Blue Hill Observatory February 2017 Summary: February was generally very warm with a single week of wintry weather. The 24-hour mean temperature for the month of 33.8 deg F was 7.4 degrees warmer than the 120-year average for February and nearly five degrees warmer than the 1981-2010 30-year average, making the month the sixth warmest February… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME COOLER TEMPERATURES RETURN Temperatures are much cooler today than our record breaking February temperatures. A maximum of 35F was recorded at the 1PM EST… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME ICE PELLETS OBSERVED AT 9:00AM, WINDS GUST OVER 50 MPH THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON Westerly winds began gusting over 40 knots around 9:30AM EST and… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS ACCOMPANY LIGHT RAIN… FEBRUARY WAS THE SIXTH WARMEST ON RECORD… WINTER 2016-2017 WAS THE FOURTH WARMEST ON RECORD… Morning rain showers… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME UNSEASONABLY MILD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE Temperatures continued to warm from yesterday’s 52F and reached 56F at the 1PM EST observation. The normal temperature for today… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME MILD TEMPERATURES RETURN Temperatures reached 50F again today after cooler levels yesterday. The overnight low of 26F occurred shortly before the 7:00AM observation. Despite… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME Highest February Daily Maximum Temperature, deg F (1885-2017) 1) 71 on 24 Feb 2017 2) 68 on 24 Feb 1985 68 on 25 Feb… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME ANOTHER RECORD BREAKING HIGH TEMPERATURE DAY Yesterday we recorded the warmest February day on record 71F. The previous warmest day was set back in… Read More »
A maximum temperature of 71F was observed at Blue Hill on February 24, 2017. This establishes a new record high temperature for the date and for the month of February, surpassing the previous monthly record of 68F set on February 24, 1985. This is also the warmest temperature ever observed so early in the year,… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2017 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES AND MODERATE WINDS The temperatures have been well above normal the past two days. Yesterday we broke a maximum temperature record… Read More »
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