snow moved toward the region.
Visibility fell from 70 miles during the morning obs.
to 35 miles by early afternoon.  Cooler temperatures
were seen today with an overnight low of 15F, our first
low below 20F since mid-January.

This has been a much warmer than normal January, averaging
approximately 8F above normal so far. While temperatures
have returned to more seasonable levels, there is a good
chance we will end up amongst the 10 warmest Januaries on
record at Blue Hill.

BHO Warmest January Corrected Mean Temperatures, deg F (1885-2017)

1) 35.6 in 1913
2) 35.0 in 1932
3) 34.6 in 1937
4) 33.9 in 2006
5) 33.8 in 1933
33.8 in 1950
33.8 in 1990
8) 33.5 in 2002
9) 33.1 in 2017 (through 1/30)
10)32.1 in 1967
32.1 in 1995

Today’s Observations:

7 A.M.
Weather: Few distant cumulus NNE-E, few cirrus all quadrants
Temperature: 16F; Dew Point: 10F; Wind: W at 8 kts
Sea-level pressure: 29.97 ins. Hg, rising, then less quickly
Visibility: 70 miles
6-hr Max temp: 19F
6-hr Min temp: 15F
24-hr precip: 0.00 in.
24-hr snowfall: 0.00 in.
BHO SA 1155 CLR 70 149/16/10/2608/997/ FEW DSNT CU NNE-E FEW CI ALQDS/
8/101 51011 10019 20015

10 A.M.
Weather: Few altostratus in all directions, scattered cirrus
Temperature: 23F; Dew Point: 9F; Wind: estimated NNW at 2 kts,
Wind Speed: Light
Sea-level pressure: 29.97 ins. Hg, rising then falling
Visibility: 70 miles
BHO SA 1455 250 SCT 70 148/23/09/E3302/997/ FEW AC ALQDS WND LGT/
8/011 58001

1 P.M.
Weather: Overcast stratus
Temperature: 27F; Dew Point: 10F; Wind: SW at 4 kts,
Wind: Light and variable
Sea-level pressure: 29.90 ins. Hg, falling, then more quickly
Visibility: 35 miles, except 70 miles NW-ENE
6-hr Max temp: 27F
6-hr Min temp: 16F
BHO SA 1755 E64 OVC 35 126/27/10/2304/990/ VSBY NW-ENE 70 WND L/V/
8/6// 58022 10027 20016

SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 2017

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..34   NORMAL…..34
MIN…..20   NORMAL…..17
MEAN….27   NORMAL…..26

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL……………………+1
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH………………….+239 [+7.8 DEGREES/DAY]

HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..38   DEPARTURE……….-2
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….952   DEPARTURE……..-235
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..2984   DEPARTURE……..-507
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……2723   DIFFERENCE…….+261

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY……………….30 WNW AT 11:59 P.M.*
ASOS……………………31 WNW AT 11:51 P.M.
DAVIS…………………..31 WNW AT 11:50 P.M. RMY 30
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY…………………24 WNW AT 11:50 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE………………23 WNW AT 11:52 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE……………..23 NW  AT 11:51 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….10.0 WNW
ASOS………………….10.4
DAVIS………………….9.4 NW [320 deg.] *last of multiple occurrences

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.00  DEPARTURE……-0.14
ASOS…………..0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….5.39  DEPARTURE……+1.17
ASOS…………..5.77
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR………..5.39  DEPARTURE……+1.17
ASOS…………..5.77

SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M……….0.0  DEPARTURE…….-0.5
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH……………11.5  DEPARTURE…….-5.1
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON…………..19.3  DEPARTURE……-13.3

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 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

