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World Record Wind For nearly sixty-two years, Mount Washington, New Hampshire held the world record for the fastest wind gust ever recorded on the surface of the Earth: 231 miles per hour, recorded April 12, 1934 by Mount Washington Observatory staff.
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The Most Extreme Weather In the Solar System Like Jupiter, Saturn’s atmosphere is composed mostly of hydrogen. Wind speeds can reach as high as 1609 km/h (1000 mph) which is just about as fast as a speeding bullet. The highest wind speed ever recorded on Earth during a hurricane was in 1996, during Tropical Cyclone Cynthia when gusts reached 408 km/h (253 mph).
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Heavy Rain, Strong Winds Again for the Pacific Northwest Early This Week (FORECAST) In particular, a 91 mph wind gust was recorded over the weekend in Mary's Peak, Oregon, near the coast. In Port Orford, Oregon, rescue workers extracted people from their recreational vehicles after trees and powerlines fell on the RVs, resulting in numerous fires throughout an RV park.
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- Mount Washington Weather Forecast for Thursday, March 23. The Mount Washington, NH forecast for Mar 23 is 32 degrees and Sunny . There is 40 percentage chance of rain and 4 mph winds from the North-Northwest.
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Mistral (wind) In the Languedoc area, where the tramontane is the strongest wind, the mistral and the tramontane blow together onto the Gulf of Lion and the northwest of the western Mediterranean, and can be felt to the east of the Balearic Islands, in Sardinia, and sometimes as far as the coast of Africa.
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List of Ski Resorts in Washington Hurricane Ridge is on the Olympic Peninsula in Olympic National Park. To access the resort, you need to pay a $15 entrance fee to the National Park Service, or you can buy a yearly pass for $30 (2010 prices). Hurricane Ridge has a summit elevation of 5,240 feet and a vertical drop of 800 feet. The ski area is small and run as a nonprofit.
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Mount Adams (Washington) The highest recorded temperature is 98 degrees Fahrenheit. The highest recorded temperature is 98 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Live storm updates: Strongest winds pass Seattle area, weather service says Just off the phone with the National Weather Service, and here is the latest: Winds heading into the Seattle area will weaken a bit, but will still be dangerous from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, with average winds of 25-40 mph out of the south and gusts that could reach 65 mph.
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An Icon on the Horizon Ascending to 14,410 feet above sea level, Mount Rainier stands as an icon in the Washington landscape. An active volcano, Mount Rainier is the most glaciated peak in the contiguous U.S.A., spawning six major rivers.
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Mount Mitchell Hike Highest peak east of the Mississippi - Mount Mitchell State Park. “Highest peak east of the Mississippi” Review of Mount Mitchell State Park. Owner description: The highest mountain in the Black Mountain Range. If you are a tourist in the western part of NC you should make the effort to visit this state park. It is the highest peak east of the Mississippi River and you can either drive within .2 mile of the observation deck or take a nice hike up to the summit. I have hiked various trails inside and going through the park and each one is unique and varies from easy to very strenuous.
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- The Coleman Headwall (Grade 4, 90-degree ice, 2200 feet). The Coleman Headwall is the largest ice face in the Cascades Range. Rising over 2200 feet from the base of the wall to the top, this route offers climbers an almost unbroken line of steep snow and ice climbing right to Mount Baker's summit ice cap.e ascend Pumice Ridge for a few hundred feet to the base of the Roman Wall, which is the last obstacle on the way to Mount Baker's 10,778-foot summit. The Roman Wall is nearly 1000 feet of 35-45 degree snow and ice that rolls over onto the summit ice cap of Mount Baker.
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- Mount Washington. is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles in the Northeast L.A. region of Los Angeles County. The neighboring communities are Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Lincoln Heights and Montecito Heights. Find Your Neighborhood.
