My daughter and I hiked up the access road to the weather observatory at the top of Blue Hill. The observatory gift shop was open, but no tours of the observatory were being offered today as they were short handed. The bored shop attendant bounced around at random releasing more energy than he would have if he had taken us a tour and watched the shop at the same time. We enjoyed looking over what they had for sale, including many books on storms-the hurricane of 1938 and the famous blizzard of 1978. Outside, it couldn't have been a finer day.
On the summit was a monument summarizing interesting weather highlights recorded at the observatory. The deepest snow on the ground was 42" in January of 1948. The highest wind was 186 mph, calculated during the hurricane of 1938 and the greatest monthly average percent of possible bright sunshine was 76% in June of 1971 - it was a good day for sunshine!
The hike back down was great. A refreshing breeze sprung up and clouds shaded us from the direct heat of the sun. We were starved by the time we got back to the car, and thought of food the whole way home.
Thursday, August 28, 2014
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