1/1   41/29/35/+8/0.09/0.0/533/97           35 W   AERO 36 W   RMY 34
1/2   38/29/34/+7/0.00/0.0/011/02           21 E   AERO 20 E   RMY N/A
1/3   42/37/40/+14/1.14/0.0/000/00          39 ENE AERO 41 ENE RMY 34
1/4   44/30/37/+11/0.11/T/000/00            41 WNW AERO 46 WNW RMY 45
1/5   30/23/27/+1/0.00/0.0/343/62           37 W   AERO 39 W   RMY 38
1/6   30/20/25/-1/0.05/1.7/072/13           20 W   AERO 20 W   RMY N/A
1/7   22/14/18/-8/0.74/9.5/000/00           32 NNW AERO 39 NNW RMY 38
1/8   20/06/13/-13/0.01/T/512/92            26 NNW AERO 29 NNW RMY N/A
1/9   17/04/11/-15/0.00/0.0/335/60          23 SSW AERO 23 SSW RMY 25
1/10  41/14/28/+3/0.18/0.0/369/66           35 SE  AERO 37 SE  RMY N/A
1/11  53/40/47/+22/0.13/0.0/358/64          51 SSW AERO 48 SSW RMY 57
1/12  59/42/51/+26/0.15/0.0/118/21          37 SSW AERO 40 S   RMY 40
1/13  55/23/39/+14/0.00/0.0/535/95          39 WNW AERO 43 WNW RMY 42
1/14  30/14/22/-3/0.00/0.0/345/61           20 SSW AERO 20 SSW RMY 22
1/15  35/23/29/+4/0.00/0.0/555/98           28 NW  AERO 28 NW  RMY 28
1/16  40/22/31/+6/0.00/0.0/540/95           28 SW  AERO 25 SW  RMY 27
1/17  40/29/35/+10/0.27/T/257/45            23 E   AERO 23 E   RMY 25
1/18  38/31/30/+10/0.29/T/…/..            30 ENE AERO 29 ENE RMY 26
1/19  44/30/37/+12/T/T/…/..               21 NNW AERO 20 NNW RMY 20
1/20  40/30/35/+10/T/0.0/…/..             17 NNW AERO 17 NNW RMY N/A
1/21  54/35/45/+20/T/0.0/…/..             29 W   AERO 29 W   RMY 28
1/22  46/36/41/+16/0.14/T/…/..            31 ENE AERO 30 ENE RMY N/A
1/23  36/33/35/+10/0.48/0.3/…/..          56 NE  AERO 58 NE  RMY N/A
1/24  40/32/36/+11/1.48/0.0/…/..          62 NE  AERO 60 NE  RMY 60
1/25  42/32/37/+12/0.03/0.0/…/..          41 WNW AERO 40 WNW RMY 38
1/26  48/36/42/+17/0.10/0.0/…/..          40 W   AERO 44 W   RMY 41
1/27  42/33/38/+13/T/T/…/..               46 W   AERO 46 W   RMY 50
1/28  38/29/34/+9/0.00/0.0/…/..           36 WNW AERO 40 WNW RMY 43
1/29  39/28/34/+9/0.00/0.0/…/..           29 WSW AERO 29 WSW RMY 32
1/30  34/20/27/+1/0.00/0.0/…/..           30 WNW*AERO 31 WNW RMY 31

1/31 Low temp since midnight is 15F; normal low is now 17F

DAILY RECORDS FOR JANUARY 2017

1/12/17: NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMP. OF 59F,
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 57F SET 1913 AND TIED IN 1975
1/12/17: NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMP. OF 42F,
PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 40F SET 2006

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

RECORDS FOR JANUARY 31
HIGH 58F IN 1913, 1947, 2013
LOW -12F IN 1920
PRECIP 1.03 INS. IN 1914
SNOWFALL 9.0 INS. IN 1898
PEAK GUST 75 MPH NW IN 1974

RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 1
HIGH 65F IN 1989
LOW -9F IN 1920
PRECIP 1.30 INS. IN 1898
SNOWFALL 11.0 INS. IN 1898
PEAK GUST 66e MPH SSW IN 1951

TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Cecilia Borries-Strigle

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