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Category Archives: Weather
Picture of the week: City at Dusk
A slight sense of seasonal change starts to fill the air over Boston as we enter the last stretch of the dead of winter. While the temperatures have yet to get rise, the days do begin to get longer. Each … Continue reading
Posted in Boston Harbor in the Winter, Boston Harbor Picture of the Week, Weather
Tagged boston harbor picture of the week, boston harbor winter, city skyline
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Photos from the Blizzard of 2013
The blizzard that hit New England on February 8th-10th was one of the most severe in years and was particularly hard on the coast. Reported wind gusts were >60mph and wave heights as reported by NOAA buoy 44013 (located 16NM … Continue reading
Posted in Boston Harbor in the Winter, Uncategorized, Weather
Tagged blizzard, boston harbor storm, cohasset, minot light
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Winter in Boston Harbor: January Deep Freeze
Winter in Boston Harbor This year, late January brought the Boston area an unusually deep freeze. Sheets of ice formed in the harbor after consecutive days of sub-zero temperatures. An ice shelf formed in Quincy Bay that was so large, … Continue reading
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Tagged cold weather boston, january, quincy bay ice, winter in boston harbor
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Winter birdwatching in Boston Harbor: The Common Eider
January leaves us with few options for recreational boating in Boston Harbor, but one thing that is great about this area in winter is the vast number of migratory birds that flock here. With calm waters, today was a great … Continue reading
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Tagged birdwatching, boston harbor, boston harbor birds, eider, scoter, seagull
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Black Rock Beach and Straits Pond
Black Rock beach is a stretch of shoreline that lies just South of Boston Harbor, reaching around the outer side of South Hull and reaching into North Cohasset. The beach is named for the Black Rocks- two small islands lying … Continue reading
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Tagged black rock beach, cohasset, hull, minot light, straits pond, winter
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Last boat ride of 2012, on the winter solstice!
Today was December 21st, the shortest day of the year- also known as the Winter Solstice. Being the Friday before the week of Christmas, I realized that today would likely be my last boat trip of 2012. This was a … Continue reading
Posted in Boston Harbor in the Winter, Uncategorized, Visiting Boston Harbor, Weather
Tagged boston harbor sunset, boston harbor winter solstice, december 21st, winter solstice
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Cohasset Harbor in the Snow
Here are some photos I took of Cohasset Harbor yesterday morning, (Saturday 12/1) as the snow came down. Yesterday’s snowfall was the first of the season, and just about all the boats that lined Cohasset Harbor this summer are out … Continue reading
This day in nautical history: The Portland Gale
Samuel Ward Stanton’s sketch of the Steamer Portland, which was lost in what would become known as the Portland Gale: Source: Wikimedia Commons, Samuel Ward Stanton (1870-1912). The Portland Gale On the evening of November 26th, 1898, the Boston area … Continue reading
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Tagged Humarock, noreaster, North River, november storm, Portland, Portland Gale, scituate
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