Among the Clouds: Work, Wit & Wild Weather at the Mount Washington Observatory
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Where can you build a snowman in June, commute by sled, and witness hurricane-force winds twelve months out of the year? The answer is only at the 6288-foot-high Mount Washington Observatory, perched amongst the clouds in New Hampshire's White Mountains. A record-breaking 231-mph gust of wind shrieked across the summit in 1934, earning the mountain its nickname: "Home of the World's Worst Weather."
A few hardy souls live at the Observatory year-round, enduring savage thunderstorms, twenty-foot snowdrifts, blinding fog, and odd questions from visitors ("Can you see New Hampshire from here?").
Discover what a meteorologist's typical day is like in the harsh but spectacular world above timberline. Come meet Nin the...More >
A few hardy souls live at the Observatory year-round, enduring savage thunderstorms, twenty-foot snowdrifts, blinding fog, and odd questions from visitors ("Can you see New Hampshire from here?").
Discover what a meteorologist's typical day is like in the harsh but spectacular world above timberline. Come meet Nin the...More >
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