Blue Hill Observatory July 2013 Summary: For July 2013, the average monthly maximum temperature of 83.2F was the 13th warmest on record, but the average monthly minimum temperature of 66.9F was the WARMEST on record for July and for any month of the year. This broke the previous record of 65.9F in 2010 by an… 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 »
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 »
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 »
Pictured here is the monument near the Observatory that was originally erected in 1912 in honor of the Observatory’s founder, Abbott Lawrence Rotch. It was later etched with a summary of the climate means and extremes that were recorded during the Observatory’s first century (1885-1984). This page lists the climate records on the monument that… Read More »
Blue Hil Observatory is spearheading the effort to restore the Historic Eliot Tower and add two classrooms for educational programing.
The 2012 average temperature (adjusted to 24 hours) of 51.7 deg F was 4.1 deg F warmer than the long-term 1891-2010 mean, making 2012 the warmest year on record by a very wide margin. This surpasses the previous record of 51.0 deg F set in 2010 by 0.7 deg F. Total precipitation for the year… Read More »
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