CONWAY — The Mount Washington Valley's extended heat wave of 90-degree-plus days ended earlier this week with the Mount Washington Observatory’s North Conway weather station reporting a record daily high temperature reading of 95 degrees set Wednesday.
Brian Fitzgerald, director of research and education for the non-profit observatory, said that figure broke the old mark set in 2018.
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