A wind gust of 144 mph (231 kph) has been recorded on the highest peak in the Northeast.
The gust at New Hampshire's Mount Washington was clocked during a windstorm that was making its way across the country from Michigan to New England. The 6,288-foot (1,916-meter) Mount Washington is notorious for extreme weather. It held the world record for fastest wind speed ever recorded at 231 mph from 1934 until 1996.
In the Adirondacks the Whiteface Mountain Summit Field Station reported 72 mph winds Monday afternoon.
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