Monday, August 9, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0445ESUNSET:  1853E EVEN COOLER TODAY, BUT STILL HUMID UNDER MAINLY CLOUDY SKIES…. Overcast skies along with an onshore flow off the ocean is reallykeeping temperatures on the cool side today. We did… Read More »

Sunday, August 8, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0444ESUNSET:  1855E COOLER, BUT STILL HUMID UNDER CLOUDY SKIES…. After two days of heat and humidity, today has been much coolerthanks to an overcast sky. The temperature has spent most of theday… Read More »

Saturday, August 7, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0443ESUNSET:  1856E HOT AND HUMID WEATHER CONTINUES…. After the heat and humidity returned yesterday, the same themecontinues today with temperatures reaching the upper 80s here onthe summit, but low 90s in the… Read More »

Friday, August 6, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0442ESUNSET:  1857E RAIN AND CHILL EXIT, SUN AND WARMTH RETURN…. Yesterday’s overcast and cool temperatures coincidedwith a good slug of rainfall. An area of low pressuretraversing a stationary front offshore induced considerablywet… Read More »

July 2021 Summary – Second Wettest on Record

Blue Hill Observatory July 2021 Summary: July was very cool and very wet with much less sunshine than average, and July set a new record for the greatest number of days with measurable rainfall in any month. The 24-hour adjusted mean temperature for the month of 67.9 deg F was 2.1 degrees cooler than the… Read More »

Thursday, August 5, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0439ESUNSET:  1907E RAIN AND FOG WITH A GOOD AMOUNT FALLING OVERNIGHT…. Today was overcast with an average visibility around a miledue to fog. Rain overnight totaled 1.78 inches with an additional0.44 inches… Read More »

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0440ESUNSET:  1900E OVERCAST WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY AND SOME LOWERLEVEL CLOUDS POPPING UP IN THE AFTERNOON…. Today was overcast with an average visibility around 40 miles.Dew points stayed in the lower 60’s, and… Read More »

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0439ESUNSET:  1901E CLOUDS INCREASING, BUT STILL EXCELLENT VISIBILITY AND COMFORTABLEAIR…. Clouds have been on the increase during the day as a frontalsystem lurks off to the southeast of the region. Despite all… Read More »

Monday, August 2, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0438ESUNSET:  1902E ANOTHER NICE DAY WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS, GOOD VISIBILITY,AND COMFORTABLE HUMIDITY LEVELS…. Can’t really ask for much better in early August. The sky hasbeen decorated with mostly… Read More »

Sunday, August 1, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0435ESUNSET:  1905E GOOD VISIBILITY WITH SOME CLOUDS MOVING IN THISAFTERNOON….JULY WAS THE SECOND WETTEST ON RECORD… We observed good visibility today, it being around 75 miles.Skies became mostly cloudy by the 10… Read More »