BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 2013 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS BRING 0.24 INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT; FOGGY TO START, BUT CLEARING, DRYING, AND WARMING NICELY THIS AFTERNOON Intermittent light rain showers… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 2013 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME JULY 2013 PRELIMINARY STATISTICS: (departures relative to 1981-2010 average) TEMPERATURE: Average Max Temp: 83.2F [+2.4F] Average Min Temp: 66.9F [+4.0F] Mean Temp: 75.1F [+3.2F]… Read More »
BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2013 SPECIAL REPORT 7:30 A.M. WEEKEND STORM WAS RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW INCH AND HALF LIQUID AND 4 INCHES OF SNOW Precipitation began early Saturday evening as a mixture of rain, ice pellets and snow but soon… Read More »
Blue Hill Observatory April 2013 Summary: Monthly Notes: BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY – STATION NO. 19-0737-02 MILTON, MA 02186 ID # 19-0737-02 UNUSUALLY HIGH BAROMETRIC PRESSURE RECORDED FOR APRIL AT 30.74 INS. [mean sea level] ON 22 April. Maximum station pressure 30.012 ins. The last higher pressure in any month was 30.78 on… Read More »
Temperature, Precipitation, Snowfall, and Wind Measurements Weather in New England is rarely “normal”, but the tables below show the average monthly weather conditions at the Blue Hill Observatory for the 130-year period from 1891-2020. Extremes are shown for the full period of record, 1885-Present, except peak wind gusts, which are for 1940-Present. Temperature (oF) Month… Read More »
Photo Slideshows Photos in the slideshows below were taken during the January 30th, 2010 luncheon, booksigning and lectures featuring guest speakers Paul Kocin and Dr. Louis Uccellini and during the fireworks display that evening on the summit of Great Blue Hill. Movies These short, low-resolution movie clips were taken during the ten-minute fireworks display on… Read More »
DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME A FEW PRELIMINARY APRIL 2013 MONTHLY STATS Additional stats to come next few days…. Temp: Deg. F Av. Max. 58.1 Av. Min. 38.1 Mean 48.1 [+1.4] Mean temp. corr. to 24 hours: 47.0 Highest 72 on 9th,19th,24th… Read More »
Blue Hill Observatory has made a wish for a $5,000 donation. Please vote for the Observatory so we can be one of the recipients. Thank you! VOTE today on Facebook! “I wish we could change the display fixtures in the gift shop to get more merchandise on the walls and less merchandise and displays on… Read More »
Our Prudential Tower web cam images and time lapse movies utilize state of the art German and American technology. The cams themselves are manufactured by Mobotix, and installed by a technician from Germany. The loops are generated by software developed by the team at SebecTec.com. Become member today and get access to our High resolution… Read More »
Blue Hill Observatory Winter Summary, Dec-Feb 2012-2013: The meteorological winter of 2012-2013 (Dec-Feb) was significantly warmer and snowier than average. Although it started generally warm with little snow, the winter turned colder during late January and early February, and February included one of the greatest snowfalls on record at the Observatory. The average mean temperature for… Read More »
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