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. 2020 “Watching the Weather Since 1885: The Climate Record of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory” (Presentation) (April, 2020) “Dr. Charles Franklin Brooks at Blue Hill […]
Weather observations on Blue Hill began on February 1, 1885, but the annual mean temperature plot below includes data for 1831 to 1884 from nearby locations that have been carefully adjusted to the Great Blue Hill summit, to extend the Observatory mean temperature record back to 1831. Long-Term Climate Graphs Annual Mean Temperature (since 1831) Annual […]
The charts below show annual and monthly average temperature and total precipitation and snowfall as well as their departures from average since 1995. Note that departures from the mean depicted in these plots are differences from the 1891-2010 120-year, long-term average since 2012 and from the 1891-2000 110-year average for prior years. These long-term averages […]
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. Luncheon, Booksigning and Lectures Evening Fireworks Display Movies These short, low-resolution movie clips […]
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 120-year period from 1891-2010. Extremes are shown for the full period of record, 1885-Present, except peak wind gusts, which are for 1940-Present. Temperature (oF) […]
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