Totals for February

WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART
VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM
NORMAL
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TEMPERATURE (F)
RECORD
HIGH 70 02/24/1985
LOW -18 02/09/1934
HIGHEST 50 02/20
LOWEST 14 02/07
AVG. MAXIMUM 38.6 38.7 -0.1
AVG. MINIMUM 27.7 24.2 3.5
MEAN 33.2 31.5 1.7
DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0
DAYS MAX <= 32 2 8.0 -6.0
DAYS MIN <= 32 22 22.0 0.0
DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0

PRECIPITATION (INCHES)
RECORD
MAXIMUM 7.94 2008
MINIMUM 0.45 1877
TOTALS 3.34 3.30 0.04
DAILY AVG. 0.12 0.12 0.00
DAYS >= .01 7 10.0 -3.0
DAYS >= .10 4 6.0 -2.0
DAYS >= .50 3 2.0 1.0
DAYS >= 1.00 2 1.0 1.0
GREATEST
24 HR. TOTAL 1.28 02/25 TO 02/25
02/25 TO 02/26

SNOWFALL (INCHES)
RECORDS
TOTAL 41.6 2003
SNOW DEPTH 1 02/07/2004
TOTALS 7.0 11.2 -4.2
SINCE 7/1 35.5 32.6 2.9
SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0
DAYS >= 1.0 2 3.0 -1.0
GREATEST
SNOW DEPTH 0 MM
24 HR TOTAL 5.3 MM


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WIND (MPH)
AVERAGE WIND SPEED 13.3
RESULTANT WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 7/309
HIGHEST WIND SPEED/DIRECTION 47/070 DATE 02/25
HIGHEST GUST SPEED/DIRECTION 60/090 DATE 02/25


NUMBER OF DAYS FAIR 7
NUMBER OF DAYS PC 10
NUMBER OF DAYS CLOUDY 11



Here is the summary of our weather in the Boston area for the past month. Obviously this past month was strange as geographical properties became much more important than they usually are for winter weather. Case in point, any area to the north and west of Boston that has a little elevation got a lot more snow and had a much different weather pattern than a city only 20 miles away. Even areas to the south of the city ended up with different weather because of proximity to storm centers.

Nevertheless, a few things to note here:

-First off in the temperature department, we stayed prehttp://www.blogger.com/tty consistent. Never getting above 50 and even more surprising, never getting below 10. Our average high was right in line with normal values but our average low was much warmer than normal values. An indication of why we got so little snow, no cold air.

-Precipitation wise, we were actually right at our average, with the big total at the end of the month helping us to catch up. We are still running a deficit of about an inch for total precipitation, but that is much better than the drought like conditions we were experiencing a few weeks ago. Good news for spring vegetation.

- Snowfall was obviously below average at 7 inches total, but again, our seasonal total is 35 inches, which is a little above our normal value. Early season snowfall saved us in this category.

- We have definitely missed out on some good snow storms. Compare our modest 35 inch snowfall seasonal total to Worcester's 63 inches, New York City's 52 inches, Baltimore's 80 inches, DC's 73 inches and Philly's 79 inches, you can see that we are the odd man out.

- I highlighted the peak wind speeds and gusts just to show again how strong that storm was on Thursday night into Friday. Pretty impressive wind speeds.

- What is next for us? March is a tricky month. The Vernal or Spring Equinox is on March 20th, so we are just a few weeks away from our next season. Long term forecasts show a break in the stormy weather this weekend, but winter is not over yet. Next week could bring more storms to the east coast with some potential for rain and snow.