Wednesday, December 31, 2014
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2014
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
LAST DAY OF THE YEAR SEES COLDEST TEMPERATURES
FOR THE SEASON THUS FAR
This morning’s low of 14F marks the coldest reading so far
this season, well below yesterday’s mark of 19F. Yesterday’s
midnight to midnight low was 16F, reached at midnight
last night. Tuesday’s average temperature of 22F was the
first day below the norm since the 20th, and before that,
the 12th. With a cold end to December, the month will
likely still finish above average for temperature.
Partly cloudy conditions have largely dominated today’s
skies with varying amount of sunshine. By the 1:00 PM EST
observation virga was present in all directions, falling
from scattered stratocumulus. A maximum reading of 28F
was recorded thus far.
Happy New Year from everyone at Blue Hill Observatory!
Today’s Observations:
7 A.M.
Weather: Scattered altocumlus, scattered cirrus,
few stratocumulus distant offshore ENE-SE
Temperature: 15F; Dew Point: 6F; Wind: WSW at 9 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.39 ins. Hg, about the same
Visibility: 60 miles
6-hr max temp: 15F
6-hr min temp: 14F
24-hr precip.: 0.00 ins
BHO SA 1155 180 SCT 250 SCT 60 257/15/6/2409/039/
FEW SC DSNT OFFSHR ENE-SE/ 8/531 55003 10015 20014
10 A.M.
Weather: Broken altocumulus, few stratocumulus
distant offshore NE-SE
Temperature: 20F; Dew Point: 9F; Wind: W at 8 kts
Sea-level pressure: 30.27 ins. Hg, increasing, then decreasing
but higher
Visibility: 65 miles
BHO SA 1455 E160 BKN 65 252/20/9/2608/027/
FEW SC DSNT OFFSHR NE-SE FEW CU DSNT W-NNW/ 8/530 50005
1 P.M.
Weather: Scattered strocumulus, virga in all directions
Temperature: 25F; Dew Point: 12F; Wind: W at 13 kts,
Sea-level pressure: 30.18 ins. Hg, falling, then more slowly
Visibility: 70 miles
6-hr max temp: 28F
6-hr min temp: 15F
BHO SA 1755 50 SCT 70 221/25/12/2813/018/ VIRGA ALQDS/
8/500 56031 10028 20015
SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2014
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…..27 NORMAL…..35
MIN…..16 NORMAL…..19
MEAN….22 NORMAL…..27
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL……………………..-5
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………+146 [+4.7 DEGREES/DAY]*
*correction made 12/31/14
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..43 DEPARTURE………..+5
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….864 DEPARTURE………-141
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..2023 DEPARTURE………-244
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……2230 DIFFERENCE……..-207
PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH)
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………23 WNW AT 12:48 P.M.
ASOS…………………..24 W AT 12:57 P.M.
DAVIS………………….22 WNW AT 12:48 P.M. RMY 23
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………..17 WNW AT 12:33 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………..18 W AT 3:55 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE…………….16 W AT 11:59 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….10.3 WNW
ASOS………………….10.7
DAVIS…………………8.7 WNW [287 degrees]
* last of several 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……….7.21 DEPARTURE…..+2.60
ASOS…………..7.44
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….54.97 DEPARTURE…..+1.83
ASOS………….55.63
SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M……….0.0 DEPARTURE……-0.5
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH…………….2.3 DEPARTURE…..-10.0
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON…………..11.0 DEPARTURE……-3.9
PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 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
12/1 63/37/50/+13/0.01/0.0/391/70 28 WNW RMY 31
12/2 37/30/34/-2/0.10/T/000/00 26 E RMY 29
12/3 49/34/42/+6/0.31/0.0/000/00 40 W RMY 43
12/4 41/27/34/-1/0.00/0.0/505/91 29 WNW RMY N/A
12/5 42/23/33/-2/0.12/0.0/382/69 21 E RMY 22
12/6 43/36/40/+5/0.99/0.0/000/00 25 NNW RMY N/A
12/7 36/18/27/-7/0.15/0.0/193/35 31 N RMY 34
12/8 25/16/21/-13/0.01/0.1/000/00 24 N RMY N/A
12/9 48/25/37/+3/3.23/0.0/000/00 48 ENE RMY 52
12/10 47/35/41/+8/0.43/0.0/000/00 35 NNE RMY 37
12/11 35/29/32/-1/0.05/0.5/000/00 27 SW RMY 27
12/12 36/26/31/-2/0.00/0.0/230/42 23 WNW RMY 25
12/13 40/27/34/+2/0.00/0.0/191/35 28 NW RMY 28
12/14 43/28/36/+4/0.00/0.0/377/69 20 NW RMY 20
12/15 41/28/35/+3/0.00/0.0/536/98 17 NW RMY 17
12/16 42/33/38/+7/T/T/011/02 17 E RMY N/A
12/17 45/37/41/+10/0.43/0.0/000/00 27 W RMY N/A
12/18 41/32/37/+6/0.02/T/213/39 35 WNW RMY 38
12/19 34/25/30/0/0.00/0.0/000/00 26 NW RMY 29
12/20 32/24/28/-2/…./…/164/30 21 NNE RMY 23
12/21 31/29/30/+0/…./…/000/00 20 NNE RMY 22
12/22 42/29/36/+7/…./0.0/…/.. 23 E RMY N/A
12/23 44/39/42/+13/…./0.0/000/00 28 ENE RMY 30
12/24 61/40/51/+22/…./0.0/000/00 32 SSW RMY 41
12/25 61/41/51/+23/…./0.0/…/.. 37 W RMY 43
12/26 47/35/41/+13/0.00/0.0/…/.. 24 WSW RMY 28
12/27 50/35/43/+15/0.00/0.0/…/.. 21 SSW RMY N/A
12/28 49/35/42/+14/0.02/0.0/…/.. 31 W RMY 36
12/29 41/26/34/+7/0.00/0.0/…/.. 23 WNW RMY 23
12/30 morning low temp: 19F since midnight; normal low is now 19F
DAILY RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 2014:
-DAILY PRECIPITATION RECORD FOR DECEMBER 9 2014
Old record of 1.51 inches set in 1952,
replaced with new record of 3.23 inches.
-DAILY TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR DECEMBER 24 2014
Old record of 58F set in 1996,
replaced with new record of 61F.
DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):
RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 30
HIGH 60 IN 1984
LOW -18 IN 1933
PRECIP 1.48 INS. IN 1891
SNOWFALL 7.5 INS. IN 1956
PEAK GUST 81 MPH WNW IN 1962
RECORDS FOR DECEMBER 31
HIGH 62 IN 1965
LOW -12 IN 1917
PRECIP 0.96 INS. IN 1906
SNOWFALL 7.5 INS. IN 2008
PEAK GUST 78 MPH NW IN 1990
TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald
