WASHINGTON POST • February 4, 2023
The wind chill at the summit of New Hampshire’s Mount Washington dropped to minus-108 degrees on Friday, marking what meteorologists and climate scientists say is probably the lowest recorded in the history of the United States. By Saturday morning, there was good news and bad news for Mount Washington, according to the observatory. The good news? The wind chill was no longer minus-108 degrees at the summit. The bad news? The wind chill was a balmy minus-77 degrees.