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- 6pm:The Mount Washington, NH forecast for Mar 23 is 40 degrees and Sunny. There is 35 percentage chance of rain and 2 mph winds from the West-Southwest. 9pm:The Mount Washington, NH forecast for Mar 23 is 34 degrees and Clear. There is 42 percentage chance of rain and 3 mph winds from the East-Southeast.
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Wind River Range Wind River Range. Looking across the Bonneville Basin to Mount Bonneville and Raid Peak. The Wind River Range (or Winds for short), is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in western Wyoming in the United States. The range runs roughly NW-SE for approximately 100 miles (161 km). The Continental Divide follows the crest of the range and includes Gannett Peak, which at 13,804 feet (4,207 m), is the highest peak in Wyoming.
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Mountain Road Trips: Drivable Summits Off Olga Road, 14 miles from Orcas Island ferry landing; parks.wa.gov. Slate Peak: At 7,400 feet, Slate Peak, in the Pasayten Wilderness of the Okanogan National Forest, is the highest point in Washington reachable by automobile. Once intended as an Air Force radar station site, the leveled summit now hosts a fire lookout tower.
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Mount Washington (New Hampshire) Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States at 6,288 ft (1,917 m) and the most prominent mountain east of the Mississippi River.
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NWS Boston - The Great Hurricane of 1938 Sustained hurricane force winds occurred throughout most of Southern New England. The strongest winds ever recorded in the region occurred at the Blue Hill Observatory with sustained winds of 121 mph and a peak gust of 186 mph.
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The most picturesque mountain ranges in the US The Presidential Range is a mountain range in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The most famous among the mountains, which are named after former presidents, is Mount Washington. With its altitude of 6288 feet, Mount Washington is the tallest peak in the Northeast, and on a clear day, the visibility can be up to 130 miles to Quebec, the Atlantic Ocean, and New York.
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High Steel Bridge highest in Washington at 420 feet above Skokomish River (photo gallery) The U.S. Forest Service says the bridge is 420 feet high and 685 feet long. The height would safely make the steel truss arch bridge the highest in Washington. Next highest is the Hoffstadt Creek Bridge, a Washington Department of Transportation bridge on the way to Mount St. Helens on S.R. 504. It is 370 feet high.
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List of highest mountain peaks in Washington List of highest mountain peaks in Washington. The following is a list of the highest mountains in the State of Washington. Washington is one of only four states to have a high point reaching above 14,000 feet (on Mount Rainier), the other states being Alaska, California, and Colorado.
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Mount Olympus (Washington) Mount Olympus is the highest summit of the Olympic Mountains; however, peaks such as Mount Constance, on the eastern margin of the range, are more visible from the Seattle metropolitan area.
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Mount Washington Cog Railway The Mount Washington Cog Railway is the world's first mountain-climbing cog railway (rack-and-pinion railway). The railway is still in operation, climbing Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA. It uses a Marsh rack system and one or two steam locomotives and six biodiesel powered locomotives to carry tourists to the top of the mountain.
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Climb Mount Rainier: Highest Mountain in Washington 1 Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascade Range, a long range of volcanic mountains that stretches from Washington through Oregon to northern California. 2  Other Cascade peaks seen from the summit of Mount Rainier include Mount St. Helens, Mount Adams, Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, and Mount Hood on a clear day.
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Washington (state) Washington is the second most populous state on the West Coast and in the Western United States, after California. Mount Rainier is the state's highest elevation at almost 14,411 feet (4,392 m) and is the most topographically prominent mountain in the contiguous United States. Washington is a leading lumber producer. Its rugged surface is rich in stands of Douglas fir, hemlock, ponderosa pine, white pine, spruce, larch, and cedar.
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- Quick Facts. Snow and ice-covered Mount Baker, located in northern Washington, is the highest peak in the North Cascades (3,286 m or 10,781 ft) and the northernmost volcano in the conterminous United States. It is the only U.S. volcano in the Cascade Range that has been affected by both alpine and continental glaciation.