Talk:Mount Washington/Archive 1

Archive 1

External links

I added a link to a Web-based gallery of paintings of Mount Washington done by 19th century artists. JJ 22:53, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

panoramas

The link to the panoramas was removed by somebody as "spam" but they are non-commercial and, IMHO, very informative. I'm glad it was added and think it is good for the article (which is why I returned it). - DavidWBrooks 21:36, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

The panoramas are exceptional resources; I've never seen a full-color digital version of this in such high resolution. --Talinus 14:35, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Weather

As an employee of the Observatory, I conferred with one of the meteorologists to correct the world record wind speed sentence. I also corrected the description of -47°F from "frequently" to once, as it is a station record low. Reference: http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/normals.html --Talinus 05:24, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Pinkham Notch

While you're on the topic of Mount Washington, take a look at the Pinkham Notch article. I just wrote it, and would appreciate suggestions. -- Sturgeonman 00:29, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Name

What was it called before it was named Mount Washington (e.g. in the 1600s). How did it get that name? -- Beland 15:23, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Agiocochuck (spellings vary), a local "Indian" name. More interesting is the fact that "Mount Washington" originally included everything we now call the Presidential Range - eg Mt Monroe, Mt Jefferson, ....

Kensett Image in this article

It is my very strong belief that the Kensett image in this article is NOT Mount Washington. Although I am certain it's not Mount Washington, I cannot identify for certain this scene. It may not even be in New Hamshire. I need for "experts" on New Hamsphire geography to either support my claim or not, but there needs to be a discussion. There are many good, known paintings of Mount Washington, but first we must agree that the Kensett must go. Thanks. JJ 16:37, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

It's titled "View of Mount Washington" on the source web page. But looking at the larger version, I wonder if Washington is the mountain in the right background, rather than the one in the center middleground. Maybe seen from the west over Bretton Woods, with Crawford Notch on the extreme right? Or perhaps from the southeast, near Glen, with the Saco River running through the low ground to the left of the near hills? From the shadows, the sun is to the right and not too high.

—wwoods 17:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Titles are often wrong and should not be taken as gospel. Unfortunately, dealers would rather have a painting of Mount Washington that one of an unknown mountain. You seem to agree that it's very unclear if the prominent mountain is Washington. Also, you suggest two very different locations for the view. Why don't we agree to use a "classic" image of Washington for which there is no dispute. A Kensett masterpiece (see John Frederick Kensett), Mount Washington from the Valley of Conway, would be my suggestion. I welcome other opinions. JJ 19:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

That sounds reasonable to me. I'm not certain about the picture, but it sounds like the doubts are legitimate enough that we should act on them, particularly since JJ has proposed an easy alternative. - DavidWBrooks 19:32, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Snowfall

What's this comparison to Mount Rainer? Is this a useful addition to this article? JJ 14:30, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

No - I removed it. - DavidWBrooks 15:37, 30 December 2006 (UTC)

The point is that the article makes big claims for record snowfall which do not hold up in comparison to many places around the world (in particular - the Pacific Northwest).

External Links

mountwashington.com is perpetually under construction. Also, the weather section fails to load because the site from which it was designed to "acquire" content has been updated. The Cog Railway prices are wrong and the schedule is out of date. Ditto the Auto Road schedule. Animated GIFs on the page appear to have been lifted from an old version of mountwashington.org, which you can see at archive.org. In sum, the information on the site is mostly incorrect, aggregated from other sites, or simply missing. I propose this link be removed.

--Talinus 16:24, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

Since nobody responded for two months, I did the homework and deleted the link myself. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links#Links_normally_to_be_avoided, which states "Any site that misleads the reader by use of factually inaccurate material or unverifiable research."

