Mount Washington NH Wind Chill

01/08/2014

04:47am

Temperature -19 degrees

Wind 91 mph from the west

Using the new wind chill index with the formula set out below...

Wind Chill (^oF) = 35.74 + 0.6215T - 35.75(V^0.16) + 0.4275T(V^0.16)

Wind chill registered -66.4 degrees.

Seems like it would have felt colder. Still, frostbite would have set in on any exposed skin within 5 minutes.

Winds gusted to 115 mph during the day.

MS