"Mike Rapoport" wrote in message
nk.net...


You should see Mt Fairweather. It comes straight out of the sea to 15,300
and probably has much worse weather than Mt Washington but there isn't a
weather station on the summit to prove it. Also the NWS started using a
new
wind chill chart a few years ago which only gives about half as much drop
due to wind as the previous chart. There are no more sub -100F on the new
chart which goes to -45F and 60mph.
http://www.weatherimages.org/data/windchill.html


Headed back to Alaska next summer, might see if time allows for a visit.
Still, Mt. Washington's conditions are surprisingly brutal:

http://www.mountwashington.com/weather/index.html

In December and January there is a 1-in-3 chance of winds over 100MPH in any
24-hour period and the average high temperature in July is 53F. That's about
the same as the average *low* temperature in Fairbanks, AK at that time of
year. I'm sure if you went up into the Brooks Range or Siberia you could
find worse, though.

-cwk.