Temperatures on the peak of mount Mckinley (Denali)

[seriously disabled]

Does anyone know the current temperature on the top of mount Mckinley in Alaska?

[ydoaPs]

42?

[seriously disabled]

42?

 

You mean 42 degree celcius?

[Pangloss]

I think he's making a joke.

 

The current temperature varies from moment to moment. I'm not sure why you would ask for that sort of information on a forum. Were you looking for more of an average? And have you checked typical information sources such as Google or the Wikipedia?

[seriously disabled]

The peak of Mount Denali at 6194 meters is probably the second coldest place on earth along with Vostok station in Antarctica.

 

The combintion of high latitude (63°4′10″N) and it's very high elevation is what makes mount Mckinley very cold - I mean super-cold.

 

Weather underground shows a temperature of -43.3 in Denali national park at an elevation of only 646 meters. So by extrapolation I guess the temperature on the peak of the mountain should be about -93°C which is probably the lowest temperature on earth.

Edited January 3, 2009 by Uri

[Pangloss]

Was that a question, or more of a conversation-starter?

 

It certainly sounds cold to this Floridian! (shiver)

[seriously disabled]

Was that a question, or more of a conversation-starter?

 

It certainly sounds cold to this Floridian! (shiver)

 

No it was a question. I would really like to know the actual temperature because all I got for now is my estimation.

[iNow]

http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/mt_mckinley/

http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/mt_mckinley/mt_mckinley_weather.php

[seriously disabled]

http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/mt_mckinley/

http://www.iarc.uaf.edu/mt_mckinley/mt_mckinley_weather.php

 

On the same site, the link showing the complete data set is not working:

 

http://nika.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/tmp/denali/processed_data

Edited January 3, 2009 by Uri

[npts2020]

There are no weather stations at the peak of Mt. McKinley, so you have to extrapolate from the link iNow provided. Those instruments are about 1500 ft in elevation below the summit and one of only two monitoring stations in the world above 18,000 ft.