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February 8, 2026

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE…

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BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0650E SUNSET:  1708E ARCTIC AIR MASS BLASTS IN FOLLOWING YESTERDAY’S SNOW…. The snow event, which came in two parts, one as mostly ocean effect on Friday, and then a clipper system interacting with an inverted trough and an arctic front yesterday combined to bring a total of 5.4″ of snow to the Hill. The good news is it was a very light and fluffy snow, with a total liquivalent of 0.29″. This gave an average ratio of around 19:1, about as high as it gets around here. The arctic front finally cleared the area by late yesterday afternoon with gusty winds and dropping temperatures in it’s wake. Temperatures dropped to the single digits by 8pm last evening and bottomed out below zero early this morning. With winds gusting over 30mph, wind chill values dipped as low as -27F very early this morning. Today has featured plenty of bright sunshine, but it’s been rather ineffective in terms of making it feel warm out there. Temperatures have rebounded to the mid teens after dropping to -2F early this morning. These values are around 20F degrees below normal for the date! Wind chill values are still hanging around zero early this afternoon. Dew point values have slowly risen from the single digits below zero to around zero early this afternoon. The wind has been on the busy side since the arctic front passed through late yesterday afternoon. A northwest flow has been averaging at around 18mph for the day so far, however the trend early this afternoon has been a decrease in speed. Gusts were frequently exceeding 30mph overnight and this morning, but now are generally staying under 20mph. The peak gust for the day so far is 38mph, which occurred just after 3:30am this morning. Visibility has been somewhat limited today due to what I call arctic haziness. The view has been held to between 30-40 miles all day. The maximum temperature so far today is 17F degrees, which is 19 degrees below the normal high of 36F. The minimum temperature since midnight is -2F degrees, which is 20 degrees below the normal low of 18F. ————————————————————– Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Scattered stratocumulus, scattered cirrostratus Temperature: 0F; Dew Point: -7F; Relative Humidity: 70% Wind: NW @ 16G26 kts, peak wind NW 33mph at 6:42 A.M. Sea-level pressure: 1015.0 mb; 29.97 in. Hg: rising, then more slowly Visibility: 30 miles, hazy 6-hr Max temp:  1F 6-hr Min temp: -2F 24-hr Precip: 0.23 inches 24-hr Snowfall: 4.7 inches Snow Depth: 20 inches BHO SA 1155 50 SCT 220 SCT 30 150/0/-7/3216G26/997 HAZY PK WND 3129/42/ TOTAL NEW SNW PST 24 HRS 4.7 INS/ 8/508 4/020 51019 70023 10001 21002 10 A.M. Weather: Clear, few stratocumulus distant NW-N and offshore distant NE-ESE, few cirrus distant N-SE Temperature: 8F; Dew Point: -6F; Relative Humidity: 53% Wind: NW @ 16G27 kts, peak wind NW 33mph at 9:29 A.M. Sea-level pressure: 1015.8 mb; 30.00 in. Hg: rising, then more slowly Visibility: 35 miles, hazy 3-hr Precip: 0.00 inches 3-hr Snowfall: 0.0 inches BHO SA 1455 CLR 35 158/8/-6/3216G27/000/ FEW SC DSNT NW-N AND OFFSHR DSNT NE-ESE FEW CI DSNT N-SE HAZY PK WND 3229/29/ 8/501 51008 1 P.M. Weather: Clear, few stratocumulus offshore distant NE-ESE, few cirrus all quadrants Temperature: 16F; Dew Point: 0F; Relative Humidity: 47% Wind: NW @ 12G19 kts Sea-level pressure: 1015.2 mb; 29.98 in. Hg: rising, then falling Visibility: 40 miles, hazy 6-hr Max temp: 17F 6-hr Min temp:  0F 6-hr Precip: 0.00 inches 6-hr Snowfall: 0.0 inches Snow Depth: 19 inches BHO SA 1755 CLR 40 152/16/0/3212G19/998/ FEW SC OFFSHR DSNT NE-ESE FEW CI ALQDS HAZY/ 8/501 4/019 58006 10017 20000 ————————————————————– SUMMARY FOR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2026 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…….25   NORMAL…..36 MIN……..2   NORMAL…..18 MEAN……14   NORMAL…..27 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR (1991-2020) NORMAL……………-13 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH………………………-39 [-5.8 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON: JUL 2025 THRU JUN 2026) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………….51  DEPARTURE…….