Mount Madison
Mountain in New Hampshire, United States
Mount Madison is a 5,367-foot (1,636 m) mountain in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire in the United States. It is named after the fourth U.S. President, James Madison.
Mountains in the Presidential Range are named for U.S. presidents, with the tallest (Mount Washington) named for the first president, the second tallest (Mount Adams) for the second president, and so on. However, due to a surveying error, Mount Monroe, named after the fifth president, James Monroe, is actually 22 feet (6.7 m) taller than Mount Madison.
There are many hiking trails on the mountain. A stretch of the Appalachian Trail traverses just below its summit on the Osgood Trail. The Madison Spring Hut, maintained by the Appalachian Mountain Club, is nestled between Mount Madison and Mount Adams and provides rustic lodging in the summer. Reservations generally need to be made far in advance.
Mount Madison is the northernmost peak in the Presidentials. Like most of the range, its summit is above treeline. Due to high winds and low temperatures, hypothermia is a danger even in the summer.
01Climate
There is no weather station at the summit, but this climate table contains interpolated data for an area around the summit. Mount Madison has a subarctic climate (Köppen Dfc).
| Climate data for Mount Madison 44.3260 N, 71.2845 W, Elevation: 4,865 ft (1,483 m) (1991-2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 16.5 (−8.6) |
17.9 (−7.8) |
24.0 (−4.4) |
34.3 (1.3) |
47.3 (8.5) |
55.8 (13.2) |
60.2 (15.7) |
59.0 (15.0) |
53.4 (11.9) |
41.1 (5.1) |
30.3 (−0.9) |
22.2 (−5.4) |
38.5 (3.6) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 8.8 (−12.9) |
9.8 (−12.3) |
16.3 (−8.7) |
27.6 (−2.4) |
41.4 (5.2) |
50.7 (10.4) |
55.7 (13.2) |
54.2 (12.3) |
47.9 (8.8) |
35.3 (1.8) |
23.9 (−4.5) |
14.4 (−9.8) |
32.2 (0.1) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 1.0 (−17.2) |
1.6 (−16.9) |
8.5 (−13.1) |
20.8 (−6.2) |
35.5 (1.9) |
45.7 (7.6) |
51.1 (10.6) |
49.5 (9.7) |
42.4 (5.8) |
29.5 (−1.4) |
17.5 (−8.1) |
6.7 (−14.1) |
25.8 (−3.4) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 5.56 (141) |
5.04 (128) |
6.20 (157) |
7.13 (181) |
6.80 (173) |
7.91 (201) |
7.99 (203) |
6.64 (169) |
6.70 (170) |
9.80 (249) |
7.67 (195) |
7.09 (180) |
84.53 (2,147) |
| Source: PRISM Climate Group | |||||||||||||
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- Mt. Madison 008.jpg by Wikiuser100, CC BY 3.0
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