--Talinus (talk) 01:49, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

images

I have reconfigured images to eliminate huge blocks of white space on smaller screens.--Pgagnon999 (talk) 17:32, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Geology

I would like to see some info on its origin. Is it an extinct volcano? Dunnhaupt 01:16, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I doubt it. The other pages on the White Mountains (New Hampshire) might say more. —Ben FrantzDale 05:33, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Mt Washington is composed chiefly of granite, which is igneous rock, but not volcanic. (Magma solidified far below the surface, -- no volcano formed.) Most of the rock was formed 100 to 200 million years ago, but uplifted into mountains during the Cenozoic (just 25 million years ago). Much of the geology you can see in New Hampshire is due to a much more recent event: Ice Age glaciers (~20,000 y.a.) reshaping the mountains and valleys.

Actually, no. The Presidential Range is the only significant part of the White Mountains whose bedrock ISN'T igneous; the bulk of the Presidentials (including Mt. Washington, the highest point in the "Granite State") is made of metamorphic rocks such as schist and gneiss.

65.213.77.129 (talk) 19:40, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

Kensett's Mount Washington

I have concerns about stating that Mount Washington from the Valley of Conway is in the collection of Wellesley College. There is a continuing controversy about this, and, until resolved, I suggest the reference be deleted from the caption. In the 1980 exhibition at UNH, The White Mountains: Place and Perceptions, it is stated, I believe correctly, that the Wellesley College painting is dated 1869, not 1851. (When I viewed this painting at Wellesley college in the late 1990s, it was dated 1869.) Also, I quote form the description in the catalog to the exhibition: "Kensett painted this exact replica of his famous view, now lost, which was engraved for the American Art Union in 1851." If others have insight into this issue, or disagree with me, please respond here before adding ownership information to the caption. JJ (talk) 13:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Races

If you're going to talk about Mt. Washington races, the Inferno should probably be mentioned. Adampennin (talk) 10:07, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

You sound knowledgeable - care to add a sentence or two? - DavidWBrooks (talk) 16:34, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Scope of "highest peak" statement

I am troubled by the misleading link to "northeastern United States" in the sentence describing the "highest peak" area. Mt Washington isn't simply the highest in the "northeast" 10 or so states, as defined in that article, but rather the entire geographically northeast QUADRANT; a much more dramatic area. This includes everything east of the mountains of the Dakotas (i.e., Harney Peak) and north of, say, Tennessee (i.e., Mount Chapman). So, in effect, the superlative is somewhat dulled by the reference to a limited geographic definition. One could just as easily say, "highest peak in New Hampshire", which - while true - is deceptively narrow. What if we were to say "highest peak in the northeast geographic quarter, including 26 states", or perhaps some other, more accurate geographic metric? Thoughts? Lupinelawyer 03:57, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

I have always used the following to describe Mount Washington. "Mount Washington, at 6,288 feet of elevation, is the highest peak east of the Mississippi and north of the Carolinas." Comments? JJ 13:44, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Very good. You want to put it in the article? - DavidWBrooks 15:27, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your support. I have made the change. This is not related, but is it "suggested" to use "ft." instead of "feet."? With short words, why abbreviate? Also, the "m" for meters, which is also abbreviated, should be "m.", right? Who's the style expert on these matters. I have piped in on both grammar and style issues on what I believe are the "appropriate" pages, but I thought I'd ask here. I often find navigating the back roads of wikipedia confusing (perhaps more than it needs to be??). JJ 00:52, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

It is incorrect to call it the highest peak "east of the Missisippi and north ofthe Carolinas" unless you make it very clear you are restricting yourself to the US (which makes no geographic sense). There are higher peaks on Baffin Island, Ellesmere Island, etc. See http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=110 .

I question the accuracy of the concluding statement "and is the most prominent peak in the Eastern United States." in the second paragraph. It begs the question "based on what". The prominence is obviously not due to height, so what is the claim based on? I could agree with this statement if "Eastern" were changed to "Northeastern". An explanation would help. Comments? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dan Aquinas (talk • contribs) 03:24, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi! Topographic prominence is a technical term, meaning the height of a peak above the low point on the ridge line to a higher peak. This makes more sense for peaks in the same range, but the mathematics extends without self-contradiction to all peaks. Although slightly lower in height, Washington does slightly outpoint Mt. Mitchell in prominence; see, e.g., Peakbagger.com: Eastern USA Peaks with 2500 feet of Prominence.

