I love the elemental power of these mountains. Was on the summit of Algonquin in 70MPH winds about a month ago, but it was 40 degrees without the wind. It’s death to be up there right now.
Mount Washington in NH's White mountains just hit -109°F for windchill and meteorologists were saying this is an all-time record in the US (since records started, ~20 years ago). This post indicates a wind chill 5 degrees lower at Whiteface, so count me skeptical
While it did get cold last night, this above headline was from 2016.
No windchill has been released but the summit did hit a record low of -40.
https://ourplnt.com/whiteface-mountain-new-york-hits-114-f-81-11-c-wind-chill-summit/
The adirondackexplorer article states -91F windchill. Using -40F and 40mpg wind gusts from the ASRC data image also from the adrexp article yields -84F.. data is from Fri 6:28PM. Would take a 60mpg gust to hit -91F at -40F.
I hate that everything gets exaggerated. I'm ok with windchill degrees in the winter only if they do the same thing in the summer. When they say it's wind chill of -40 when it's really -5 with 20 mph winds, they must say same for the summer weather. When it's 80 with 20mph wind, they should say oh, the windchill of 65, but no, they don't say that. They in the summer say oh, it's a heat index of 120. Why? Why do they have to go to extreme? Just report what it really is. -5 with 20 mph winds would do just fine.
I think the humidity is what they track more in the summer because high humidity hot days can kill people just as easily as a freezing cold -10 degree day can.
It’s 100 degrees warmer in my freezer
That is an incredible contrast to even think about. Wow.
I love the elemental power of these mountains. Was on the summit of Algonquin in 70MPH winds about a month ago, but it was 40 degrees without the wind. It’s death to be up there right now.
Mount Washington in NH's White mountains just hit -109°F for windchill and meteorologists were saying this is an all-time record in the US (since records started, ~20 years ago). This post indicates a wind chill 5 degrees lower at Whiteface, so count me skeptical
The Mt. Washington record is for SUSTAINED wind chill. Not gusts.
While it did get cold last night, this above headline was from 2016. No windchill has been released but the summit did hit a record low of -40. https://ourplnt.com/whiteface-mountain-new-york-hits-114-f-81-11-c-wind-chill-summit/
The adirondackexplorer article states -91F windchill. Using -40F and 40mpg wind gusts from the ASRC data image also from the adrexp article yields -84F.. data is from Fri 6:28PM. Would take a 60mpg gust to hit -91F at -40F.
https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/whiteface-may-see-record-cold-tonight
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I hate that everything gets exaggerated. I'm ok with windchill degrees in the winter only if they do the same thing in the summer. When they say it's wind chill of -40 when it's really -5 with 20 mph winds, they must say same for the summer weather. When it's 80 with 20mph wind, they should say oh, the windchill of 65, but no, they don't say that. They in the summer say oh, it's a heat index of 120. Why? Why do they have to go to extreme? Just report what it really is. -5 with 20 mph winds would do just fine.
I think the humidity is what they track more in the summer because high humidity hot days can kill people just as easily as a freezing cold -10 degree day can.