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tommyd1018 t1_j735610 wrote

Is this the first time its been cold in New Hampshire? Genuinely curious because of all the places I've lived this is the only subreddit where I've had to see 19 posts about it being cold over a weekend

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Reubachi t1_j73e3zk wrote

This sub regularly has 2-3 posts a day like "Where can I hike this weekend?" or "we're visiting from north carolina and would like to drive the kancamangus, is there gas?"

So hopefully 10 posts about "You will die. do not hike." get the point across the the absolute tons of people that want to bag peaks in winter months.

it isn't just people thinking this is the coldest state or whatever. it will actually save lives. I've myself not gone out after reading some comments on this sub about really cold weekends.

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chrisgeleven t1_j74i5n9 wrote

There is always a few days per winter where we dip into negative temps for a day or two. But the challenge here is the sustained negative temps and windchills, never mind factoring in what the mountains are seeing. That is unusual. Tomorrow morning will likely be the coldest temps I’ve ever witnessed in 40+ years here.

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SkiingAway t1_j73czhp wrote

Eh, it's uncommon to result in being quite this level of apparent temp/wind chill.

And it is notable in some other ways: Mt. Washington looks like it may break the coldest temp ever recorded there tonight (record is -47F).

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TheCloudBoy OP t1_j736j93 wrote

It's the number of people who have already died coming into the winter outdoors, particularly out of state folks hiking in the White Mountains

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