Blue Hill Observatory February 2025 Summary: February temperature and sunshine were near average, and there was less rain and snow than expected. The approximated 24-hour mean temperature for the month of 28.0 deg F was 1.4 degrees warmer than the 1891-2020 130-year average for February, and it was 1.2 degrees colder than the 1991-2020 30-year… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2025 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0617E SUNSET: 1736E ANOTHER WINDY DAY WITH PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES…. Skies have remained mostly clear today with the exception of some distant stratocumulus… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2025 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0619E SUNSET: 1734E WARM WITH LIGHT RAIN TO BEGIN METEOROLOGICAL SPRING…. Sunrise was beautiful this morning, with mid level clouds across the western portion of the sky.… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2025 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0621E SUNSET: 1733E ANOTHER BLUSTERY DAY, PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND WARMER TEMPERATURES TO START THE WEEKEND…. The system that moved through yesterday only netted us an additional… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2025 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0622E SUNSET: 1732E A TOUCH OF LIGHT SNOW VERY EARLY THIS MORNING CHANGING TO PERIODS OF LIGHT RAIN…. Our latest weather system started as a period of… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2025 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0624E SUNSET: 1731E PLENTY OF SUNSHINE TO START, THEN A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS; STILL ON THE MILD SIDE…. The first part of the day was… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2025 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0625E SUNSET: 1730E CLOUDS DOMINATE THE SKY TODAY, BUT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO BE WELCOMED…. It’s been a mainly cloudy day for the most part, but… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2025 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST) SUNRISE: 0627E SUNSET: 1728E PERIODS OF CLOUDS AND SUN, EVEN MILDER WITH INCREASING WIND…. The day has had varying amounts of clouds and sunshine. We started the day… Read More »
Listed below are recent publications, informal reports and presentations describing climate research on various topics based on the Blue Hill climate record. Click on the title to access each document. 2025 “Southerly High-Wind Events in Southern New England: Climatology and Synoptic Setting” (Journal of Operational Meteorology, Vol. 13, Issue 3) (March, 2025) “State of the… Read More »
Observatory Research Projects and Collaborations Ongoing research projects and collaborations at BHO cover a wide range of topics related to our long-term climate record, and these activities are supported by staff and professional scientists as well as high-school and college student interns and other volunteers. Listed below is a sample of current projects. Wind Speed… Read More »
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