Mount Washington Observatory

Mount Washington Observatory
Company typePrivate Non-Profit Organization
GenreWeather Observation and Education
PredecessorU.S. Signal Service
Founded1932 (1932)
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
Executive Director:
Drew Bush
Chair of the Board: Rob Kirsch
Revenue1,788,138 United States dollar (2017) Edit this on Wikidata
Websitemountwashington.org

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.