High Wind, Northern Coos
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Coos forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.690, -71.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in New Hampshire, July 19 to 20, 1996
An intense low pressure system produced high winds behind a strong cold front. Throughout New Hampshire, falling trees and power outages were common.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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
- 12
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 GYX wrote it up.
An intense low pressure system produced high winds behind a strong cold front. Throughout New Hampshire, falling trees and power outages were common. One person was injured in Kittery when a tree limb fell on his head, fracturing his skull. On Mt. Washington, the 24-h average wind speed was 99.6 mph with a gust to 154 mph, making it the windiest summer day (May - September) ever recorded. Between 2 and 5 pm EDT, the wind averaged 120 mph. The summit also reported a trace of snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Southern Coos
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Coos forecast zone
- Measured
- 134 kt (154 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.690, -71.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Grafton
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Grafton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.941, -71.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Carroll
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Carroll forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Grafton
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Grafton forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.941, -71.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Carroll
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Carroll forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sullivan
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.361, -72.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Merrimack
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Merrimack forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.298, -71.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Belknap
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Belknap forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.519, -71.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Strafford
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Strafford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.297, -71.029 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Interior Rockingham
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Rockingham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.985, -71.089 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Coastal Rockingham
- When
- July 19, 8:00 PM EST to July 20, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Rockingham forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.985, -71.089 (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
- Tornado in Maryland, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Tornado in Maryland, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 19 to 20, 1996
- Rip Current in Florida, July 19, 1996
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, July 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 19 to 20, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 19, 1996
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5578245, 5578246, 5578247, 5578248, 5578249, 5578250, 5578251, 5578252, 5578253, 5578254, 5578255, 5578256.