Mount Washington Observatory

Starting Monday, March 31, NHPR listeners will hear full weather forecasts from experts at the Mount Washington Observatory.

The instrument was developed by a team at the Mount Washington Observatory, and spent a year on Mount Everest before being installed on Mount Aconcagua.

The stations will provide weather data that can be used by forecasters, scientists, and local businesses that rely on certain weather conditions for tourism.

The high recorded Wednesday at the summit was 70 degrees, breaking the record for June 19 between 1:45 and 2:15 p.m.

Mientras el sol se acerca a un máximo solar de su ciclo de 11 años, las condiciones climáticas del espacio son apropiadas para la aurora boreal.

As the sun approaches a solar maximum in its 11-year cycle, space weather conditions are ripe for Northern Lights.

There’s a new top cat on the rock pile.The staff of the Mount Washington Observatory have adopted a new feline companion: a 1-year-old short-hair named…

Don’t like the weather? Wait a minute! Nowhere is it more true than on Mount Washington, “the home of the world’s worst weather." And thanks to the…

The Mount Washington Observatory is moving exhibits from its now-closed Weather Discovery Center in North Conway to the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center…

The Mount Washington Observatory says its resident cat, Marty, died this weekend after a sudden illness.He was a black Maine Coon cat who spent twelve…