Heavy Snow, Eastern Hillsborough
- When
- February 5, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM 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 in New Hampshire, February 5, 2016
An elongated area of low pressure stretching from the outer banks of North Carolina to the Gulf of Maine on the morning of the 5th intensified as it moved rapidly northeast during the day. The storm brought a moderate to heavy snowfall to the southeastern part of the state with little or no snow in the northern mountains and along the Connecticut River Valley.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 6
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 elongated area of low pressure stretching from the outer banks of North Carolina to the Gulf of Maine on the morning of the 5th intensified as it moved rapidly northeast during the day. The storm brought a moderate to heavy snowfall to the southeastern part of the state with little or no snow in the northern mountains and along the Connecticut River Valley. Snowfall amounts in the southeastern part of the State generally ranged from 4 to 10 inches with coastal areas seeing the most snow.
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 4, 7:31 PM EST, 8 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 7:31 PM EST, 8 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 2:58 AM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 258 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 MEZ018>020-023>025-NHZ006-008>010-012>015-060800- INTERIOR YORK-INTERIOR CUMBERLAND-ANDROSCOGGIN-COASTAL YORK- COASTAL CUMBERLAND-SAGADAHOC-SOUTHERN CARROLL-MERRIMACK-BELKNAP- STRAFFORD-EASTERN HILLSBOROUGH NH-INTERIOR ROCKINGHAM- COASTAL ROCKINGHAM-WESTERN AND CENTRAL HILLSBOROUGH NH- 258 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE...SOUTHEASTERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP THE NORTHEAST COAST IS EXPECTED TO BRING SNOWFALL TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE COAST. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MEZ021-022-026>028-060800- KENNEBEC-INTERIOR WALDO-LINCOLN-KNOX-COASTAL WALDO- 258 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP THE NORTHEAST COAST IS EXPECTED TO BRING SNOWFALL TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE COAST. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. MEZ007>009-012>014-NHZ001>005-007-011-060800- NORTHERN OXFORD-NORTHERN FRANKLIN-CENTRAL SOMERSET-SOUTHERN OXFORD- SOUTHERN FRANKLIN-SOUTHERN SOMERSET-NORTHERN COOS-SOUTHERN COOS- NORTHERN GRAFTON-NORTHERN CARROLL-SOUTHERN GRAFTON-SULLIVAN- CHESHIRE NH- 258 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MAINE...CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE...NORTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. LOW PRESSURE MOVING UP THE NORTHEAST COAST IS EXPECTED TO BRING SNOWFALL TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ALONG THE COAST. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE MODERATE TO HEAVY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL OR RADIO IN SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES. ANZ150>154-060800- 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- 258 AM EST FRI FEB 5 2016 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP THE NORTHEAST COAST NEXT MONDAY INTO TUESDAY... EASTERLY GALES ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. .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
6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Interior Rockingham
- When
- February 5, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM 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 5, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM 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, Strafford
- When
- February 5, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM 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, Western and Central Hillsborough
- When
- February 5, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM 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)
Heavy Snow, Belknap
- When
- February 5, 4:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Belknap forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.519, -71.423 (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 Massachusetts, February 5, 2016
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Rhode Island, February 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, February 5, 2016
- High Wind in Montana, February 5 to 6, 2016
- Marine Strong Wind in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, February 5, 2016
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 5, 2016
- High Wind in Montana, February 5 to 7, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Maine, February 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Connecticut, February 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow in New York, February 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow in Maine, February 5, 2016
More
Every storm in New Hampshire in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in New Hampshire, February 2016
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: 616814, 616817, 616818, 616819, 616820, 616822.