Tuesday, January 13, 2015
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2015
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
QUARTER OF AN INCH OF RAIN FALLS MONDAY, TEMPERATURES
DROP QUICKLY OVERNIGHT
Yesterday’s warm up above the freezing mark did not last
long as the mercury fell from 33F at midnight to 18F at
8:00 AM EST this morning. Yesterday’s rainfall, totaling
0.23 inches, along with a trace of ice pellets that fell
at the beginning of the event, wrapped up by early evening
across much of the region.
This morning’s overnight low of 16F was recorded after
9:00 AM EST, with clearing skies and improving visibility.
Some ocean effect snow has been visible off to our E
over Cape Cod.
By the 1:00 PM EST observation snow showers were still
visible out over the Cape with visibility in all directions
of 70 miles. A maximum of 22F had been recorded from 7:00
AM to 1:00 PM EST, with 33F from midnight this morning
likely remaining as our midnight to midnight high temperature
for today.
Today’s Observations:
7 A.M.
Weather: Scattered altocumulus, few stratocumulus
distant offshore NE-E, showers distant ENE-SSE,
altocumulus lenticularis in all directions
Temperature: 19F; Dew Point: 9F; Wind: NNW at 15G21 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.43 ins. Hg, increasing, then more quickly
Visibility: 50 miles
6-hr max temp: 32F
6-hr min temp: 19F
24-hr precip.: 0.23 ins
24-hr snowfall: Trace
Snow Depth: Trace
BHO SA 1155 180 SCT 50 305/19/9/3315G21/043/ FEW SC DSNT OFFSHR NE-E
SHWRS DSNT ENE-SSE ACSL ALQDS NEW SNW PST 24 HRS TRACE/ 8/540 53043
ASOS 70026 MANUAL 70023 10032 20019
10 A.M.
Weather: Clear, few stratocumulus distant offshore NNE-S,
few cirrus distant E-SSE
Temperature: 18F; Dew Point: 3F; Wind: N at 10 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.56 ins. Hg, rising, then more slowly
Visibility: 70 miles
BHO SA 1455 CLR 70 349/18/3/3510/056/ FEW SC DSNT OFFSHR NNE-S
FEW CI DSNT E-SSE/ 8/201 51044
1 P.M.
Weather: Clear, showers distant ENE-SE, few stratocumulus
distant offshore NE-SE, few cirrus distant ESE-SSW
Temperature: 22F; Dew Point: 3F; Wind: estimated at 6 kts,
Wind Speed and Direction: Light and Variable
Sea-level pressure: 30.57 ins. Hg, increasing, then steady
Visibility: 70 miles
6-hr max temp: 22F
6-hr min temp: 16F
BHO SA 1755 CLR 70 352/22/3/E3606/057/ SHWRS DSNT ENE-SE FEW SC DSNT
OFFSHR NE-SE FEW CI DSNT ESE-SSW WND LGT AND VRB/ 8/201 51003 10022
20016
SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..36 NORMAL…..34
MIN…..31 NORMAL…..17
MEAN….34 NORMAL…..25
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL……………………..+9
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH…………………….-30 [-2.7 DEGREES/DAY]
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..31 DEPARTURE………..-9
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….499 DEPARTURE……….+31
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..2559 DEPARTURE………-214
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……2775 DIFFERENCE……..-216
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………29 NNW AT 11:09 P.M.
ASOS…………………..31 NNW AT 11:08 P.M.
DAVIS………………….29 S AT 1:06 A.M. RMY N/A
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..25 SSW AT 2:05 A.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..23 SSW AT 2:14 A.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….23 SSW AT 2:14 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….13.5 SSW
ASOS………………….13.7
DAVIS…………………12.2 SW [228 degrees]
* last of several occurrences….
PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.23 DEPARTURE…..+0.09
ASOS…………..0.26
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….1.49 DEPARTURE…..-0.21
ASOS…………..1.53
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR………..1.49 DEPARTURE…..-0.21
ASOS…………..1.53
SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M……..TRACE DEPARTURE……-0.6
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH…………….4.1 DEPARTURE……-2.7
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON…………..15.1 DEPARTURE……-7.7
PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JANUARY CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATA REPORTED:
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOWFALL/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/RMY 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
1/1 31/18/25/-2/0.00/0.0/…/.. 29 SSW RMY 30
1/2 37/26/32/+5/0.00/0.0/…/.. 35 WSW RMY 38
1/3 34/21/28/+2/0.67/2.5/…/.. 25 SE RMY 26
1/4 51/33/42/+16/0.48/0.0/000/00 30 SSW RMY N/A
1/5 46/13/30/+4/0.00/0.0/…/.. 48 W RMY 54
1/6 15/10/13/-13/0.02/0.4/…/.. 29 W RMY N/A
1/7 22/01/12/-14/0.01/0.3/…/.. 43 WNW RMY 47
1/8 16/-5/6/-20/0.00/0.0/…/.. 39 WNW RMY N/A
1/9 27/16/22/-4/0.08/0.9/…/.. 35 WSW RMY 38
1/10 22/11/17/-8/0.00/0.0/…/.. 26 WNW RMY 27
1/11 31/9/20/-5/45/0.00/0.0/…/.. 26 SSW RMY N/A
1/12 36/31/34/+9/0.23/T/000/00 29 NNW RMY N/A
1/13 morning low temp: 19F since midnight; normal low is now 17F
DAILY RECORDS FOR JANUARY 2015
None so far.
DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):
RECORDS FOR JANUARY 13
HIGH 57F IN 1890,1932
LOW -10F IN 1912,1914
PRECIP 1.54 INS. IN 1979
SNOWFALL 12.6 INS. IN 1964
PEAK GUST 74 MPH NE IN 1964
RECORDS FOR JANUARY 14
HIGH 65F IN 1995
LOW -12F IN 1914
PRECIP 1.45 INS. IN 2008
SNOWFALL 10.3 INS. IN 2008
PEAK GUST 68 MPH WNW IN 1976, S IN 2005
TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald
