Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Mount Washington second-coldest place on planet

It's been a colder-than-normal start to the first of two February vacation weeks, and winds Monday were a factor at some resorts.

Mount Washington Observatory staffers Monday recorded one of the world's coldest temperatures and the highest gusts since 2008: 141 mph, higher than the 140 recorded during Hurricane Sandy in 2008.

Early Monday, Mount Washington Observatory Summit observer Ryan Knapp received information from www.wx-now.com that, at -35 degrees F., the summit was the second-coldest reporting location on Earth, behind only the South Pole at -51 degrees .... http://www.conwaydailysun.com