—WWoods (talk) 04:57, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Name?

When, and by whom, was the mountain named "Washington"? — The History section doesn't say!
—WWoods (talk) 20:37, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Weather: Why?

Mount Washington has impressive weather, but this article doesn't mention why. It isn't that tall a mountain. What makes it such an unusual place? (Off the top of my head I would guess the high winds are due to an airfoil effect over the top of this gently-sloaping mountain, but I don't know.) —BenFrantzDale 04:50, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I remember reasons being put foward in a fascinating educational production, The Voyage of the Mimi, when we watched it in 6th grade. Or maybe it wasn't voyage of the mimi. maybe it was some other incredibly bootleg educational video. Point is, it was both an effect of the airfoil effect - you got that right - and an intersection of three major weather patterns (one moving south out of canada, one west off the atlantic, and one....somewhere else?) that often happen to meet in the region.

Might be interesting to include that information in a section under the weather section, but I certainly don't have the knowledge to do it. Anyone who does, that'd be great.--82.83.32.101 15:01, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

While I lack the knowledge to fully answer your questions, I've put a bug in the ears of the meteorologists at the Obs, who could provide an answer without batting an eye. --24.52.163.193 00:31, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

I remember reading that it's because Mount Washington is surrounded by narrow valleys on either side that funnel wind to the summit, which aside from the clashing air masses and the airfoil effect would explain the harsh weather. Also the fact that it's in a very exposed location; it's by far the tallest mountain in the vicinity, and these weather patterns receive no obstacle as they approach Mount Washington. However, I don't remember where I read this. bob rulz 13:47, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

http://www.tuckerman.org/weather/weather.htm Provides and explanation as well as a few pictures. Maybe someone could add one of the weather system pictures to this article, as I am not familiar with doing this. 63.65.68.246 12:53, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Actually, the sloping effect has little to do with the weather on the summit, but rather the weather on the East side of the Mtn. The extreme weather of the summit and the Mtn. itself has to do with it's location with 2 major weather patterns, the lack of vegitation to break up wind, it's height above all surrounding peaks, and it's Northern latitude location. These factors are what combine to create its harsh weather. Most trails that climb the summit have signs near the bases of the trails that warn of the notoriously bad weather and advise hikers to turn back if weather is bad or turns bad. It's a VERY ominous sign. Mt Washington has been referred to as "the most dangerous little mtn" in the world.

• Although the elevation isn't so high, Mt. Washington still rises some 5,000 feet/1,500 meters above nearby lowlands, which normally makes it colder by some 20 degrees F or 11 degrees celsius. This elevation gain is about on a par with higher peaks in other parts of the world, except for the exceptional 3,000 meter rises. Even valley temperatures in northern New Hampshire are relatively low. Valley temperatures can drop into the 10' celsius range on summer nights, without much warming on heavily overcast days, producing temperatures around freezing on the summit. Winter temperatures are comparable to temperatures on the world's highest peaks in their normal climbing seasons, while climbers on Mt. Washington and nearby peaks are often underequipped for so much cold.

• A second factor is that the regional climate is humid, becoming super-humid on the mountain as air that is already moist cools with elevation gain. Clothes and sleeping equipment become wet and lose insulating value. Clouds often cloak the mountain above treeline while surrounding lowlands have sunny skies.

• Thirdly, the mountain is totally exposed to wind from any direction, and it is located in a zone of contact and conflict between storm systems moving east across the states, down from the Canadian Arctic, and west off the Atlantic.

So Mount Washington's weather is frequently a "perfect storm" combining cold, wind, cloud and substantial precipitation. It doesn't help that the mountain is a potential weekend destination for tens of millions of people, including New York City and Boston. LADave (talk) 09:04, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Storm systems do not move west from the Atlantic. Prevailing winds are from the west to the east. There are many other mountains around. For example the Franconia ridge and Garfield, etc. To the west, the direction that storms come from, there are the Adirondacks and Greenmountains. It is not as if Washington or the presidentials sit in a plane. I Suspect that Washington's weather is not that unusual for an above treeline, locally prominent ridge at mid to high latitudes. The reason it is remarkable is because it has a weather station on top of it to record such phenomena. I suspect that if there were a Weather station on top of a high Adirondack peak similar meterological events would be observed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.177.15.20 (talk) 10:16, 12 June 2009 (UTC)

