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At the summit of Mount Washington, the highest wind ever observed by man was recorded during a great storm on April 12, 1934. From 1932 to 1937, the Mt. Washington Conservatory operated in the summit stage office occupying this site, and the crew’s instruments measured a wind velocity of 231 miles per hour.
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