Thunderstorm Wind, Cheshire
- When
- June 16, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Cheshire County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -72.430
Tornadoes and Hail in New Hampshire, June 16, 1986
23 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 27
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
23 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrimack
- When
- June 16, 10:37 AM CST
- Where
- Merrimack County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -71.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrimack
- When
- June 16, 10:37 AM CST
- Where
- Merrimack County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -71.500
Tornado, Cheshire
- When
- June 16, 12:50 PM EDT
- Where
- Cheshire County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.900, -72.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Rockingham
- When
- June 16, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Rockingham County
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -71.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrimack
- When
- June 16, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Merrimack County
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -71.470
Tornado, Hillsborough
- When
- June 16, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsborough County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -71.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Hillsborough
- When
- June 16, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hillsborough County
- Coordinates
- 43.120, -71.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrimack
- When
- June 16, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Merrimack County
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -71.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Strafford
- When
- June 16, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Strafford County
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -70.880
Hail, Sullivan
- When
- June 16, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Sullivan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -72.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Coos
- When
- June 16, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Coos County
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -71.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Coos
- When
- June 16, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Coos County
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -71.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Coos
- When
- June 16, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Coos County
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -71.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Coos
- When
- June 16, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Coos County
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -71.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Coos
- When
- June 16, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Coos County
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -71.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Coos
- When
- June 16, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Coos County
- Coordinates
- 44.750, -71.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Coos
- When
- June 16, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Coos County
- Coordinates
- 44.420, -71.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Grafton
- When
- June 16, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Grafton County
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -71.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Grafton
- When
- June 16, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grafton County
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -72.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- June 16, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -71.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Grafton
- When
- June 16, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grafton County
- Coordinates
- 43.600, -71.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrimack
- When
- June 16, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Merrimack County
- Coordinates
- 43.520, -71.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Grafton
- When
- June 16, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Grafton County
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -71.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Grafton
- When
- June 16, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Grafton County
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -71.700
Hail, Belknap
- When
- June 16, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Belknap County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -71.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Belknap
- When
- June 16, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Belknap County
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -71.600
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, June 16, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 16, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Vermont, June 16, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 16, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 16, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 16, 1986
- Hail in Oklahoma, June 16, 1986
- Hail in Mississippi, June 16, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 16, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, June 16, 1986
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10079667, 10079668, 10079669, 10079672, 10079670, 10079671, 10079673, 10079674, 10079675, 10079676, 10079677, 10079678, 10079679, 10079680, 10079681, 10079682, 10079683, 10079684, 10079685, 10079686, 10079687, 10079688, 10079689, 10079690, 10079691, 10079692, 10079693.