Mount Washington image by Bierstadt

The image at the bottom of the article by Bierstadt of Mount Washington is not Mount Washington, but Mount Lafayette. See my comments here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_talk:Bierstadt_Albert_Mount_Washington.jpg. Unless someone can convince me that I am wrong, I intend to remove the image from this article and place in it the article on Mount Lafayette. JJ (talk) 22:10, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

It certainly looks like one is viewing the north entrance into Franconia Notch, though I can't figure out what the water body in the foreground would be. (Did he just make it up?) However, the image is all over the internet (artchive.com, albertbierstadt.org, museumsyndicate.com) as "Mt. Washington". I could not find it labeled anywhere as Mt. Lafayette. Do you have access to a definitive catalog of Bierstadt's works? Is it possible that the painting has been mis-identified from the beginning as Mt. Washington?--Ken Gallager (talk) 14:17, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

I guess my point is that unless someone can find a published source that says it's Lafayette, it should not be moved to the Mount Lafayette article, because that would constitute original research. I would support removing it from the Mount Washington article, though.--Ken Gallager (talk) 14:28, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

This is a sensitive subject. Yes, the literature had given this painting the title of Mount Washington because, in my opinion, the owner thought it was Mount Washington and gave it this title. The owner wants to believe it is Mount Washington. But, as you can see, it's Lafayette from the west looking east. You can see Eagle Cliff. You can see Lafayette Ravine. You can see Bald Mountain. This is something I encounter all the time, especially with White Mountain paintings. Someone wants this to be a subject that's more popular than the one he has! I know you are knowledgeable about the area, so do you believe it's Washington from any vantage point? It should definitely be removed from this article. I have not read the stuff on Original Research. What would I need to do to get this image properly identified once and for all? JJHenderson (talk) 23:33, 16 January 2010 (UTC). Sorry, try this signature. JJ (talk) 23:37, 16 January 2010 (UTC)

Ken. Please compare the Bierstadt to this image of Mount Lafayette, albeit from a closer vantage point: http://whitemountainart.com/OnePageImages/lafayette_sph001.htm. JJ (talk) 00:08, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

Ken. I need to e-mail you a Google Earth image of the Bierstadt scene. Can you give me your e-mail address? Thanks. JJ (talk) 00:01, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

I have removed the image from this article, as I am in agreement that the scene is certainly of Mount Lafayette and Franconia Notch. In order to continue the discussion over whether to put the image in the Mount Lafayette article, I have pasted this discussion in the image's talk page. Let's place any new comments there. --Ken Gallager (talk) 15:14, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

What Fire?

"The Tip-Top house alone survived the fire." .... what fire???? 96.233.108.221 (talk) 13:00, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

The one in the previous sentence... --Ken Gallager (talk) 18:52, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

Classification

Before I change: is it Arctic or sub-arctic? (don't know the Koeppen letterings) July at the summit station (from NOAA/NCDC data) averages 48.7 °F (9.3 °C), but surely a sufficient decrease in elevation will push the average above 50 °F (10 °C). so how should we word? ---华钢琴49 (TALK) 22:53, 6 May 2010 (UTC)

Third Highest State High Point

I'll admit I missed the "eastern" part of "eastern United States", but the confusion comes with linking that statement with the list of US states by high point. I guess there is no "list of eastern US states by high point, but I just don't think you should link to any article about all US states if you are only discussing a subsection of those US states. Tex (talk) 16:53, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

I'd say just kill the whole thing - it's a meaningless distinction that nobody cares about. -DavidWBrooks (talk) 17:22, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

This was a worthwhile discussion. I went ahead and got rid of both factoids. The lead sentence already mentions it's the highest peak in the Northeast, and I've always thought that the whole concept of prominence, when used to measure across entire continents, is just silly. --Ken Gallager (talk) 19:27, 13 May 2011 (UTC)

