HIGHEST - Wind Velocity-Mount Washington Summit-Gorham NH
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Don.Morfe
N 44° 16.218 W 071° 18.198
19T E 316173 N 4904475
The Mt. Washington Conservatory was operated in the summit stage office then occupying this site in a great storm of April 12, 1934. The crew’s instruments measured a wind velocity of 231 miles per hour.
Waymark Code: WM178RH
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 01/03/2023
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Mount Washington Summit -
TEXT ON THE HISTORICAL MARKER:
The Highest Wind Ever Observed by man was recorded here. From 1932 to 1937 the Mt. Washington Conservatory was operated in the summit stage office then occupying this site in a great storm of April 12, 1934. The crew’s instruments measured a wind velocity of 231 miles per hour.
Type of documentation of superlative status: Historical Marker
Location of coordinates: At the summit
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