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Big Wind Day Celebration

April 12 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Save the date! We are excited to once again celebrate Big Wind Day with our partners at Tuckerman Brewing Company in Conway, NH! All are invited to celebrate and explore this landmark event by joining us at the Brewery from 3:00-6:00pm on Saturday, April 12th, where there will be live music, fun educational activities to engage youth and families, young STEM innovators from the community, weather trivia, and more (plus, there will be an exciting product launch)! Check back soon for more information.

This April marks the 91st anniversary of Big Wind Day, when a world record wind gust of 231 mph was measured by Mount Washington Observatory’s first weather team of Alex McKenzie, Sal Pagliuca, and Wendell Stephenson. Learn more about the history of this event in Yankee Magazine’s recent story linked here as well as in the video below!

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Mount Washington Observatory is a private, nonprofit, member-supported institution with a mission to advance understanding of the natural systems that create Earth’s weather and climate. It serves this mission by maintaining a weather station on the summit of Mount Washington, performing weather and climate research, conducting innovative science education programs, and interpreting the heritage of the Mount Washington region. Our weather station is located  on the summit of Mount Washington  in New Hampshire, at Mount Washington State Park.

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