Wind Speed Record

An employee of the Observatory has informed me that Mt. Washington does not actually hold the world speed record for highest wind speed. I'm not sure how to make this disputed, but I know it to be wrong, and would appreciate it if someone at the Observatory could find out more and correct this. sdkb 13:23, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

The article is correct as written. The wind gust recorded in 1934 was the world record until the new record was verified 76 years later. Please read the ref next to the wind speed statement. --Ken Gallager (talk) 12:34, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

I have added the clause "until 1996" to clarify it - the sentence was easy to mis-read. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 14:13, 29 May 2012 (UTC)

"First Ascent"?

The "First Ascent" should probably be changed to something like "first known ascent by an ethnic European", right? Weren't humans present in the area for thousands of years? It's quite plausible that a pre-Columbian native American could have climbed it. I have walked up it, and know that it took no climbing equipment or skills. A fit adult could walk up it in a day barefoot if his/her feet were accustomed to walking barefoot. To assume no one did so, in all that time people lived in the area, is a bit of a stretch. Bulgie (talk) 01:11, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

It must be a temp[late thing - I tried to change it to "first recorded ascent" but that broke the infobox. The article makes it clear we're talking about the first European. For whatever reason, as other articles make clear, Native American cultures hereabouts have no oral tradition of climbing mountains; it just didn't seem to be something they cared about. Somebody probably did it anyway, though. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 10:59, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

I put "first recorded" after the date in the infobox. --Ken Gallager (talk) 14:09, 4 September 2012 (UTC)

Article's Math on Wind: make sense?

"Low-pressure systems are more favorable... two thirds of the days." Says the article. But 2/3rds of the days between Nov and April is 120 days already, 10 more days than the 110 that the article says see hurricane winds. Any insights or does anyone know the data? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.6.117.7 (talk) 00:50, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Mount Washington (New Hampshire)

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Mount Washington (New Hampshire)'s orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "NOAA":

• From U.S. National Geodetic Survey: NOAA, Coast and Geodetic Survey Heritage
• From April 2007 nor'easter: NWC (2007). "Spring 2007 Nor'easter". NOAA. Retrieved 2008-01-21.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 18:30, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Contentious editing

We have an editor who is trying to push a topic apparently inspired by the recent official renaming of Denali. Unfortunately, there is no published reliable source supporting the editor's claim. It is hoped that the editor will discuss their edit at here on the talk page before making further attempts at changing the article. --Ken Gallager (talk) 19:33, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

No discussion from the editor in question on this talk page yet. Probably doesn't mean anything but why does the target-URL in question look different when you look at the actual string of code? All the other petitions have "petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/" at the beginning, the one under consideration has an extra space and starts out as "petitions.whitehouse.gov//petition/". (FYI - if you link directly to "WE the People" it triggers a blacklist notice.) I tried to search the whitehouse.gov website to directly find the petition in question and was unsuccessful (even though I looked through the 83 petitions the website presently lists - perhaps it doesn't list a petition unless it goes above a certain participatory level?). Also, the petition's title at the shortened URL is constructed so that the intent seems to be for the mountain and the District of Columbia's names to stay the same, it says "change the names of Washington DC & Mount Washington to honor a man..." The number of signatures on the petition in question have been holding firm at 2 since September 2. Additionally, I only found one newspaper that mentioned this petition, not multiple reliable sources. Shearonink (talk) 03:22, 6 September 2015 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:Mount Washington (New Hampshire)/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Sainsf (talk · contribs) 04:30, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

I am keen on reviewing this. Will add my comments in 24 hours. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 04:30, 2 March 2016 (UTC)

Lead

• Please add an example of the North American tribes referred to here

  Changed to "various indigenous peoples" per this source

• Should be "notoriously" erratic, as in the main text

I have reworded it again, this is what was needed. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 04:39, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

• Please expand the lead by a para. It should be somewhat proportional to the article length

Name

• Before European settlers arrived When would that be?
• when it was developed into one of the first tourist destinations in the nation A better link could be to Tourist attractions in the United States
• "Abenaki" is a duplink
• Copies were circulated via the Cog Railway and coaches to surrounding hotels and other outlets. Source?

