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March 25, 2019

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

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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, MARCH 25, 2019 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME DECREASING CLOUDS AND WIND WITH GREAT VISIBILITY ATOP GREAT BLUE HILL…. We observed a perfect visibility of 90 miles this morning, with a visibility of 85 miles at 10 A.M. and 1 P.M. Wind shifted from north to west throughout the day, blowing at an average of 10 mph. The peak gust so far today is 25 mph shortly after 6 A.M. Conditions both at the surface and aloft have dried out this afternoon, with a humidity of 24% being observed. Overcast skies this morning became 2/8ths covered at the 1 P.M. observation. This allowed us to reach a high of 48F so far today, a degree below the daily normal maximum. The low since midnight is 37F, 7 degrees above the normal minimum of 30F. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Broken altocumulus, overcast cirrostratus Temperature: 38F; Dew Point: 33F; Wind: N at 12G17 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.03 ins. Hg, rising then more slowly Visibility: 90 miles 6-hr Max temp: 42F 6-hr Min temp: 37F 24-hr Precip:  0.00 ins. 24-hr snowfall: 0.0 ins. Snow depth: 0 ins. BHO SA 1155 E180 BKN 250 OVC 90 169/38/33/3512G17/003/ 8/076 53019 10042 20037 10 A.M. Weather: Scattered altocumulus, broken cirrus, few cumulus offshore Temperature: 41F; Dew Point: 24F; Wind: NW at 8G16 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.07 ins. Hg, rising steadily Visibility: 85 miles 3-hr Precip: 0.00 ins. BHO SA 1455 E110 SCT 250 BKN 85 184/41/24/3308G16/007/ FEW CU OFFSHR/ 8/182 51015 1 P.M. Weather: Scattered altocumulus, scattered cirrus, few cumulus E-SW Temperature: 47F; Dew Point: 35F; Wind: NNW at 7G14 kts Sea-level pressure: 30.06 ins. Hg, falling steadily Visibility: 85 miles 6-hr Max temp: 48F 6-hr Min temp: 37F 6-hr Precip:  0.00 ins. 6-hr snowfall: 0.0 ins. BHO SA 1755 120 SCT 250 SCT 85 179/47/35/3407G14/006/ FEW CU E-SW/ 8/182 58005 10048 20037 SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 24, 2019 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..56   NORMAL…..47 MIN…..29   NORMAL…..29 MEAN….43   NORMAL…..38 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….+5 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH……………………-27 [-1.3 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..22   DEPARTURE………-5 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….764   DEPARTURE……..+28 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..5250   DEPARTURE……..-54 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……4893   DIFFERENCE……+357 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY………………..28 W   AT 11:58 A.M. AERO…………………….M ASOS…………………….29 W   AT 11:58 A.M. DAVIS……………………29 W   AT 12:20 A.M.  RMY 30 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY………………….23 SW  AT  3:59 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE……………….21 SW  AT  5:24 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE………………21 W   AT 12:20 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………..14.1 W ASOS…………………..13.6 DAVIS………………….14.0 SW [235 deg.] PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.00  DEPARTURE…….-0.19 ASOS…………..0.00 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….3.95  DEPARTURE…….-0.35 ASOS…………..3.96 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….12.91  DEPARTURE…….+0.19 ASOS………….13.03 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M……….0.0  DEPARTURE……..-0.3 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH……………23.1  DEPARTURE…….+12.4 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON…………..47.6  DEPARTURE…….-10.1 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 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 03/01 38/17/28/-3/…./…/…/..           16 NNW AERO 13 NNW RMY 22 03/02 31/27/29/-2/…./…/…/..           29 NNE AERO 22 NNE RMY 30 03/03 40/25/33/+1/…./…/…/..           21 ESE AERO 14 ESE RMY N/A 03/04 35/18/27/-5/…./…/…/..           33 W   AERO 18 W   RMY 32 03/05 29/10/20/-12/0.00/0.0/…/..          28 WNW AERO 12 SW  RMY N/A 03/06 24/10/17/-15/0.00/0.0/…/..          40 WNW AERO 25 WNW RMY 41 03/07 26/6/16/-17/0.00/0.0/…/..           35 W   AERO 18 W   RMY 34 03/08 35/11/23/-10/0.00/0.0/…/..          23 WSW AERO M  M   RMY M 03/09 43/22/33/0/0.00/0.0/…/..            20 WSW AERO M  M   RMY N/A 03/10 40/26/33/0/…./…/…/..            32 ESE AERO 23 S   RMY 32 03/11 48/33/41/+7/…./…/…/..           40 NW  AERO 37 NNW RMY 41 03/12 41/27/34/0/…./…/…/..            32 N   AERO 33 N   RMY 34 03/13 43/24/34/0/…./…/…/..            18 W   AERO 21 W   RMY 23 03/14 48/32/40/0/…./…/…/..            25 S   AERO 28 S   RMY M 03/15 58/40/49/+14/0.12/0.0/…/..          37 SSW AERO 38 SSW RMY 39 03/16 50/31/41/+6/0.00/0.0/…/..           45 W   AERO 46 W   RMY 48 03/17 40/26/33/-3/0.00/0.0/…/..           40 WNW AERO M  M   RMY N/A 03/18 41/22/32/-4/0.00/0.0/…/..           29 W   AERO M  M   RMY 30 03/19 44/25/35/-1/0.00/0.0/…/..           25 W   AERO M  M   RMY N/A 03/20 50/27/39/+2/0.00/0.0/…/..           26 S   AERO M  M   RMY 29 03/21 50/33/42/+5/…./…/…/..           25 SSE AERO M  M   RMY 46 03/22 39/34/37/0/…./…/…/..            40 W   AERO M  M   RMY 44 03/23 45/28/37/-1/0.00/0.0/…/..           45 WNW AERO M  M   RMY 50 03/24 56/29/43/+5/0.00/0.0/…/..           28 W   AERO M  M   RMY 30 03/25 Low temp since midnight is 28F; normal low is 29F DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR MARCH 25 HIGH 76 IN 1910 LOW 8 IN 1888, 1956 PRECIP 1.84 INS. IN 1909 SNOWFALL 1.0 INS. IN 1912 PEAK GUST 69 MPH SE IN 1969 RECORDS FOR MARCH 26 HIGH 76 IN 1922, 1949 LOW 6 IN 1960 PRECIP 1.99 INS. IN 1988 SNOWFALL 5.4 INS. IN 2001 PEAK GUST 63 MPH S IN 1970 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Benjamin Turner
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Effective January 1, 2025 · Milton, Massachusetts · bluehill.org
Part I — Data Use Policy
§ 01

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