Heavy Snow, Belknap
- When
- February 7, 10:00 PM EST to February 10, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Belknap forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.519, -71.423 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 7 to 10, 2015
A series of low pressure areas moving along a stalled frontal boundary brought a moderate to heavy snowfall to the region over about a 60-hour period. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 6 to 15 inches with somewhat lesser amounts along the upper Connecticut River Valley.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 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
- 10
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.
A series of low pressure areas moving along a stalled frontal boundary brought a moderate to heavy snowfall to the region over about a 60-hour period. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 6 to 15 inches with somewhat lesser amounts along the upper Connecticut River Valley.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 7, 6:38 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 6:38 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 3:29 PM EST, 6 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 329 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 MEZ021-022-027-028-082030- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- 329 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MEZ018-023-NHZ003-005>015-082030- INTERIOR YORK-COASTAL YORK-NORTHERN GRAFTON-SOUTHERN GRAFTON- SOUTHERN CARROLL-SULLIVAN-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP-STRAFFORD-CHESHIRE NH- EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM-COASTAL ROCKINGHAM- WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 329 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM SUNDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MEZ007>009-013-014-NHZ001-082030- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN FRANKLIN- SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS- 329 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A LONG-DURATION SNOW EVENT IS EXPECTED TO START SUNDAY AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE LIGHT FOR THE MOST PART...BUT WILL ADD UP OVER TIME...PERHAPS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MEZ012-019-020-024>026-NHZ002-004-082030- SOUTHERN OXFORD-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL CUMBERLAND- SAGADAHOC-LINCOLN-SOUTHERN COOS-NORTHERN CARROLL- 329 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE AND NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER STORM WATCH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ150>154-082030- STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME OUT TO 25 NM-PENOBSCOT BAY- PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME OUT TO 25 NM-CASCO BAY- CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA OUT TO 25 NM- 329 PM EST SAT FEB 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CASCO BAY...PENOBSCOT BAY...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE ELIZABETH ME TO MERRIMACK RIVER MA...THE COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT CLYDE ME TO CAPE ELIZABETH ME AND THE COASTAL WATERS FROM STONINGTON ME TO PORT CLYDE ME. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
10 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southern Carroll
- When
- February 7, 10:00 PM EST to February 10, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Carroll forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.874, -71.203 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sullivan
- When
- February 7, 10:00 PM EST to February 10, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sullivan forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.361, -72.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Merrimack
- When
- February 7, 10:00 PM EST to February 10, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Merrimack forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.298, -71.680 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Strafford
- When
- February 7, 10:00 PM EST to February 10, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Strafford forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.297, -71.029 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Cheshire
- When
- February 7, 10:00 PM EST to February 10, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cheshire forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.919, -72.251 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Hillsborough
- When
- February 7, 10:00 PM EST to February 10, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Hillsborough forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.915, -71.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior Rockingham
- When
- February 7, 10:00 PM EST to February 10, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Interior Rockingham forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.985, -71.089 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Rockingham
- When
- February 7, 10:00 PM EST to February 10, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Rockingham forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.985, -71.089 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western and Central Hillsborough
- When
- February 7, 10:00 PM EST to February 10, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western and Central Hillsborough forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 42.915, -71.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New York, February 7 to 10, 2015
- Winter Storm in Alaska, February 7 to 8, 2015
- Heavy Rain in Montana, February 7 to 12, 2015
- High Wind in Oregon, February 7, 2015
- Heavy Snow in Vermont, February 7 to 10, 2015
- Debris Flow and Flooding in Idaho, February 7 to 9, 2015
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Massachusetts, February 7 to 10, 2015
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Connecticut, February 7 to 10, 2015
- Flood in California, February 7 to 8, 2015
- Flood in Oregon, February 7 to 10, 2015
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 7, 2015
- High Wind in Washington, February 7, 2015
More
Every storm in New Hampshire in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, February 2015
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: 564477, 564481, 564482, 564483, 564484, 564485, 564486, 564487, 564488, 564489.