  Removed.

Climate

• Duplink: "Atlantic Ocean"

•  Done

• and Pacific Northwest Should we have a "the" here?

•  Done

• Low-pressure system Link?

•  Done

• temperature differences between the Northeast and the Atlantic Ocean Not sure what Northeast refers to

•  Done

• Link Presidential Range, it is the first mention in the main text

•  Done

• Convert template in created a wind gust of 254 mph

•  Done

• while lows at or below 0 °F can be expected from November 17 through April 1 Why is "lows" in italics?

•  Done

• Temperature is too common to be linked. The link is anyway very late into the article.

•  Done

• During a 71-hour period from approximately 3 p.m. on January 13 to 2 p.m. on January 16, 2004 I think you should mention the time zone. Or "local time".

• Is there any MoS or convention which requires this? Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (natter) 22:03, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Actually I was confused about which time zone you are using. I simply said that you should mention "approximately 3 p.m. (local time) on January 13 to 2 p.m. on January 16, 2004". The MoS says "Give dates and times appropriate to the time zone where an event took place." Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 05:55, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Why would it be anything other than local time? That should be fairly clear to the reader. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (jaw) 22:10, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Let it stay if you strongly want it to. You should know better about geography articles... Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 04:17, 6 March 2016 (UTC)

• Readings of 60 °F or more at the summit are seen on an average 16 days annually. Source?

 Done @Sainsf: In the second NOAA source (looks hard to read; though luckily I know how to read it as I edited a lot of climate boxes in USA), there are 13.5 days above 60 °F. It is under the field "ann-tmax-avgnds-grth060 = 135S" in which the units are in tenths according to the readme file and S indicates good data quality. I changed it to reflect the source.

• and hikers are not allowed inside the building except for emergencies and pre-arranged guided tours. Source?

•  Done

• through the passion of a group which understood the worth of a research facility at that demanding location The wording could be tweaked a bit as it may look like original research, so let's say "through a group interested in and noting the worth of a research facility at that demanding location

•  Done

• Mercury thermometer may be linked

•  Done

• The observatory's weather data have accumulated into a valuable climate record...scientific precision to the Mount Washington climate record. Source?

• Diluted "valuable" sentence, added source to the "psychrometer" part

• The observatory makes prominent use of the slogan "Home of the World's Worst Weather," a claim that originated with a 1940 article by Charles Brooks I searched for this article through the citation and found that it was published in the journal Appalachia. Below, I have suggested tweaking the citation a bit. The mention of the journal name in the main text would also be great.

•  Done

P.S. : I am to strike out the issues, if you do it then it will be difficult for me to check which issues have been or not been resolved as was required. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 04:53, 3 March 2016 (UTC)

OK, now placing {{done-t}} beneath instead of striking. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (natter) 22:03, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

Precipitation

 Done Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 05:33, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

• Inches are typically converted to centimeters and not meters. Meters are for feet.

  I'm tempted to leave this as is because IAR and the ones which use meters are going to be quite high centimeters and meters are easier to visualise. Would you really prefer 1439 cm to 14.39 m? Similarly, the millimeter ones further up the paragraph are more appropriate for what the amount is (rain). Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (natter) 22:03, 4 March 2016 (UTC)

@Rcsprinter and Sainsf: I think in this case, metre is better in this case since the centimetre is too high. Normally, inches are converted to millmetres for rain and centimetres for snow although I would agree metres is better than displaying centimetres. Ssbbplayer (talk) 01:15, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

I see. Thanks for informing me. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 05:33, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

Geographical features

• Some parts are unsourced
• It rises about 500 meters above alpine tree line. Convert

•  Done

Uses

• Sources?

More added.

Transmission stations

• Sources?

More added.

Deaths

• Can we know who Mohamed Ellozy is?

•  Done Removed mention of whoever that is. Rcsprinter¹²³ (confabulate) 21:06, 7 March 2016 (UTC)

Artistic tributes

• Almost unsourced.

More sources added.