+13 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH (FEB)………309  DEPARTURE…….+39 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………….3782  DEPARTURE……+109 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……..3423  DEPARTURE……+359 PEAK WIND GUST (MPH): Note: Instruments designated #1 = Main Tower, #2 = South Tower, F420C, Contacting, Merlin, and Richards are all on Main Tower. E=Estimated *=Last of multiple occurrences F420C (Official)………..41 NW   @   09:55 P.M. VECTOR #1 (1-Sec)……….41 NW   @   08:40 P.M. VECTOR #2 (1-Sec)……….44 NW   @   07:03 P.M. DAVIS #1……………….39 NNW  @   07:03 P.M. DAVIS #2 ………………38 NNW  @   07:03 P.M. RMY #1 (Instantaneous)…..47 NW   @   07:03 P.M. RMY #2 (Instantaneous)…..44 NW   @   07:03 P.M. MERLIN…………………43 NW RICHARDS (C5C) (Inst)……43 NW   @   07:03 P.M. FASTEST MILE: CONTACTING ANEMOMETER/OFFICIAL………………30 NW   @   07:04 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE VECTOR #1 AVERAGE…………..30 NW   @   07:05 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE VECTOR #2 AVERAGE…………..31 NW   @   07:05 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #1 AVERAGE……………31 NW   @   07:05 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS #2 AVERAGE……………30 NNW  @   07:05 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE RMY #1 AVERAGE……………..31 NW   @   07:05 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE RMY #2 AVERAGE……………..30 NW   @   07:05 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE RICHARDS (C5C) AVERAGE………30 NW   @   07:05 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION: CONTACTING/OFFICIAL………12.4 SE [297 total miles] VECTOR #1……………….12.3 VECTOR #2……………….13.0 DAVIS #1………………..12.3 NNW DAVIS #2………………..12.3 N RMY #1………………….12.4 N RMY #2………………….12.8 NNW RICHARDS (C5C)…………..12.6 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST): TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M……..0.23 DEPARTURE…..+0.09 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH (FEB)……..0.29 DEPARTURE…..-0.67 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR (2026)……..3.91 DEPARTURE…..-1.55 SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST): TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M…………..4.7 DEPARTURE…..+4.0 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH (FEB)…………..5.5 DEPARTURE…..+0.7 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON (2025-2026)……48.3 DEPARTURE…..+9.8 ————————————————————– PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY CALENDAR DAY DATA DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SNOW/SUN(MIN)/SUN(%)/PEAK GUST/VEC1/RMY GUST PEAK GUST: F420C (Official) VEC1: Vector #1 1-second gust RMY:  R.M. Young #1 wind gust recording system (Instantaneous) TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day) ….: Data not yet available, records not finalized M:    Missing data 2/1  21/5/13/-13/T/0.1/367/61            36 N   VEC1 36 N   RMY 35 2/2  34/11/23/-3/0.00/0.0/550/91         25 NW  VEC1 25 NW  RMY 26 2/3  36/15/26/0/0.00/0.0/600/99          20 W   VEC1 19 NNW RMY 18 2/4  32/17/25/-1/0.00/0.0/414/68         31 WNW VEC1 31 WNW RMY 34 2/5  33/13/23/-4/0.00/0.0/…/..         21 N   VEC1 21 N   RMY 20 2/6  29/14/22/-5/0.03/0.3/…/..         18 E   VEC1 18 E   RMY 18 2/7  25/2/14/-13/0.26/5.1/…/..         41 NW  VEC1 41 NW  RMY 47 2/8 The low since midnight is -2F, the daily normal low is 18F. ————————————————————– FEBRUARY DAILY RECORDS TO DATE NONE. ————————————————————– DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated) RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 8 HIGH 59F IN 1933 LOW -9F IN 1934 PRECIP 1.86 INS. IN 2013 SNOWFALL 16.1 INS. IN 2013 PEAK GUST 63e MPH NE IN 1945, NE IN 2013 RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 9 HIGH 58F IN 1990 LOW -21F IN 1934 [LOWEST TEMPERATURE ON RECORD] PRECIP 2.12 INS. IN 1969 SNOWFALL 16.9 INS. IN 2017 PEAK GUST 89 MPH NE IN 1969 TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Matt Douglas/Lily Chen
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