Milton, MA, United States
The Blue Hill Observatory was founded by MIT graduate Abbott Lawrence Rotch as a private scientific station for the study of weather and the atmosphere. The first weather observations were made on february 1, 1885 and they have continued uninterrupted to the present day. This makes it the oldest con
tinuously operating weather station in the nation and a benchmark for world climatology. Owned and operated by Harward university for 60 years , Blue Hill Observatory, in conjunction with the Massachu
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