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Article: For nearly 50 years, Edward Hill's climate readings from his homemade station were a ray of sunshine.
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- The Sun (Lowell, MA)
- Article date:
- September 2, 2006
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Byline: Rita Savard
Sep. 2--DUNSTABLE -- It was the day after Christmas but the air was unseasonably warm.
Nine months pregnant, Florence Taylor Hill felt inclined to sit on her front steps and bask in the sun. By mid-afternoon a dark curtain fell over the winter sky. Thunder and lightening hammered down. It was followed by a snowstorm of epic proportions. Before the day was over, Taylor held a baby boy in her arms. She named him Edward.
The year was 1915 and from the moment he entered the world, Edward Hill's life was influenced by weather. For nearly 50 years, he took daily readings in Dunstable from a homemade weather station in front of his ...