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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA
MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME
SUNRISE: 0710E
SUNSET: 1639E
POWERFUL STORM BRINGS A LITTLE SNOW, HEAVY RAIN, AND HIGH WINDS….
What a difference a day makes. After the rather tranquil conditions
yesterday, today has turned quite stormy with the worst of the
bad weather occurring this morning. Light snow developed between
1am-2am this morning accumulating to 0.3″ before mixing with and
changing to rain. Rain continued, heavy at times through mid morning
dumping over an inch of rain within a 8 hour period. 0.70″ was
measured at the 7am observation with another 0.44″ being measured
for the 6 hours following, giving us a storm total through 1pm of
1.14″!
In addition to the heavy rain, strong wind gusts were experienced
this morning; the peak gust occurred at 6:55am of 65 mph out
of the ESE! This is actually a new record peak gust for the date
beating the old record of 62 mph out of the S in 1994!
Frequent gusts over 50mph were measured this morning. After a brief
respite late morning, winds have increased again into this afternoon
gusting quite regularly over 40mph out of the SSW.
Breaks in the clouds developed early this afternoon allow for at
least some partial sunshine. However more showers are developing
over the region, thus we’re likely not done with the rain yet.
The high so far today is 46F, which is 12 degrees above the normal
high of 34F. The low since midnight is 31F, which is 13 degrees above
the normal low of 18F.
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Today’s Observations:
7 A.M.
Weather: Broken stratus fractus, overcast nimbostratus, moderate rain
Temperature: 40F; Dew Point: 40F; Relative Humidity: 100%
Wind: ESE @ 30G56 kts, peak wind 65 mph ESE at 6:55 A.M.
Sea-level pressure: 993.5 mb; 29.34 in. Hg: falling, then more rapidly
Visibility: 5 miles, fog
6-hr Max temp: 40F
6-hr Min temp: 32F
24-hr Precip: 0.70 ins.
24-hr Snowfall: 0.3 ins.
Snow Depth: Trace
BHO SA 1155 E5 BKN 8 OVC 5RF 935/40/40/1130G56/934/ PRESFR PK WND 1256/55/
TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 0.3 INS/ 8/7// 4/000 58112 6070/ 70070 10040 20032
10 A.M.
Weather: Sky obscured, vertical visibility 300ft, light rain
Temperature: 45F; Dew Point: 45F; Relative Humidity: 100%
Wind: SE @ 20G32 kts, peak wind 56mph ESE at 9:07 A.M.
Sea-level pressure: 985.3 mb; 29.10 in Hg; falling, then more slowly
Visibility: 1 mile, fog
3-hr Precip: 0.39 ins.
3-hr Snowfall: 0.0 ins.
BHO SA 1455 X W3 1R-F 853/45/45/1420G32/910/ PRESFR PK WND 1249/07/
8//// 56082 6039/
1 P.M.
Weather: Broken stratocumulus/cumulus, virga S-WSW
Temperature: 44F, Dew point: 34F; Relative Humidity: 67%
Wind: SSW @ 25G38 kts, peak wind 50 mph SSW at 12:37 P.M.
Sea-level pressure: 983.0 mb; 29.03 in Hg; falling, then more slowly
Visibility: 20 miles
6-hr Max temp: 46F
6-hr Min temp: 40F
6-hr Precip: 0.44 ins.
6-hr Snowfall: 0.0 ins.
Snow Depth: Trace
BHO SA 1755 E30 BKN 20 830/44/34/2125G38/903/ VIRGA S-WSW PK WND 2043/37/
8/800 56023 6044/ 10046 20040
SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 2022
TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX…….31 NORMAL…..34
MIN……..0 NORMAL…..18
MEAN……16 NORMAL…..26
DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR (1991-2020) NORMAL……………-10
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH………………………-15 [-1.1 DEGREES/DAY]
HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON: JUL 2021 THRU JUN 2022)
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY……………49 DEPARTURE…….+10
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH…………..620 DEPARTURE…….+14
TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON…………2506 DEPARTURE……-310
TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE…….2443 DEPARTURE…….+63
PEAK WIND GUST (MPH):
Official (1-Sec AVG)…….29 ESE @ 9:14 P.M.
AEROVANE……………….28 ESE @ 9:38 P.M.