• The 2nd para has links to some too common terms.

•  Done

A few were left which I fixed. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 05:43, 5 March 2016 (UTC)

References

• I am not sure if Peakbagger (refs. 2 and 33), AccuWeather (ref. 4), climbing.about.com (ref. 23) are reliable enough

• Peakbagger looks sufficiently reliable to me; AccuWeather and about.com refs replaced

• Refs. 6, 9, 11, 13, 25 need to mention the location

Ref numbers have changed now. Can you specify which ones you meant, and where the location should be mentioned? Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (palaver) 13:20, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

You can see the order of the refs in this revision, just before I began reviewing the article. By locations I meant you should add the locations of the publishers, it is a parameter in the cite-book template. Not a big deal, just for neater citations. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 04:40, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

• Is ref. 16 properly formatted?

• This is the page which needs to be linked to but it can only be accessed by doing a search in the database. How can it be used to reference? Rcsprinter¹²³ (articulate) 13:19, 11 March 2016 (UTC)

• Ref. 28 needs more formatting

Ref numbers have changed now. Can you specify which one you meant? Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (palaver) 13:20, 18 March 2016 (UTC)

The "Maximum Annual Precipitation by State" PDF. It could use the cite-web or cite-journal template. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 04:40, 19 March 2016 (UTC)

• Ref. 18 mentions two accessdates. Instead of Mountwashington.org, you could write "Mount Washington Observatory" as you do in ref. 22

•  Done

• Ref. 26 is actually a journal article that is to be cited with the help of its DOI (10.1175/1520-0477(1982)063<0986:TMWOYO>2.0.CO;2) through cite journal template

•  Done but with an error of some kind

• Ref. 27 is another journal article, should be cited as (using cite journal):

•  Done

@Rcsprinter123: Hi. The article seems weak on verifiability, are you working on it? Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 10:42, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

I'm finding myself quite busy at the moment but when I get a spare hour or two, I'll work on this article. Couple of days max. Rcsprinter¹²³ (sermonise) 10:57, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Thank you for the update. Sainsf <^>_{Talk all words} 11:04, 15 March 2016 (UTC)

Sourcing

@Rcsprinter123: A week since we last conversed. The situation has indeed improved. The only issue is verifiability. For your convenience let me list the (aparently) unsourced parts: Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 08:33, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

• Alpine Gardens drops off precipitously ... 500 meters (1,600 ft) above alpine tree line. (Geographical features)
• at 5,000 feet (1,500 m) to 5,500 feet (1,700 m)...separates the two high ridges. (Geographical features)

•  Done

• in all seasons, due to harsh ... the weather becomes dangerous. (Uses)

•  Done

• The first para of "Hiking"

•  Done

• It uses a Marsh rack system and was the first successful rack railway in the US. (Cog railway)

•  Done

• The whole "Races" section sparing the first two lines.

•  Done

• WMTW continually broadcast from the mountaintop until 2002. (Transmission stations)

•  Done

• destroyed the transmitter building ... Armstrong tower was used for broadcasts.) (Transmission stations)

•  Done

• 3rd para of Transmission stations

Removed due to lack of source.

• it can be heard clearly throughout most of New Hampshire...the majority of Vermont and Maine. (Transmission stations)

•  Done

• 1st and 3rd paras of Artistic tributes

•  Done

I'll try to get onto all this before too long. Rcsprinter¹²³ (collogue) 11:55, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

• Sainsf: Now all done, hopefully. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (confer) 21:36, 28 March 2016 (UTC)

@Rcsprinter123: You have improved the situation very well. But I see just two lines unsourced, in the last section: Conway became a base for visitors arriving by coach and boarding at farmhouses and then in the 1870s by train to newly opened inns and hotels. The interest their works generated attracted others to visit Mount Washington and the region, initiating the tourism business that remains vital today. Can you fix it? No more issues after this. Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 03:17, 29 March 2016 (UTC)

Sainsf:I don't think I can find an appropriate source for those lines. Should I remove it or will it be OK to leave? Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (jaw) 21:21, 31 March 2016 (UTC)

