Hail, Cheshire
- When
- May 20, 6:15 PM EST
- Where
- Cheshire County, Fitzwilliam
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -72.150
Hail in New Hampshire, May 20, 1998
A severe thunderstorm during the early evening dropped large hail in a couple of towns in Cheshire County. Dime size hail was reported by an amateur radio operator in Fitzwilliam and by a trained spotter in Rindge.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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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 severe thunderstorm during the early evening dropped large hail in a couple of towns in Cheshire County. Dime size hail was reported by an amateur radio operator in Fitzwilliam and by a trained spotter in Rindge.
The radar
The Boston radar (KBOX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:13 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cheshire
- When
- May 20, 6:30 PM EST
- Where
- Cheshire County, Rindge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -72.020
What these are
- 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
- Hail in Iowa, May 20, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 20, 1998
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, May 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 20, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 20 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, May 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 20, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 20, 1998
- Drought in Louisiana, May 20 to 31, 1998
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: 5656168, 5656169.