Summit forecast for 2,532 ft · Sandwich Range · Updated 3x daily
As of September 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM ET
Hedgehog Mountain (2,532 ft) is currently 67°F (feels like 67°F) with clear sky and NW winds at 11 mph, gusting to 16 mph. Today's freezing level is 10,564–13,747 ft. Expect the summit to run about 2°F colder than the trailhead. Trail conditions are rated Good.
Valley forecasts don't apply up high — temperatures drop about 4.0°F per 1,000 ft on Hedgehog Mountain.
| Elevation | Temp Range | Max Wind | Wind Chill (Low) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summit 2,532 ft | 61° – 67°F | 20 mph | 61°F |
| Trailhead 2,000 ft | 62° – 69°F | 17 mph | 62°F |
Freezing level today: 10,564–13,747 ft
~4°F drop per 1,000ft
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Today Sep 4 | Tomorrow Sep 5 | Sunday Sep 6 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | AM | PM | night | |
| Temperature & Wind | |||||||||
| Weather | fog | sunny | ptly cloudy | cloudy | rain | sunny | sunny | cloudy | cloudy |
| Temp °F hi / lo | 64° 62° | 67° 65° | 63° 58° | 58° 57° | 56° 54° | 55° 51° | 56° 51° | 60° 57° | 55° 55° |
| Chill °F | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wind mph | 12 | 19 | 20 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 16 | 17 | 10 |
| Gust mph est. | 19 | 30 | 32 | 19 | 28 | 30 | 20 | — | — |
| Storm risk | mod | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Precipitation | |||||||||
| Precip in (rain/snow) | - | - | - | - | 0.3 | - | - | - | - |
| Freezing ft | 11,481 ft | 9,716 ft | 8,224 ft | ||||||
| Conditions | |||||||||
| Cloud cover | 100% | 45% | 73% | 100% | 100% | 40% | 41% | 94% | 100% |
| Vis mi | 0.4 | clear | 8 | 8 | <0.1 | 9 | clear | clear | clear |
| UV | 5 | 6 | — | 3 | 3 | — | 5 | 6 | — |
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| Elevation | Today Sep 4 | Tomorrow Sep 5 | Sunday Sep 6 |
|---|---|---|---|
| lo/hi °F · wind mph & dir · chill °F | |||
| Summit 2,532 ft | 62/64° 12 | 57/58° 12 | 51/56° 16 |
| 2,500 ft | 62/64° 12 | 57/58° 12 | 51/56° 16 |
| Trailhead 2,000 ft | 63/66° 9 | 59/60° 10 | 52/58° 14 |
4 more days of forecast — plan around the weather window, not just tomorrow.
Conditions synthesized from: NWS Higher Summits Forecast, NOAA Open-Meteo, Mount Washington Observatory, NETC Trip Reports, NOHRSC Snow Depth, Mt. Washington Avalanche Center, USGS Stream Levels, OpenWeather Air Quality.
AI-generated from public data. Always verify conditions before heading out — backcountry weather can change quickly.
As of September 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM ET: Hedgehog Mountain (2,532 ft) is currently 67°F (feels like 67°F) with clear sky and NW winds at 11 mph, gusting to 16 mph. Today's freezing level is 10,564–13,747 ft. Expect the summit to run about 2°F colder than the trailhead. Trail conditions are rated Good.
Temperatures drop roughly 4.0°F per 1,000 ft of elevation on Hedgehog Mountain. Today the trailhead (2,000 ft) tops out around 69°F while the summit (2,532 ft) reaches about 67°F, with a wind chill as low as 61°F.
Winds at the summit of Hedgehog Mountain are forecast to reach 20 mph today. Above treeline there is no shelter from wind — plan layers around wind chill, not air temperature.
Today's freezing level (10,564–13,747 ft) is above the 2,532 ft summit of Hedgehog Mountain, so the full route should stay above freezing.