Mount Washington set new heat records last week

The top of the mountain did not escape the high temperatures that blanketed the region.

Boston wasn’t the only place to set new heat records last week.

Mount Washington also broke temperature records thanks to the heat dome that trapped stifling heat and humidity across the region.

On June 19, a new daily record high of 70 degrees was recorded atop the mountain at the Mount Washington Observatory, according to the organization. The new temperature broke the previous record of 67 degrees, originally recorded in 1995.

The next day, June 20, another new daily record was set when the temperature hit 65 degrees on the summit, breaking the previous record of 64 degrees, set in 2016 and reached again in 2020.

“The highest temperature ever recorded in the month of June and Observatory history was 72 degrees,” Alex Branton, weather observer and education specialist, told NHPR. “We did not break that.”

Typically, Branton said she and her colleagues at the weather observatory celebrate new records for wind strength, low temperatures, and precipitation.

“I don’t think any of us are that thrilled with a high temperature being broken,” she told the station.