BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME STRONG WIND WITH RAPIDLY CHANGING PRESSURE AND INCREASING CLOUDS…. Yesterday, Blue Hill recorded a max gust of 71 mph around 4 P.M., which is… Read More »
Blue Hill Observatory January 2020 Summary: January was generally very warm with much less precipitation and snowfall than average. The 24-hour adjusted mean temperature for the month of 32.8 deg F was 7.1 degrees warmer than the 120-year average for January and 6.6 degrees warmer than the 1981-2010 30-year average. The month ranked as the… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME CHILLY, WET, AND FOGGY WEATHER CONTINUES ATOP GREAT BLUE HILL… We received more beneficial precipitation overnight clocking in at 0.33 inches. This was in… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME SOME RAIN AND SNOW THIS MORNING TO BRING DOWN THE DEFICIT A SMALL AMOUNT…. Overnight rainfall was 0.31 inches, with it mostly being ice… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME CLOUDY CONDITIONS FOLLOWING SOME ICING THIS MORNING…. Overnight rainfall was 0.08 inches, becoming ice pellets and light glaze ice between 5 and 6 A.M.… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME ANOTHER CLOUDY DAY, BUT TEMPERATURES STILL MILD…. It feels like we’ve been listening to a broken record, dare I say like Groundhog’s Day? Yet… Read More »
Imagine, Blue Hill Observatory’s first weather observations were made on February 1, 1885 at the top of Great Blue Hill— from that day on we have maintained an unbroken recording of the weather! Considered a remarkable resource, Blue Hill Observatory’s data is the most homogeneous climate record in North America and is a benchmark station… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES, BELOW NORMAL PRECIP CONTINUES…. After a period of sun this morning, clouds have once again taken over. However these clouds are… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME MILD AND CLOUDY WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY FOLLOWING SOME LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT…. Today we observed overcast skies as low clouds continue to dominate the region.… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME MILD AND CLOUDY WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY FOLLOWING SOME LIGHT SNOW OVERNIGHT…. Today we observed overcast skies as low clouds dominated the region. Visibility was… Read More »
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