@Rcsprinter123: If there is no source, I don't believe the information should stay. Add it back in when you get any source. Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 03:26, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Sainsf: OK, lines now removed. Rcsprinter₁₂₃ (post) 12:04, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Very well. No more issues now. I am happy to promote this. Great work! Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 13:19, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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November 22 month record low during Thanksgiving cold wave

-24 vs record of -20. Many NE locations set a month record that day. Especially locations with records not going back as far as the older cities. B137 (talk) 00:16, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

73 deg high on July 5 during NE 100 deg heat wave

https://weather.com/weather/monthly/l/USNH0154:1:US

Seems to be breaking records on the reg along w/ rest of the world. 73 degrees would be a new all time record high for Mount Washington. There was also a record-tying 60 degree low this month. B137 (talk) 22:32, 25 July 2018 (UTC)

No, it only hit 71 (https://www.mountwashington.org/uploads/forms/2018/07.pdf) - after I read your note last night I checked with the observatory this morning; they pointed me to this PDF. Weather.com got it wrong. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 11:01, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

The Weather Channel stats get a lot wrong, but yet they seem to be commonly used on Wikipedia, unfortunately. Famartin (talk) 00:36, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

sunrise?

Is it true that Mt.Wash. is the first point in the United States to see each rising sun? —Tamfang (talk) 15:25, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

No. It's one of two or three places in coastal Maine, depending on the time of year. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 16:24, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

Whiteface mountain -114 wind chill

Somehow with a higher actual temp and much lower wind speed Whiteface Mountain claims a widely reported -114 wind chill https://ourplnt.com/whiteface-mountain-new-york-hits-114-f-81-11-c-wind-chill-summit/#axzz6NeizIPZE B137 (talk) 15:32, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

• The Whiteface wind chill does not calculate properly where the example in this article does. Also they might have tied or broke their all time record high temperature today as well as a huge margin May record at 72.5. B137 (talk) 15:37, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

Mountaintops in New England and the Adirondacks counting as temperate or boreal rainforest like the Appalachians

Parts of the western Adirondacks as well as the summit of Mount Washington by far qualify by precipitation amount. Temperate rainforest B137 (talk) 22:46, 1 May 2020 (UTC)

In fact it's already here: "In Eastern North America, there are scattered pockets of temperate rainforest along the Allegheny Plateau and adjacent parts of the Appalachian Mountains from West Virginia to New England. These areas include sections of West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania, as well as Western New York and the Adirondack Mountains. A good example of these forests are found in Zoar Valley in Western New York (nearest major city is Buffalo, New York), Cook Forest State Park within the Allegheny National Forest (nearest major city is Pittsburgh), and Cathedral State Park in West Virginia."

Well, clearly not the summit. --Ken Gallager (talk) 12:28, 4 May 2020 (UTC)

Yes, it's a Boreal snow Forest up to tree line, but that's a good point. Already it's been noted that the precipitation amount of the Arctic and Tundra climates of high peaks is very different than actual Tundra, also the sun intensity is much higher. B137 (talk) 12:50, 12 June 2020 (UTC)

Bicyclist picture

Hi DavidWBrooks, I noticed that you opted to remove the image of a cyclist using the auto road. If I were to have removed an image, it would have been that of the motorcyclists, which are barely visible on a general landscape near the summit. I feel that the cyclist image bespeaks the athletic events that employ the auto road and has a decent balance of emphasis between athlete and surroundings. The cyclist is on the steepest part of the course—a 16% pitch that leads to the upper parking lot. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 19:04, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

I thought about removing the motorcyclist photo, which isn't very good, but it does give a sense of what the auto road is like. A better auto road photo would be welcome! My concern with the bicyclist photo is that it's so tight on the biker that it doesn't show much about this article's subject - for example, it doesn't convey the steepness. It's just a picture of a guy riding a bike on a hill; could be anywhere. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 19:12, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Your point is a valid one, DavidWBrooks. Unfortunately, images available to us sometimes don't provide what would be ideal. I'll see what I can do from my collection. Cheers, HopsonRoad (talk) 19:25, 18 June 2020 (UTC)