Cold/Wind Chill, Belknap
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Belknap forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.519, -71.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in New Hampshire, January 27 to 28, 2003
Low pressure intensifying late on the 27th over the Canadian Maritimes brought a continuation of cold temperatures along with northwest winds to the area, and caused a brief period of cold wind chill temperatures overnight before the winds diminished. Generally, wind chill temperatures were between 10 and 25 degrees below zero.
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.
Low pressure intensifying late on the 27th over the Canadian Maritimes brought a continuation of cold temperatures along with northwest winds to the area, and caused a brief period of cold wind chill temperatures overnight before the winds diminished. Generally, wind chill temperatures were between 10 and 25 degrees below zero.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Coastal Rockingham
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Rockingham forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.985, -71.089 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Interior Rockingham
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Interior Rockingham forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.985, -71.089 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Merrimack
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Merrimack forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.298, -71.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Carroll
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Carroll forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Coos
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Coos forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.690, -71.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Grafton
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Grafton forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.941, -71.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Carroll
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Carroll forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Coos
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Coos forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.690, -71.305 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Grafton
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Grafton forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.941, -71.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Strafford
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Strafford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.297, -71.029 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Sullivan
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.361, -72.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
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The same day elsewhere
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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: 5341930, 5341931, 5341932, 5341933, 5341934, 5341935, 5341936, 5341937, 5341938, 5341939, 5341940, 5341941.