Mass Legislature APPROVES $100,000 Funding for BHO

After receiving the Conference Committee’s recommended Budget that reinstated $100,000 funding for Blue Hill Observatory, the Massachusetts House and Senate approved the FY 2018 Budget on Friday,7/7, that included the $100K BHO funding. The next step, legislatively, is for the Governor to review the budget. He will then  have ten days to either sign or… Read More »

Thursday, July 6, 2017

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME HIGH PRESSURE STILL IN CONTROL BEFORE PASSAGE OF WARM FRONT THIS EVENING Today has been another pleasant day at Great Blue Hill despite an… Read More »

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME WINDS SHIFT NE AS INCREASING HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST High pressure continued to build and provide clear skies and warm temperatures today.  Few cumulus… Read More »

Tuesday, July 4, 2017

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY FROM BHO STAFF! LIGHT WINDS TODAY WITH TEMPS IN THE MID-80s High pressure over the region has given us yet… Read More »

June 2017 Summary – Warmer and Wetter than Average

Blue Hill Observatory June 2017 Summary: June was generally warm with more rainfall than average. The 24-hour mean temperature for the month of 67.0 deg F was 2.9 degrees warmer than the 120-year average for June and nearly two degrees warmer than the 1981-2010 30-year average. The high temperature of 94F on the 12th was a… Read More »

Monday, July 3, 2017

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, JULY 3, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME ANOTHER SUNNY AND WARM DAY AT BHO Today has been very similar to yesterday with warm temperatures, dry air, and mostly sunny skies.  Temps.… Read More »

Sunday, July 2, 2017

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME ANOTHER WARM BUT LESS HUMID DAY, AFTERNOON SKIES BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY Somewhat drier air has moved into the region following a cold front. Dew… Read More »

Saturday, July 1, 2017

DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SATURDAY, JULY 1, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME PARTLY CLOUDY AND HUMID DAY Humid air once again remained on top of Great Blue Hill because the wind has been coming from the south/ southwest. We had partly cloudy skies today with a mixture of cumulus and altocumulus… Read More »

Friday, June 30, 2017

BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME HUMID BUT SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE Humid air continued through the morning with the winds coming from the south/ southwest. Temperatures have been close to… Read More »