VECTOR #2 (Instantaneous)..32 @ 11:49 P.M.
DAVIS #2 ………………28 ESE @ 9:14 P.M.
RMY #2 (Instantaneous)…..30 ESE @ 11:58 P.M.
ASOS………..OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
VECTOR #1……OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
DAVIS #1…….OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
RMY #1………OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
MERLIN………OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
FASTEST MILE:
CONTACTING ANEMOMETER/OFFICIAL………………20 ESE @ 9:39 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE VECTOR #2 AVERAGE…………..21 @ 9:40 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #2 AVERAGE……………22 ESE @ 9:41 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE RMY #2 AVERAGE……………..21 ESE @ 9:40 P.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE…….OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #1 AVERAGE…OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE VECTOR #1 AVERAGE..OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE RMY #1 AVERAGE…..OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION:
CONTACTING/OFFICIAL….. 9.5 ESE [229 total miles]
VECTOR #2……………10.5
DAVIS #2…………….10.2 ENE
RMY #2………………10.5 ENE
RMY #1…………..OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
ASOS…………….OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
VECTOR #1………..OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
DAVIS #1…………OUT OF SERVICE D/T RENOVATIONS
PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST):
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M…….0.70 DEPARTURE…..+0.55
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH………….2.07 DEPARTURE…..-0.34
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR…………. 2.07 DEPARTURE…..-0.34
SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST):
TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M………….0.3 DEPARTURE……-0.3
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH………………16.1 DEPARTURE……+7.0
TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON (2021-2022)…..18.8 DEPARTURE……-5.4
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
1/01 51/43/47/+18/0.08/0.0/000/00 21 SSE AERO 21 SSE RMY 22
1/02 48/29/39/+11/0.29/0.0/000/00 35 NW AERO 36 NW RMY 35
1/03 29/18/24/-4/0.00/0.0/000/00 31 NNW AERO 30 N RMY 30
1/04 30/12/21/-7/0.00/0.0/546/99 25 S AERO 24 S RMY 25
1/05 49/25/37/+9/0.21/0.0/000/00 45 S AERO 48 S RMY 47
1/06 40/27/34/+6/0.00/0.0/316/57 36 WNW AERO 36 WNW RMY 36
1/07 28/17/23/-4/0.78/15.7/000/00 39 WNW AERO 38 WNW RMY 39
1/08 26/11/19/-8/0.00/0.0/556/100 34 WNW AERO 32 WNW RMY 34
1/09 41/19/30/+3/0.01/T/017/03 50 SW AERO 51 SW RMY 53
1/10 36/17/27/0/T/T/…/.. 44 WNW AERO 43 WNW RMY 46
1/11 17/4/11/-16/T/0.1/…/.. 36 NW AERO 37 NW RMY 35
1/12 40/5/23/-4/42/0.00/0.0/…/.. 43 SSW AERO 44 SSW RMY 44
1/13 45/28/37/+11/0.00/0.0/…/.. 22 SW AERO 22 SW RMY 22
1/14 38/12/25/-1/0.00/0.0/…/.. 44 NW AERO 41 N RMY 43
1/15 13/1/7/-19/0.00/0.0/…/.. 40 NW AERO 39 NW RMY 40
1/16 31/0/16/-10/0.00/0.0/…/.. 29 ESE AERO 28 ESE RMY 30
1/17 The low since midnight is 31F, the daily normal low is 18F
DAILY RECORDS FOR JANUARY 2022
1/1/22: DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 43F
SURPASSES PREVIOUS RECORD OF 42F SET IN 1966
1/17/22: DAILY RECORD PEAK GUST OF 65 MPH ESE,
SURPASSES THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 62 MPH S IN 1994
DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated)
RECORDS FOR JANUARY 17
HIGH 55F IN 1973,1995
LOW -8F IN 1907,1982
PRECIP 1.43 INS. IN 1956
SNOWFALL 13.4 INS. IN 1956
PEAK GUST 62 MPH S IN 1994
RECORDS FOR JANUARY 18
HIGH 62F IN 1973,1990
LOW -10F IN 1982
PRECIP 1.68 INS. IN 1915
SNOWFALL 13.0 INS. IN 1948
PEAK GUST 85 MPH SSE IN 2006
TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Matt Douglas
