When is National Big Wind Day?
Wednesday April 12thNational Big Wind Day in the United States observes the detection of the world's highest natural wind gust measured on the Earth's surface each year. The Mount Washington Observatory in April 12, 1934, recorded winds at 231 miles per hour on the afternoon of April 12, 1934.
At 6,288 ft, Mount Washington is the highest peak in the Northeastern United States, and it is the most prominent peak east of the Mississippi River.
The wind gusts from Mount Washington Observatory Observers Wendell Stephenson, Alexander McKenzie, and Salvadore Pagliuca reported the wind gusts in 1934 from the Mount Washington Observatory. The record has also been held for many decades. The observers returned to the observatory in 1984 to commemorate the record-breaking wind's 50th anniversary. n's big wind award from atop Mount Washington fell in 1996. Then was the first wind award from atop Mount Washington. With wind gusts of up to 256 mph, a typhoon struck a small island off the coast of Australia.
