New Snow Falls on Mount Washington, Still Far Below October's Average
One of the most formidable peaks in the northeast is having a remarkably slow start to winter. New Hampshires’s Mount Washington, with its summit at 6,288 feet, is the highest peak in the Northeast, and is known intense weather events that hit the mountain.
As temperatures start to cool down across the country, higher elevations everywhere are starting to rack up seasonal snowfall. Mount Washington hasn’t been quite as lucky though, and picked up it’s first inch of snow last night. The morning of October 21, 2025, Mount Washington Observatory measured a whopping 1.2 inches of snowfall, bringing their season total to 1.6 inches.
On average, Mount Washington receives 19″ of snow in October, which makes this year’s precipitation well below average. According to historic data from the Mount Washington Observatory, the monthly average temperature in October is 31.3 degrees, which is just a few degrees cooler than the mountain is currently recording.
Going into Tuesday night, forecasters are predicting clear weather with some possible cloud cover and rain showers late at night. There’s a slight chance of wintry mix, but little to no snow accumulation predicted. Wednesday night holds a more promising chance of snow, but only trace amounts.
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Bretton Woods and Wildcat are the two closest ski areas to Mount Washington. Bretton Woods is New Hampshire’s largest ski area and is currently slated to open on November 27, 2025, for the 2025/26 ski season.
Bretton Woods is currently forecasted to receive significant rain over the next week or so, with possibilities of wintry mix this coming weekend. Wildcat hasn’t announced their opening day just yet, and is showing a similar forecast to Bretton Woods through the weekend.
It’s possible things will turn around soon for the northeast. OpenSnow’s most recent long range forecast predicts that a low pressure ridge will settle in around the northeastern US and bring below-average temperatures and above-average precipitation to the area over the winter. Hopefully, some of that predicted snow moves in soon and bumps Mount Washington back up towards its average snowfall.
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