Mount Washington New Hampshire

2023 - 2 - 4

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Mount Washington wind chill: New Hampshire summit fell to minus ... (USA TODAY)

That's likely the lowest wind chill ever recorded in the United States since meteorologists began calculating wind chills, said Brian Brettschneider, an Alaskan ...

It was based on the length of time it took a vessel of near-freezing water to actually freeze under wind and temperature conditions. The colder the air temperature and the higher the wind speed, up to a point, the colder it will feel. Elsewhere Friday night, the weather service reported an extreme wind chill of minus 62 F on Cadillac Mountain in Maine's Acadia National Park. Reconstructing wind chill based on historic records at Mount Washington shows the wind chill also could have been at minus 108 F or below on Jan. The low that day — which still stands as the record low— was minus 50 F and the 24-hour average wind speed was 89 mph, Brettschneider said. That combination would produce a wind chill below minus 108 F, he said.

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Mount Washington wind chill hits minus-108, snapping U.S. record (The Washington Post)

The wind chill was minus-108 degrees at the summit of the New Hampshire mountain on Friday, according to the National Weather Service.

As weather experts pointed out, Mount Washington found itself in the stratosphere Friday night as the result of a lobe of the polar vortex that barreled south. [tweeted](https://twitter.com/Climatologist49/status/1621747441627451393) that the last time the wind chill could have hit at least minus-108 in Mount Washington would have been 138 years ago. (The Mount Washington Observatory calculated the wind chill at minus-109 degrees.) The good news? Parts of Maine are experiencing their most extreme wind chills [in at least a generation](https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2023/02/02/wind-chill-warning-new-england-northeast-subzero/?itid=lk_inline_manual_2&itid=lk_inline_manual_21), and New England cities including Boston, Providence and Bridgeport, Conn., set record daily temperature lows, according to the Weather Service. This layer is typically 4-12 miles up, but tonight it will be less than a mile!— Terry Eliasen (@TerryWBZ) An 89 mph wind with a temp of -48F or colder produces a wind chill below -108F.— Brian Brettschneider (@Climatologist49) Using old climate forms showing the temperature and 24-hour average wind speed, Brettschneider estimated that Mount Washington would have seen a minus-108 wind chill on Jan. Washington wind chill dropped to -108F. On that day, their 24-hour average wind speed was 89 mph. The observatory had forecast sustained winds of more than 100 mph on Friday night, with gusts around 128 mph. Looking at some old climate forms, on Jan 22, 1885, their temperature dropped to -50F.

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New Hampshire's Mount Washington sees record cold, stunning ... (Fox News)

Wind chill temperatures at New Hampshire's Mount Washington hit -108 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday. The mountain's observatory said its daily record low had ...

[CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP](https://www.foxnews.com/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink) [Temperatures were expected to moderate](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/disasters/heat-wave) by Saturday afternoon, reaching -15 by sunset and climbing overnight. It said that winds would remain elevated on Saturday morning. [a wind chill warning](https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/mt-washington-cold-surge-wind-temperature) would remain in effect until 1 a.m. [AUSTIN MAYOR APOLOGIZES FOR CONTINUED BLACKOUTS FOLLOWING FREAK WINTER STORM](https://www.foxnews.com/us/austin-mayor-apologizes-continued-blackouts-freak-winter-storm) [Mount Washington](https://www.foxnews.com/category/us/us-regions/northeast/new-hampshire) is the highest peak in the northeastern U.S., with an elevation of 6,288 feet. [Wind chill temperatures](https://www.foxnews.com/category/weather) at New Hampshire's Mount Washington reached a stunning -108 degrees Fahrenheit on Friday night.

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Mount Washington Records Coldest Wind Chill Ever: Minus 108 ... (The New York Times)

The air temperatures at the region's highest peak went as low as minus 47 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Temperatures at the peak are expected to rise on Saturday morning, and will be around minus 15 degrees by sunset on Saturday. In comparison, the coldest it got there on Thursday was minus 5 degrees. The previous record was minus 103 degrees. “There were pieces of ice flying around, lots of ducking and dodging,” he said. The temperature atop the mountain reached as low as minus 47 degrees in the early hours of Saturday, which tied the previous record from 1934. ❄️💨❄️This is EXTREME WEATHER!

