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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…

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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 28, 2016 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME STEADY RAIN BEGINS MONDAY MORNING- 0.33 INCHES BY 13E TODAY Following a seasonable and quiet Sunday, steady light to moderate rain began to fall just after this morning’s 7:00 AM EST observation. By 10:00 AM EST an even quarter inch of new rain had fallen with fog reducing visibility to less than 1 mile. Temperatures have struggled to climb from this morning’s minimum reading of 35F, reaching the lower 40s by mid day today. By today’s 1:00 PM EST observation light rain continued to fall with thick fog reducing visibility to 1/4 of a mile. Temperatures had reached a maximum of 42F so far. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Showers in the vicinity SE-N, overcast stratus Temperature: 37F; Dew Point: 36F; Wind: ESE at 7 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.96 ins. Hg, falling, then more slowly Visibility: 4 miles, except 15 miles NNE-ESE, vicinity showers SE-N and thin fog in all directions 6-hr Max temp: 37F 6-hr Min temp: 35F 24-hr precip: 0.00 BHO SA 1155 E5 OVC 4 144/37/36/1107/996/ VSBY NNE-ESE 15 MI VCSH SE-N THN FG ALQDS/ 8/6// 56028 10037 20035 10 A.M. Weather: Light rain, fog Temperature: 39F; Dew Point: 39F; Wind: E at 15G22 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.76 ins. Hg, falling rapidly Visibility: 3/4 of a mile, except 1/2 mile NW-NE, fog and light rain 3-hr precip: 0.25 ins. BHO SA 1455 W3 X 3/4R-F 079/39/39/0815G22/976/ VSBY NW-NE 1/2 MI PRESFR/ 8//// 58065 ASOS 60025 MANUAL 60025 1 P.M. Weather: Light rain, thick fog Temperature: 41F; Dew Point: 41F; Wind: NE at 7 kts, Sea-level pressure: 29.65 ins. Hg, falling rapidly Visibility: 1/4 of a mile, light rain, thick fog 6-hr Max temp: 42F 6-hr Min temp: 37F 6-hr precip: 0.33 ins. BHO SA 1755 W2 X 1/4R-F 042/41/41/0507/965/ PRESFR/ 8//// 58037 MANUAL 60033 10042 20037 SUMMARY FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 2016 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..46   NORMAL…..48 MIN…..30   NORMAL…..30 MEAN….38   NORMAL…..39 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….-1 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH…………………..+159 [+5.7 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..27   DEPARTURE……….+1 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….656   DEPARTURE……..-159 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..4339   DEPARTURE…….-1045 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……5620   DIFFERENCE……-1281 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY……………….23 SSE AT 10:18 P.M. ASOS……………………23 S   AT 10:18 P.M. DAVIS…………………..21 SSE AT 10:17 P.M. RMY 22 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY…………………17 SSE AT 10:18 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE………………18 S   AT 10:18 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE……………..17 SSE AT 10:19 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION………….5.9 ENE ASOS………………….5.8 DAVIS…………………5.3 ESE [107 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……….2.80  DEPARTURE……-2.07 ASOS…………..2.80 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR……….12.17  DEPARTURE……-1.12 ASOS………….12.76 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M……….0.0  DEPARTURE…….-0.3 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH…………….4.4  DEPARTURE…….-7.2 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON…………..42.5  DEPARTURE……-16.6 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH CALENDAR DAY DATA DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/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 3/1   45/30/38/+7/0.00/0.0/602/89           54 W   AERO 60 W   RMY 53 3/2   52/21/37/+6/0.41/0.0/204/30           44 WNW AERP 47 NW  RMY 42 3/3   34/16/25/-7/0.00/0.0/641/94           30 WNW AERO 36 WNW RMY N/A 3/4   30/24/27/-5/…./…/000/00           32 N   AERO 38 N   RMY 34 3/5   35/20/28/-4/0.00/0.0/536/78           31 N   AERO 36 N   RMY N/A 3/6   40/25/33/+1/0.00/0.0/593/86           21 SSE AERO 21 SSE RMY N/A 3/7   49/29/39/+6/0.00/0.0/173/25           43 SSW AERO 48 SSW RMY 45 3/8   55/35/45/+12/0.00/0.0/647/93          23 S   AERO 24 S   RMY N/A 3/9   75/38/57/+24/0.00/0.0/594/85          32 S   AERO 36 S   RMY 33 3/10  64/50/57/+24/…./0.0/000/00          31 NNW AERO 38 NNW RMY 32 3/11  56/38/47/+13/T/0.0/331/47             28 NNW AERO 36 NNW RMY 29 3/12  58/31/45/+11/0.00/0.0/650/92          30 SW  AERO 33 SW  RMY 30 3/13  63/46/55/+21/0.00/0.0/…/..          32 NW  AERO 35 NW  RMY 30 3/14  46/36/41/+6/…./T/000/00             32 E   AERO 33 E   RMY N/A 3/15  45/39/42/+7/…./0.0/000/00           36 ENE AERO 38 ENE RMY 34 3/16  48/39/44/+9/…./0.0/…/..           25 E   AERO 28 E   RMY N/A 3/17  63/40/52/+16/…./0.0/…/..          44 NW  AERO 48 NW  RMY 45 3/18  51/33/42/+6/0.01/0.0/…/..           43 WNW AERO 45 WNW RMY 43 3/19  44/25/35/-1/0.00/0.0/…/..           25 NNW AERO 28 NNW RMY 26 3/20  35/23/29/-8/…./…/…/..           25 NE  AERO 28 NE  RMY 25 3/21  41/26/34/-3/…./…/…/..           30 WNW AERO 33 WNW RMY 32 3/22  48/28/38/+1/…./…/…/..           33 W   AERO 37 W   RMY 36 3/23  62/39/51/+13/0.01/0.0/…/..          35 NE  AERO 40 NE  RMY 39 3/24  39/34/37/-1/…./0.0/…/..           31 ENE AERO 33 ENE RMY 32 3/25  55/37/46/+8/…./…/…/..           22 NNW AERO 22 NNW RMY 24 3/26  43/30/37/-2/0.00/0.0/…/..           22 N   AERO 24 N   RMY N/A 3/27  46/30/38/-1/0.00/0.0/…/..           23 SSE AERO 24 SSE RMY 22 3/28  low temp since midnight is 35F; normal now 31F DAILY RECORDS FOR MARCH 2016 ***3/9/16: NEW DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 75F, BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71F SET BACK IN 2000.*** ***3/10/16: NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 50F, BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 42F SET AND TIED IN 1977, 2006*** DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR MARCH 28 HIGH 86 IN 1998 LOW 7 IN 1923 PRECIP 2.31 INS. IN 1932 SNOWFALL 3.0 INS. IN 1932 PEAK GUST 60e MPH NW IN 1944, 60 WSW IN 1991 RECORDS FOR MARCH 29 HIGH 85 IN 1945 LOW -2 IN 1923 PRECIP 2.78 INS. IN 1984 SNOWFALL 13.5 INS. IN 1984 PEAK GUST 95 MPH ENE IN 1984 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Brian Fitzgerald
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