100 degrees below zero? That’s what it could feel like at Mount Washington this weekend

February 03, 2023

100 degrees below zero? That’s what it could feel like at Mount Washington this weekendMount Washington is famous for its extreme weather conditions, but the upcoming Arctic outbreak could rival one long-standing record at the summit of the mountain. The AccuWeather RealFeel® Temperature is forecast to drop to 100 degrees below zero at the summit of the 6,288-foot-tall mountain in northern New Hampshire on Friday night into Saturday morning. For comparison, the weather instrument on the Mars Curiosity rover regularly observes low temperatures around 100 degrees below zero. At the summit of Mount Washington, high temperatures are forecast to settle in the 20s with low temperatures in the teens, temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal by February standards.