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Mount Washington experiences record-setting wind chill (WOKV)

BOSTON — (AP) — The Arctic air that descended on the Northeast on Saturday brought dangerously cold sub-zero temperatures and wind chills to the region, ...

Temperatures plunged into the negative teens in dozens of other cities and towns. ... Snow pants, thick winter coats, hand and foot warmers, face masks, the kind where only your eyes are exposed, and good gloves and winter boots. Those are the people we are most worried about.” Temperatures got so low that authorities in Massachusetts took the unusual step of keeping the South Station transit hub open overnight so homeless people had a safe place to sleep. “On these cold nights, they are not thinking at 100% of their capacity. The driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but the infant died, authorities said.

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Wind chill sends Mount Washington temperatures to 108 degrees ... (CBS News)

A record-setting wind chill of 108 degrees below zero was seen on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire, the National Weather Service said.

Temperatures plunged into the negative teens in dozens of other cities and towns, with wind chill making it feel even colder. In Albany, New York the temperature was 13 degrees below zero, which tied the previous record. Boston's record of 10 degrees below zero smashed the last record of two degrees below zero, which was set in 1886. In New York's Adirondack Mountains, Old Forge recorded a temperature early Saturday of 36 degrees below zero. Record lows were set on Saturday morning in the following cities, according to the National Weather Service: The area is famous for extreme weather conditions.

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Mount Washington sets a new wind chill record (New Hampshire Public Radio)

Meteorologists say when temperatures reached well below zero Friday night, the situation was "scary but fascinating."

Meteorologists recorded a 108 degrees below zero wind chill Saturday morning at the Mount Washington Observatory. Record low temperatures and extreme winds hit the northeastern United States this weekend – including New Hampshire, where a new wind chill record has been set for the U.S. Mount Washington sets a new wind chill record

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Mount Washington in New Hampshire experiences record-setting ... (CP24 Toronto's Breaking News)

The Arctic air that descended on the Northeast on Saturday brought dangerously cold sub-zero temperatures and wind chills to the region, ...

Temperatures plunged into the negative teens in dozens of other cities and towns. Those are the people we are most worried about.” Temperatures got so low that authorities in Massachusetts took the unusual step of keeping the South Station transit hub open overnight so the homeless had a safe place to sleep. The driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but the infant died, authorities said. “On these cold nights, they are not thinking at 100% of their capacity. The morning temperature was about -10 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Watch Mt. Washington endure historic wind chill of -108°F | CNN (CNN)

Mt. Washington Observatory in New Hampshire is used to extreme weather. But the 6288 foot summit broke new US records for wind chill after the northeastern ...

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Mount Washington wind chill: New Hampshire summit fell to minus ... (Yahoo News Canada)

The summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, dropped to a mark that is likely the lowest wind chill ever recorded in the United States.

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It's cold! Mount Washington in New Hampshire records minus 108 ... (WOKV)

The burst of Arctic air that enveloped the Northeast on Saturday included a record-setting wind chill of minus 108 degrees Fahrenheit at the summit of Mount ...

With an average speed of 89 mph, a wind chill below minus 108 degrees was possible, Brettschneider said. Tarasiewicz confirmed to the television station that the official low temperature at the observatory was minus-47 degrees Fahrenheit, with an unofficial wind chill of minus 109 degrees. A wind gust of 127 mph -- equal to [a Category 3 hurricane](https://www.weather.gov/mfl/saffirsimpson) -- was also recorded. Based on records at the observatory, the wind chill also could have been at minus 108 or below on Jan. The National Weather Service pegged the wind chill at minus 108. The burst of Arctic air that enveloped the Northeast on Saturday included a record-setting wind chill of minus 108 degrees Fahrenheit at the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

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Mount Washington hit with record wind chill amid Northeast deep ... (PBS NewsHour)

The Mount Washington Observatory at the peak of the Northeast's highest mountain, famous for its extreme weather conditions, also recorded an actual ...

Temperatures plunged into the negative teens in dozens of other cities and towns. … Snow pants, thick winter coats, hand and foot warmers, face masks, the kind where only your eyes are exposed, and good gloves and winter boots. Temperatures got so low that authorities in Massachusetts took the unusual step of keeping the South Station transit hub open overnight so homeless people had a safe place to sleep. Those are the people we are most worried about.” “On these cold nights, they are not thinking at 100% of their capacity. The driver was taken to the hospital with serious injuries, but the infant died, authorities said.

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