My wife was telling me that yesterday Mount Washington, in New Hampshire, tied for the record as being the coldest place on earth. With the wind chill it was -100 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Apparently when it is that cold, their instruments freeze so they actually must go outside in person for their readings. Every piece of skin must be covered and layers on that because the cold will penetrate the clothing. Frost bite occurs in 30 seconds at those temps! The interesting thing is, from my house I can see Mt Washington 150 miles west of me, so there is not much to stop the wind. My day was going to consist of chasing Katie around the kitchen and stoking the woodstove with wood (or is that the other way around), either way a snowmobile trail groomer got stuck in a 6 foot drift up in one of my fields so I had to venture out in a rescue mission. Skidder refused to start I did not even try my bulldozer Old faithful (Kubota 2500) started, but was not needed as they got out after lots of shoveling. Still it was cold!
Have to ask Well Seasoned he lives about 30 miles away. I was at about 22 below this AM, heard on news VT/NH border was minus 40 in places close to there but that mountain makes it own weather.
I was going to say I did not think you were that far away. It was -36 degrees outside, with 100 mph winds. Combined it was -94 degrees below zero wind chills. Interestingly, the Rover Lander on Mars was a balmy -78 degrees yesterday. I have been up there (Mount Washington and not Mars, just to be clear) and took the Cog railroad to do it, but it was a gorgeous day. I think the record high has been 72 degrees, and it was 70 the day we went.
We just installed a Harman pellet insert in the cog operators home a few weeks ago. Still not sure i wanna ride up there via train. Driving it had enough pucker effect.
My wife and I went to the top of "The Rock" two September's ago for my 60th birthday. We stated at the Mt Washington resort at Bretton Wood for a couple of nights. We bought tickets and took theur van up to the top. We thought about the cog railroad, but 90 mins up with no onboard bathroom, didn't excite my wife. The van ride was nice. The driver filled us in with various info and stories. It was a good way to get up there. Once at the top, it was in the mid-40s , breezy and so clear, you could see the sun reflecting off the ocean in Portland. I'd recommend it to anyone in the area that hasn't been there. However, it is a roll of the dice regarding the weather, for sure. Sent from my SM-T280 using Tapatalk
My daughters bought Katie this white fuzzy bathrobe that honestly is warm and comfy, but I took one look at it and deduced that it would not exactly entice me to churn out our next baby shall we say. But my disgust for it must have been apparent because Katie just said, "What is wrong with it?" It just did not work for me, but Katie wanted to wear it because it is comfortable and fuzzy, so we came up with a compromise. She can wear it...as long as that is all she wears....nothing underneath! So that that was what Katie was wearing when I got the call to rescue the snowmobile trail groomer; the wife in a white fuzzy bathrobe in a house heated by wood...who would want to venture out into the cold in a situation like that?
Frostbite is no joke. My dad got bad frostbite on hands and feet when he was in Korea in the 1950's. That was even while wearing the famous mickey boots. It bothered him up until he died 2 years ago. Be safe and stay warm to those up that way.
Looks like -38 in f's found this with a google search. The arctic blast shattered previous low temperature records Sunday. In Hartford the temperature dropped to -9, which broke the previous record of one degree set in 1912 for Jan. 7, according to the Associated Press. If you think that is uncomfortable try going to the summit of Mount Washington. Yesterday the summit recorded a minimum temperature of -38 degrees with sustained wind of 83 mph and gusts reaching up to 115 mph, according to the Mount Washington Observatory. It tied for the second coldest place on Earth.
I feel for the construction folks n outside workers.. I work outside if I have too but most of my it work is in banks so..
