Happy ‘Big Wind’ Day!

on April 12th, 1934, the weather observatory on top of Mount Washington recorded a wind gust of 231mph.

a google search will turn up a lot of various articles, here’s a few — a quick read from the mount washington staff a few years back:

https://mountwashington.org/a-look-at-the-big-wind-and-measuring-extreme-winds-at-mount-washington/

the original American Meteorological Society review article:

https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/mwre/62/6/1520-0493_1934_62_186_wosfaa_2_0_co_2.xml