High Wind, Cheshire
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cheshire forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.919, -72.251 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New Hampshire, February 25, 1996
A deep low pressure system over northern Maine combined with a strong high pressure area centered over South Carolina to produce a "tight pressure gradient" and a period of strong to gale force west to northwest winds. In Goffstown, a house chimney was blown down.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS BOX wrote it up.
A deep low pressure system over northern Maine combined with a strong high pressure area centered over South Carolina to produce a "tight pressure gradient" and a period of strong to gale force west to northwest winds. In Goffstown, a house chimney was blown down. Up to 4,800 electric customers lost power statewide.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Hillsborough
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hillsborough forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.915, -71.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Connecticut, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in New York, February 25, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Utah, February 25 to 26, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, February 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in Massachusetts, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in Connecticut, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in Rhode Island, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in New Jersey, February 25, 1996
- High Wind in New Jersey, February 25, 1996
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 25 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in New Hampshire, February 25, 1996
More
Every storm in New Hampshire in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, February 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5552409, 5552410.