Statewide Forecasts from the Top of New England Now Broadcast throughout New Hampshire and Vermont

By MWOBS Staff

In early 2025, Mount Washington Observatory (MWOBS) expanded its forecasting coverage area beyond the White Mountains to reach across all of New Hampshire and Vermont.

Radio and digital media partners including New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR), Radio Vermont Group (RVG), and Conway Broadcasting now carry daily statewide, weekly recreational, and seasonal forecasts produced by MWOBS meteorologists.

These products help residents and visitors plan their daily commutes and outdoor recreational activities. Business and other organizations across the two states also benefit from practical, actionable information and a broader understanding of weather patterns.

“Weather affects so many parts of daily life in New Hampshire, and this partnership helps NHPR give our listeners something truly useful,” said Emily Quirk, Program Director at NHPR. “Hearing directly from Mount Washington Observatory meteorologists adds depth and credibility that people really appreciate.”

MWOBS meteorologists analyze weather systems to prepare people throughout the two states’ varied geographies, while also continuing to focus on the specialized Higher Summits Forecast for the White Mountains recreation community, search and rescue mountaineers, and Mount Washington enthusiasts.

The Observatory provides NHPR listeners and readers with daily weather forecasts every morning and afternoon. In Vermont, RVG listeners also receive multiple daily forecasts. These weather communications are updated for both platforms throughout the day based on current conditions and weather systems that are approaching the region.

“Radio Vermont serves over 560,000 Vermonters across 12 of the 14 counties. We know that Mount Washington Observatory offers them the most accurate and usable weather information available, based on their sophisticated data models and long experience forecasting weather in the region,” said Myers Mermel, owner of Radio Vermont Group. “Our weather changes rapidly and can be severe; Mount Washington Observatory plays an important role at Radio Vermont in helping keep Vermonters safe from heavy winds, damaging floods, and crippling snowstorms.”

Conway Broadcasting continues to connect live with Observatory meteorologists each morning for the long-standing morning weather report, while also carrying a new weekend recreational forecast on its airwaves.

For a deeper dive into forecast discussions, MWOBS’s website, mountwashington.org, continues to carry the latest updates in summit weather patterns, as well as real-time data from the summit and an expanding network of remote automated weather stations, which are currently concentrated in New Hampshire’s north country but will be expanding throughout the state.

Each month, the website receives, on average, 120,000 views of the Current Summit Conditions page, 65,000 views of the Higher Summits Forecast page, and 270,000 views of live-streaming weather cameras (also available on the MWOBS YouTube page).

“With NHPR’s statewide coverage, our listeners expect up-to-date and reliable forecasting for everything from the highest terrain in the White Mountains to the Merrimack Valley and Seacoast,” said Rick Ganley, Morning Edition host at NHPR. “They appreciate MWOBS’ unique view ‘from the top of New England’ and the deep expertise of the meteorologists they hear each day.  And, they tell us they turn to NHPR for it.”

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