Saturday, February 11th, 2006
State Highpoint News
Warm weather records broken on Mount Washington
Boston Globe – United States
MOUNT WASHINGTON, NH âââ‰â¬ÅTalk about a warm winter âââ‰â¬Â it’s been raining on top of Mount Washington. Tim Markle, chief meteorologist âââ¬Ã¦
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2006
State Highpoint News
Mt. Hood snowpack 122 percent of average
05:34 PM PST on Tuesday, January 31, 2006
More than three times the amount of snow has fallen this year atop Mount Hood than last year, reaping benefits for Oregon ski areas, resorts and snow tire installers. Thatâââ‰â¢s 122 percent of average snowfall for this time of year. Statewide, the snowfall numbers are even higher, at 130 percent of average. “We had some really nice snowfall for the month of January,” said Jon Lea, a hydrologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resource Conservation Service. “Last year was pretty skimpy. This is a whole lot different than it was last year.”
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