Record-low temperatures at altitude enough to cool New England and leave snow on Mount Washington over Father’s Day weekend

Mount Washington June snow

Mount Washington's summit on June 19, 2022, photographed by staff at the Mount Washington Observatory.

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Record-breaking cold temperatures at high elevations corresponded with a cooled-down New England for Father’s Day weekend, while also providing the region’s highest peak with mid-June snow.

The record lows at elevation 5,000 feet left the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire with a glaze of ice and coating of snow, researchers at the Mount Washington Observatory said.

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