Mount Washington has always experienced windy days, but even longtime observers will tell you Monday's winds were extra wicked. Meteorologists at New England's highest mountain peak, located nearly 6,300 feet above sea level, observed a wind gust of 171 mph Monday evening. The peak wind gust surpassed the previous February wind record of 166 mph set in 1972. This comes on a day when winds at the summit have been sustained above 100 mph since 4 a.m. with temperatures hovering around zero degrees. The wind chill has dipped to as low as 50 degrees below zero.Meteorologist Tom Padham described the winds as "a constant low rumble, at least to the building" to New Hampshire Public Radio. "Then outside, it is absolutely a deafening roar."Weather observers such as Padham head outside once an hour, no matter the weather conditions, to knock ice off the instruments and collect data. Padham told the radio station the summit has only seen this kind of wind once every 10 or 15 years, or about a dozen times in the observatory’s history.The winds are no danger to the people working on the summit. The observatory is rated to handle wind gusts up to 300 mph. The strongest recorded wind gust on Mount Washington was a 231 mph gust in 1934.

Mount Washington has always experienced windy days, but even longtime observers will tell you Monday's winds were extra wicked.

Meteorologists at New England's highest mountain peak, located nearly 6,300 feet above sea level, observed a wind gust of 171 mph Monday evening.

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The peak wind gust surpassed the previous February wind record of 166 mph set in 1972.

This comes on a day when winds at the summit have been sustained above 100 mph since 4 a.m. with temperatures hovering around zero degrees.

The wind chill has dipped to as low as 50 degrees below zero.

Meteorologist Tom Padham described the winds as "a constant low rumble, at least to the building" to New Hampshire Public Radio. "Then outside, it is absolutely a deafening roar."

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Incredible!!! We're glued to the Hays Chart as winds reach a new peak of 162 mph. We're not done with this storm just yet, an even higher gust may occur through tonight! #nhwx #mountain #wind #category5 pic.twitter.com/k983XTmLgF — MWObservatory (@MWObs) February 25, 2019

Weather observers such as Padham head outside once an hour, no matter the weather conditions, to knock ice off the instruments and collect data.

Padham told the radio station the summit has only seen this kind of wind once every 10 or 15 years, or about a dozen times in the observatory’s history.

The winds are no danger to the people working on the summit. The observatory is rated to handle wind gusts up to 300 mph.

The strongest recorded wind gust on Mount Washington was a 231 mph gust in 1934.

