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March 8, 2017

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, 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 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME MORNING SHOWERS CLEAR FOR A DRY AFTERNOON Light rain showers continued overnight and we measured 0.04 ins. of precipitation at the 7 AM EST observation. Also at 7 AM skies were overcast with light rain and fog. The rain continued until the 10 AM observation when 0.02 ins. of precipitation was measured. The skies cleared, the  fog lifted and humidity lowered increasing the visibility from 5 miles at 7 AM to 70 miles at 10 AM and 80 miles at 1 PM. Winds shifted from the south to the west and remained moderate all day. Temperatures may feel cooler compared to February’s highs but temps. for today and yesterday were above the normal of 42F. Today’s Observations: 7 A.M. Weather: Fog, light rain, overcast stratus Temperature: 50F; Dew Point: 48F; Wind: S at 20G27 kts Peak Wind: 27 kts (31 MPH) S at 6:53AM EST Sea-level pressure: 29.84 ins. Hg, falling, then more slowly Visibility: 5 miles 6-hr Max temp: 50F 6-hr Min temp: 46F 24-hr precip: 0.04 in. 24-hr snowfall: 0.0 in. BHO SA 1155 E170 OVC 5R-F 106/50/48/1920G27/984/ PK WND 1927/53/ 8/6// 56029 MANUAL 70004 ASOS 70007 10050 20046 10 A.M. Weather: Overcast stratus, few distant cumulus SW-NE Temperature: 48F; Dew Point: 42F; Wind: W at 08G15 kts Sea-level pressure: 29.85 ins. Hg, falling, then rising Visibility: 70 miles, distant fog all directions 3-hr precip: 0.02 in 3-hr snowfall: 0.0 in. BHO SA 1455 E110 OVC 70 109/48/42/2608G15/985/ FEW DSNT CU SW-NE DSNT FG ALQDS/ 8/7// 50003 MANUAL 60002 ASOS 60003 1 P.M. Weather: Broken altocumulus, few cumulus all directions Temperature: 53F; Dew Point: 36F; Wind: W at 18G24 kts, Peak Wind: 26 kts (30 MPH) S at 12:16 PM EST Sea-level pressure: 29.86 ins. Hg, falling, then more quickly Visibility: 80 miles 6-hr Max temp: 43F 6-hr Min temp: 47F 6-hr precip: 0.02 in. 6-hr snowfall: 0.0 in. BHO SA 1755 E120 BKN 80 111/53/36/2718G24/986/ FEW CU ALQDS PK WND 2826/16/ 8/260 53002 MANUAL 60002 ASOS 60003 10053 20047 SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2017 TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX…..47   NORMAL…..42 MIN…..29   NORMAL…..24 MEAN….38   NORMAL…..33 DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL…………………….+5 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH…………………….-5 [-0.9 DEGREES/DAY] HEATING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JUL TO JUN) TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY…………..27   DEPARTURE……….-5 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE MONTH………….237   DEPARTURE……….+5 TOTAL HEATING UNITS FOR THE SEASON………..4114   DEPARTURE……..-686 TOTAL HEATING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE……3911   DIFFERENCE…….+203 PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY……………….32 S  AT 12:52 P.M. AERO……………………35 S  AT 12:53 P.M. ASOS……………………36 S  AT 12:53 P.M. DAVIS…………………..33 S  AT  1:58 A.M. RMY 36 FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY…………………26 S  AT 12:53 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE………………26 S  AT  1:06 P.M. MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE……………..23 S  AT 12:53 A.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION…………..16.0 S ASOS…………………..16.3 DAVIS………………….13.4 SSW [196 deg.] *LAST OF MULTIPLE OCCURRENCES PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M….0.04  DEPARTURE……-0.13 ASOS…………..0.07 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH……….0.05  DEPARTURE……-1.16 ASOS…………..0.08 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR………..9.33  DEPARTURE……-0.30 ASOS……………N/A *** *** ASOS annual total not available due to erroneous readings SNOWFALL (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST) TOTAL SNOWFALL 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M……….0.0  DEPARTURE…….-0.5 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE MONTH…………….0.0  DEPARTURE…….