April Newsletter: Big Wind Day Edition
Celebrating Big Wind Day U.S. Weather Bureau Daily Map for April 12, 1934. Dear Member, Eighty-nine years ago today, Mount Washington Observatory, in its second year of existence, recorded a
April 2023
Remembering the Big Wind
Remembering the Big Wind Eighty-nine years ago today, Mount Washington Observatory, in its second year of existence, recorded a world-record wind speed of 231 miles per hour – a
A Look Back at the First Nor’easter of the Season
A Look Back at the First Nor’easter of the Season Nor’easters are named after the direction in which the strongest winds blow typically from the northeast. Nor’easters commonly form
March 2023
April Newsletter: Learn about Aurora and Retrace Record Cold
Mount Jefferson, shortly after sunrise on March 5. Dear Member, After having run and hiked up Mount Washington numerous times, my first trip in the snowcat as a new
Re-Tracing February’s Arctic Air Mass and Record Cold
Re-Tracing February’s Arctic Air Mass and Record Cold It took 89 years, but as the headlines have reported, on Feb. 4 Mount Washington Observatory managed to tie its all-time
Red Sky at Morning, Hikers Take Warning
Red Sky at Morning, Hikers Take Warning Having grown up along the coast of Maine, there was a saying instilled in me by my parents every time I was
Traditional Mount Washington Rockpile Crunch Recipe
Traditional Mount Washington Rockpile Crunch Recipe Winter on top of Mount Washington means high winds, snow, and of course, lots of rime ice! Rime ice is a phenomenon that
February 2023
February Newsletter: A Storm for the Record Books
This Feb. 4 sunrise time lapse was captured not long after our weather observers measured an actual temperature of -47° F, matching the Observatory's record low set in 1934, despite
Brutal Cold on Mount Washington: A Weather Story
Brutal Cold on Mount Washington: A Weather Story Hello! My name is Karl Philippoff and I am a new weather observer at Mount Washington Observatory. Although I am from
January 2023
January Newsletter: Welcome to 2023 from Atop the Rockpile
Weather Observer Hayden Pearson views the sunset above the sea of clouds on Jan. 14. A larger version of this image by Meteorologist Ryan Knapp can be viewed here. Dear
