Tuesday, April 20, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0455ESUNSET:  1832E WINDY AND WARM WITH A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS…. Plenty of sunshine this morning has given way to somecloudiness, a mix of lower cumulus indicating that we’vereached the convective… Read More »

Monday, April 19, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0457ESUNSET:  1831E SUNNY START, CLOUDS BUILDING WITH THE HEATING OF THE DAY…. Plenty of sunshine this morning has given way to growingcumulus clouds as the heating of the day has allowedfor convection… Read More »

Sunday, April 18, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0459ESUNSET:  1829E INCREASINGLY CLOUDY WITH THE WIND PICKING UPIN THE AFTERNOON HOURS…. We observed 55 miles of visibility on average today,as the sky became covered by more and more clouds.Wind is westerly… Read More »

Saturday, April 17, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0500ESUNSET:  1828E OVERCAST WITH SOME LIGHT MORNING SNOW TO ENDOFF THE RAIN/SNOW EVENT…. After measuring another 1.50 ins. of rainfall this morning,a trace of snow fell between 7 A.M. and noontime. This… Read More »

Daily Record Snowfall at the Observatory on April 16th

A strong coastal storm combined with anomalously cold temperatures to bring a record breaking snowfall and more than two inches of much needed liquid precipitation to the summit of Great Blue Hill on April 16th, 2021. Rain began during the night, and snow started mixing with rain just before the 7AM EST observation. By 7:30AM, the… Read More »

Friday, April 16, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0501ESUNSET:  1827E CALENDAR SAYS SPRING, YET SCENERY SAYS WINTER… Record breaking snowfall occurred here on the hill today. Snow began mixing with rain just before the 7AM observation.By 7:30AM, the precipitation type was all… Read More »

Thursday, April 15, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0503ESUNSET:  1826E CLOUDS THICKEN THIS MORNING WITH RAIN ARRIVING EARLY THISAFTERNOON… After a brilliant sunrise this morning, clouds quicklyincreased and thickened leaving us with yet another cloudyday for this week. We’ve had… Read More »

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0504ESUNSET:  1825E DECENT AMOUNT OF SUNSHINE, BUT ONSHORE WIND KEEPINGTEMPERATURES ON THE COOL SIDE… Not a bad day today overall with plenty of sunshine andgenerally a light, but steady wind, however the… Read More »

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0506ESUNSET:  1824E CLOUDS FINALLY BREAK TO ALLOW SOME SUNSHINE, BUT BRISKNORTHEAST WIND KEEPING TEMPERATURES COOL… The overcast sky of this morning has finally broken toallow for some sunshine early this afternoon. Despitethe… Read More »

Monday, April 12, 2021

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORYMILTON, MASSACHUSETTSELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2021ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIMESUNRISE: 0508ESUNSET:  1823E OVERCAST, BREEZY, AND CHILLY WITH OCCASIONAL DRIZZLE…. Today marks day 2 of mainly cloudy skies with a chillynortheast to east-northeast breeze. Periods of drizzleis just adding to the rawness of… Read More »