-3.6 TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR THE SEASON…………..52.3  DEPARTURE…….+1.7 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 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 2/1   40/25/33/+7/0.03/0.4/228/38           43 W   AERO 44 W   RMY 47 2/2   38/25/32/+6/T/T/265/44                36 WNW AERO 37 WNW RMY 36 2/3   30/19/25/-1/0.00/0.0/351/58           28 WNW AERO 29 WNW RMY 31 2/4   31/15/23/-3/0.00/0.0/590/97           31 WNW AERO 30 WNW RMY N/A 2/5   43/22/33/+7/0.00/0.0/092/15           38 SSW AERO 41 SSW RMY N/A 2/6   37/28/33/+7/0.00/0.0/503/82           41 WNW AERO 41 WNW RMY 43 2/7   37/30/34/+7/0.54/0.7/000/00           32 ENE AERO 31 ENE RMY 32 2/8   49/25/37/+10/T/0.0/136/22             25 W   AERO 25 W   RMY 31 2/9   35/8/22/-5/1.60/16.9/000/00           54 NNE AERO 53 NNE RMY 54 TSTM 2/10  24/7/16/-11/T/T/623/100               43 WNW AERO 50 WNW RMY 48 2/11  27/15/21/-6/0.14/2.9/000/00           21 SE  AERO 20 SE  RMY 19 2/12  32/17/25/-2/0.71/5.6/000/00           22 ENE AERO 28 ENE RMY N/A 2/13  32/20/26/-2/0.27/2.2/032/05           48 NW  AERO 60 NW  RMY 61 2/14  35/16/26/-2/0.00/0.0/634/100          23 NW  AERO 24 NW  RMY 24 2/15  40/25/33/+5/0.17/1.2/000/00           31 SE  AERO 33 NW  RMY N/A 2/16  33/23/28/0/0.17/1.6/077/12            38 WNW AERO 38 WNW RMY 40 2/17  38/19/29/+1/0.00/0.0/636/99           36 WNW AER0 35 WNW RMY 35 2/18  50/24/37/+8/0.00/0.0/587/91           31 SSW AERO 33 SSW RMY 34 2/19  58/42/50/+21/0.00/0.0/408/63          32 W   AERO 33 W   RMY 32 2/20  42/29/36/+7/0.00/0.0/644/99           25 NW  AERO 28 NW  RMY 27 2/21  44/25/35/+6/0.00/0.0/451/69           24 SSE AERO 22 SSW RMY 24 2/22  56/34/45/+16/T/0.0/466/71             24 SSW AERO 24 SSW RMY N/A 2/23  67/40/54/+24/0.00/0.0/612/93          36 SSW AERO 35 SSW RMY 37 2/24  71/47/59/+29/0.00/0.0/535/81          41 SSW AERO 41 SSW RMY 44 2/25  68/44/56/+26/0.15/0.0/246/37          37 WNW AERO 35 WNW RMY 46 2/26  44/28/36/+6/0.00/0.0/600/90           46 WNW AERO 50 W   RMY 44 2/27  52/26/39/+8/0.00/0.0/663/99           37 SW  AERO 40 SW  RMY 41 2/28  56/37/47/+16/T/0.0/148/22             22 SSE AERO 25 SSE RMY N/A DAILY RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 2017 2/09/17: NEW DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM SNOWFALL OF 16.9 INS. PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 14.0 INS. SET IN 2015 2/23/17: NEW DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 67F PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 62F SET IN 1990 2/24/17: NEW DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 71F PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 68F SET IN 1985 2/24/17: NEW DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 47F PREVIOUS RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 43F WAS SET IN 1930 AND TIED IN 1985 AND 2000 2/25/17: NEW DAILY RECORD MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 68F PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 67F SET IN 1976 2/25/17: DAILY RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 44F, TIES PREVIOUS RECORD SET IN 1930 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 3/1  61/46/54/+23/0.01/0.0/…/..          41 S   AERO 45 S   RMY 45 3/2  55/26/41/+10/T/T/…/..               58 W   AERO 61 W   RMY 59 3/3  36/19/28/-4/T/T/…/..                38 W   AERO 44 W   RMY N/A 3/4  20/7/14/-18/T/T/…/..                45 NW  AERO 48 NW  RMY 51 3/5  29/5/17/-15/0.00/0.0/…/..           35 WNW AERO 43 WNW*RMY N/A 3/6  40/11/26/-6/0.00/0.0/…/..           18 WNW AERO 17 NW* RMY N/A 3/7  47/29/38/+5/…/0.0/…/..            32 S   AERO 35 S   RMY 36 3/8  Low temp since midnight is 46F; normal low is now 24F DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR MARCH 8 HIGH 66 IN 2012 LOW 2 IN 1986 PRECIP 2.20 INS. IN 2008 SNOWFALL 8.3 INS. IN 1941 PEAK GUST 69 MPH SSW IN 2008 RECORDS FOR MARCH 9 HIGH 75 IN 2016 LOW 1 IN 2007 PRECIP 2.67 INS. IN 1998 SNOWFALL 6.3 INS. IN 2001 PEAK GUST 102e MPH S IN 1942 [RECORD FOR MONTH] TODAY’S REPORT PREPARED BY: Kaitlin Geagan
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