Recreationists should possess the necessary knowledge, skill, and equipment to ensure their own safety. The off-season poses unique risks inherent when participating in outdoor recreational activities. Off season use: During off hours and the off-season the park is typically not staffed, comfort stations are not available and gates may be closed. Please call the Park directly at 60 for more information or to confirm operating hours. Hours and service availability subject to change. The facilities will be open from 9:00am-6:00pm, with the Gift Shop and Food Service closing at 4:30pm daily. The Visitor Center at the top of Mount Washington, along with full visitor services, including the Gift Shop, Food Service, water refilling station for hikers, and the Mount Washington Observatory Museum will be open 7 days per week beginning Memorial Day Weekend. “Strong winds and harsh cold temperatures will continue to produce dangerously low wind chill values, with wind chill values remaining at 100 below to 110 below Saturday morning.The Sherman Adams Summit Building will open for the season on Friday, May 26, 2023.
“Winds will also remain elevated Saturday morning, with wind speeds ranging from 100-115 mph with gusts up to 135 mph,” the observatory wrote in a summit forecast on Saturday. The previous record was -102.7 degrees Fahrenheit. The previous wind chill record was shattered overnight, when wind chills dropped to -108.4 degrees at different points on Friday night and Saturday morning. The previous record daily low of -32 degrees Fahrenheit was set in 1963. The Mount Washington Observatory recorded a new, record-low air temperature of -46.9 degrees Fahrenheit as of Saturday morning at 4:10 a.m, according to overnight summit conditions. ( WPRI) – New Hampshire’s Mount Washington, the highest peak in the Northeast, recorded the coldest wind chill in the history of the United States on Saturday morning when an arctic air mass hit New England.
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