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Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory

Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in Milton, Massachusetts is the foremost structure associated with the history of weather observations in the United States. Located atop Great Blue Hill about 10 miles south of Boston, Massachusetts, it is home to the oldest continuous weather record in North America, and was the location of the earliest kite soundings of the atmosphere in North America in the 1890s, as well as the development of the radiosonde in the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

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