It is well known that Mount Washington in New Hampshire is renowned for its extreme and erratic weather patterns. Some of the coldest temperatures ever recorded happened atop that 6,288-foot mother of ...

On "calm" summer days, instruments on Mount Washington's summit record wind speeds of 40 mph (65 km/h). But when storms roll in, these winds can whip up gusts exceeding 100 mph (160 km/h).

Mount Washington is the largest obstacle blocking this crush of weather, an atmospheric pinch point, a boulder in a fast moving stream that churns wind into white water. During summer, millions of ...

The summit sees hurricane-force wind gusts more than 110 days of the year on average. The most powerful wind gust ever recorded by the Mount Washington Observatory was measured at 231 mph on April 21, ...

We take great pride in New Hampshire to be the home of Mount Washington, which is known as having some of the most extreme ...

Fred is the Articles Editor at Outside. I have a secret fascination with the Mount Washington Observatory (MWOB), the weather station situated atop America’s windiest mountain. But the big story ...

The Mt. Washington Observatory’s (MWOBS) annual Seek the Peak event will reach the quarter-century mark this summer as hundreds of hikers hit the trail to raise funds, earn gear, and ...