-50F, Mt Wash NH, Dec 30

[fatlazyless]

Wind chill at -50F right now up top Mt Washington with temp at -9 and wind at 95mph.

Go to www.weather.gov and enter 'Mt Wash NH' to see the details.

[DickR]

Or, more directly: https://mountwashington.org/weather/...it-conditions/

At the moment (10:48am), it's -14.2 F, 97 mph (116 mph at 10:10), wind chill -60 F, no visibility.

Let the solstice Winni waterskier sunbathe in that!

[SAMIAM]

I think that wind chill is not real science……….I believe it was dreamed up by meteorologists to make the weather reports more dramatic
If you follow that formula a 30mph wind at 35 degrees would produce freezing temperatures.

[Garcia]

Originally Posted by SAMIAM

I think that wind chill is not real science……….I believe it was dreamed up by meteorologists to make the weather reports more dramatic
If you follow that formula a 30mph wind at 35 degrees would produce freezing temperatures.

Your body has a natural layer of warm air around it. Wind disturbs that layer, replacing warm air with cold air. A fundamental principle of heat transfer is warm moves to cold, so as the warm air surrounding the body turn cold, the body loses heat faster as more warm air moves to cold.

Wind child affects living organisms that are producing heat. it does not make inanimate objects colder than the air temperature. Wind chill does not change the temperature. Instead, it creates a "feels like" temperature that affects living things that naturally produce heat.

[fatlazyless]

Like to see that Mount Washington Weather Observatory stationed atop Mt Washington buy a used working Nordic hot tub on Craigslist for $1000, a 220-volt eight person tub, and set it up outdoors on their summit patio in their webcam shot. Hot-tubbing on top of Mt Washington could be another great reason to climb Mt Washington, even in the winter when it's a windy deep freeze.

Hellooooo Mt Washington ......... a-hot-tubbing to the summit ...... hut-hut-hut! ..... 104-degrees hot tub on the Mt Washington patio! ....... no problem and there's no such thing as wind chill in a 104-degree hot tub! 100-mph wind and a hot tub ...... no problem! ...... ha-ha-ha .....

[FlyingScot]

Originally Posted by Garcia

Your body has a natural layer of warm air around it. Wind disturbs that layer, replacing warm air with cold air. A fundamental principle of heat transfer is warm moves to cold, so as the warm air surrounding the body turn cold, the body loses heat faster as more warm air moves to cold.

Wind child affects living organisms that are producing heat. it does not make inanimate objects colder than the air temperature. Wind chill does not change the temperature. Instead, it creates a "feels like" temperature that affects living things that naturally produce heat.

And of course, even if you don't quite believe this, it's easy to test on your own, then decide. Look at the air temp, wind speed, and wind chill; then go outside for a walk and think about how you feel. Repeat this a few days in a row (accounting for sunshine and your clothing too). I think wind chill's a pretty good number

[fatlazyless]

Monday morning, April 20, 2026; 6:43-am ....... Mt Washington NH summit weather..... 6262-ft altitude ..... freez'n fog and windy..... 12-degrees, 56-mph wind, -15 wind chill right now, pretty chilly up there for April 20 and the Sherman Adams summit building on the 60.3-acre Mt Washington State Park rocky summit with a rest room, snack bar and mountain museum is closed until a to-be-determined day in May, sometime. And looking at the Mt Wash summit webcam, the large outdoor summit patio has been wind blasted with fresh white new snow where there was no snow the day before.

Not counting the eight Cog Railway passengers who got killed plus the 72-injured when the Cog zoomed down and off the train track trestle about a mile below the summit on Sept 17, 1967, something like 170-hikers, climbers and skiers have died from the cold and wind and snow and ice and medical problems and falls and other reasons on Mt Washington and immediate vicinity since 1849 ...... http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o...idential_Range ...... with only one suicide in this list out of 178-individual deaths who was a 25 year old woman from Massachusetts on July 21, 1985.

Question of the day: How much for a Mt Washington summit hot dog on a bun with mustard, relish, ketchup, and chopped onions plus a large hot coffee in a paper cup? Whatever it costs which is probably very reasonable, all things considered, if you are an Appalachian Trail hungry thru-hiker then it's definitely worth the price! Will five dollars cover it ....... way up top the highest mountain ..... maybe? ..... except the building is closed today on April 20 until sometime in May.

At a -15 degree wind chill on the summit you better be wearing a wind breaker and warm hat....... ouch-ouch-ouch ....... .

Go to www.weather.gov and enter 'Mt Wash NH' to see today's details and that's where the 6262-ft comes from as opposed to the well known 6288-ft summit selfie sign.
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Tuesday, April 21, 7:30-pm: NH Fish and Game officers find dead body of 61 year old male hiker from West Roxbury, Massachusetts somewhere on the Kinsman Ridge Trail which is also the white blazed Appalachian Trail and about 20 to 22 miles south west from Mount Washington. About 3-5 inches of wet, slushy snow fell there on Sunday night into Monday. Apparently he was hiking alone by himself? More info later like did he freeze to death or what?

http://www.nhfishgame.com/2026/04/22...ed-in-lincoln/ and as already mentioned, on Monday April 20 at 6:43-am the National Weather Service reported the Mount Washington summit weather station had freez'n fog and windy ..... 12 degrees, 56-mph wind, -15 wind chill ....... ouch! ..... that's cold especially if you got wet shoes, socks and feet and are all alone, suffering with the very windy cold.

And, the Kinsman Ridge Trail on the Appalachian Trail is a super steep, very wet, very rocky trail with difficult water crossings right now from the melting snow pack and rain so it seems possible or likely this guy was soaking wet and very cold.

Kent Wood, 61, West Roxbury, MA ..... http://www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...-kents-passing