BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0707E SUNSET: 1646E A MUCH WARMER DAY TODAY WITH A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN…. A warm front passed through the region overnight bringing a period of… Read More »
Very Large Winter Storm Will Impact Most of the Eastern United States This Weekend and Probably Including Southern New England Late in the Weekend There is a lot to discuss with regard to upcoming weather. This blog is focused on southern New England but will note a little about how the weekend storm looks to… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0707E SUNSET: 1644E INCREASING CLOUDS TODAY AS THE LEADING EDGE OF A WARMER AIR MASS APPROACHES…. We are still within an arctic air mass today with well… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0708E SUNSET: 1643E ANOTHER ARCTIC AIR MASS MOVES INTO THE REGION; SUNNY, BUT VERY COLD…. An arctic air mass moved in overnight following the passage of yesterday’s… Read More »
Weather & Trail Explorer Program Over four days, students explore nature in the Blue Hills while learning about weather and climate and their longstanding impact on the environment. Students start their day on a hike, make observations about the natural world, collect daily weather data, create weather instruments and use their creativity to draw and… Read More »
Weekly Significant Weather Outlook for Southern New England For the week ahead, looks like very cold temperatures Tuesday and Tuesday night followed by moderating temperatures Wednesday through Thursday. Colder, possibly much colder temperatures appear to be in store for Friday into the weekend as a piece of the polar vortex may break off and move… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0709E SUNSET: 1642E BIGGEST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON SO FAR COMES TO AN END… The storm system responsible for bringing the biggest snowfall of the season… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2026 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0709E SUNSET: 1641E APPROACHING WINTER STORM BRINGS SOME LIGHT SNOW THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON…. Yesterday’s system did finally bring some light rain and snow to the Hill… Read More »
Snow Today and Tonight No major change in the forecast reasoning. The trend has been to expand precipitation amounts some further west as a surface low pressure embedded in the southern stream interacts some with upper-level energy approaching the area in the northern stream. Projected snowfall amounts are modified just a little from yesterday. The… Read More »
The year 2025 was warmer than average, but it was the coolest year since 2019. The approximated 24-hour mean temperature of 49.9F was 2.1F warmer than the 130-year (1891-2020) long-term mean and 0.4F above the 30-year (1991-2020) average. Ten months during the year were warmer than the long-term mean and two, January and December, were… Read More »
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