Company type | Private Non-Profit Organization |
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Genre | Weather Observation and Education |
Predecessor | U.S. Signal Service |
Founded | 1932 |
Headquarters | , United States |
Key people | Executive Director: Drew Bush Chair of the Board: Rob Kirsch |
Revenue | 1,788,138 United States dollar (2017) |
Website | mountwashington |
The Mount Washington Observatory (MWObs) is a private, non-profit scientific and educational institution organized under the laws of the state of New Hampshire. The weather observation station is located on the summit of Mount Washington in New Hampshire. The first regular meteorological observations on Mount Washington were conducted by the U.S. Signal Service, a precursor of the Weather Bureau, from 1870 to 1892.