BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME OVERCAST AND COOLER WITH SOME RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…. Today was overcast with rain beginning in the mid-afternoon hours, a light shower and left only 0.01 inches in… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME OVERCAST AND WARM WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON…. The big story of the last few days has certainly been the warmth that has overspread the region. We exceeded the… Read More »
Blue Hill Observatory October 2020 Summary: October was warm and wet with one very snowy day. The 24-hour adjusted mean temperature for the month of 52.7 deg F was 1.6 degrees warmer than the 120-year average for October, and it was 1.3 degrees warmer than the 1981-2010 30-year average. The average maximum temperature of 61.2… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME WARM WEATHER CONTINUES, BUT MISSED THE RECORD FOR TODAY… The big story of the last few days has certainly been the warmth that has overspread the region. We got… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME RECORD WARMTH CONTINUES FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE DAY… The big story of the last few days has certainly been the warmth that has overspread the region. Today marks the… Read More »
Shortly after 9 AM EST on Sunday, November 8th, 2020 a small 3.6 magnitude earthquake shook parts of southeastern New England. The epicenter was about 6.2 miles below ground under Buzzard’s Bay and just offshore of Bliss Corner, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The earthquake was recorded on the seismographs at the Blue Hill Observatory and other… Read More »
A period of unseasonably warm weather that arrived on Thursday, November 5th has brought several daily record high temperatures to the Observatory. The new records observed through November 11th are: 11/06/2020: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 72F, BREAKS PREVIOUS RECORD OF 71F SET IN 1959 AND 201511/07/2020: DAILY RECORD HIGH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE OF 75F, TIES PREVIOUS… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME WARM, AND ANOTHER RECORD-SETTING DAY ATOP GREAT BLUE HILL…. Today we observed partly cloudy conditions with thin, upper-level clouds and an okay visibility of 50 miles at the 1… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2020 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME PARTLY CLOUDY WITH DECENT VISIBILITY AS A CONTINUATION OF SUMMER…. Today we observed a thin overcast of upper-level clouds and a decent visibility of 65 miles at the 1… Read More »
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