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  2. Mount Washington Observatory - Wikipedia

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    On April 12, 1934, the observatory staff recorded a wind gust of 231 mph [1] that at the time was the highest recorded wind speed in the world, a record that was held until 1996. The observatory's weather data have accumulated into a valuable climate record since.

  3. Mount Washington - Wikipedia

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    The Mount Washington Auto Road—originally the Mount Washington Carriage Road—is a 7.6-mile (12.2 km) private toll road on the east side of the mountain, rising 4,618 feet (1,408 m) from an altitude of 1,527 feet (465 m) at the bottom to 6,145 feet (1,873 m) at the top, an average gradient of 11.6%. The road was completed and opened to the ...

  4. Behind the history of Mount Washington's fabled 231-mph wind gust

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    And nearly 100 years ago, the full force of that fury was unleashed into a heightened state, generating record wind gusts at the summit. Wind and driving snow are seen on the top of the highest ...

  5. Portal:Weather/On this day list/April 12/0 - Wikipedia

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  6. Meteorologists surf rare ‘ice wave’ atop Mount Washington

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    Mount Washington Observatory is a beacon for extreme weather data. It's where a wind speed of 231 mph was measured in 1934, setting the record for the highest wind speed ever recorded in the U.S.

  7. White Mountains (New England) - Wikipedia

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    Its most famous mountain is 6,288-foot (1,917 m) Mount Washington, which is the highest peak in the Northeastern U.S. and for 76 years held the record for fastest surface wind gust in the world (231 miles per hour (372 km/h) in 1934). Mount Washington is part of a line of summits, the Presidential Range, that are named after U.S. presidents and ...

  8. Rye man living, working at Mt. Washington summit, records ...

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    Charlie Peachey, 24, calls extreme weather at Mount Washington Observatory and alternate weeks in Rye, ... One shift, he was the only observer on when major wind gusts topped out at 147 mph, which ...

  9. Cyclone Olivia - Wikipedia

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    On 26 January 2010, nearly 14 years later, the World Meteorological Organization announced that the wind gust was the highest recorded worldwide. This gust surpassed the previous non-tornadic wind speed of 372 km/h (231 mph) on Mount Washington in the United States in April 1934. [29]