The Big Wind

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On April 12, 1934, a big wind blue in New Hampshire? At 231 miles per hour, it was the strongest wind ever measured on earth’s surface the wind were recorded during the morning hours at a weather observatory atop Mount Washington. That observatory records hurricane-force winds more then 100 days each year. Mount Washington, what is in the clouds about 60 percent of the time, is called the “Home of the Worlds Worst Weather.

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On April 12, 1934, a big wind blew in New Hampshire. At 231 miles per hour, it was the strongest wind ever measured on Earth's surface. The wind was recorded during the morning hours at a weather observatory atop Mount Washington. That observatory records hurricane-force winds more than 100 days each year. Mount Washington, which is in the clouds about 60 percent of the time, is called the "Home of the World's Worst Weather."

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