New Hampshire, 2025

Flooding in New Hampshire, May 10, 2025

May 10, 2025 · NWS GYX · 3 events in 1 county or zone

A slow moving low pressure system tracked across the region between the 9th and the 10th. The region was vulnerable to flooding due to saturated ground conditions and elevated stream flows from days of on and off again rainfall.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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What happened

The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.

A slow moving low pressure system tracked across the region between the 9th and the 10th. The region was vulnerable to flooding due to saturated ground conditions and elevated stream flows from days of on and off again rainfall. The event was drawn out with a fairly steady rain with rates <0.5/hr. There was a period of heavier rainfall as the system received jet enhancement as it lifted to the northeast. Rainfall amounts were measured between 2 and 3 inches, primarily across Hillsborough County New Hampshire. Some small streams came out of banks causing flooding around Milford, Amherst, and Lyndeborough.

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3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Hillsborough

When
May 10, 7:30 AM EST to 7:45 AM EST
Where
Hillsborough County, 1.38 mi N of Baboosic to 1.49 mi N of Baboosic
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
42.900, -71.580

Heavy rain with up to three inches in the local area caused overland flooding with standing water up to a foot deep reaches up to homes on Lake Outlet Rd. in Amherst.

Flood, Hillsborough

When
May 10, 8:00 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
Where
Hillsborough County, 0.89 mi NNE of Ponemah to 0.94 mi NE of Ponemah
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
42.831, -71.591

Heavy rainfall of 3 inches in the local area caused flooding of Boston Post Road between Ferry Road and Simeon Wilson Road in Amherst due to the Souhegan River over flowing its bands.

Flood, Hillsborough

When
May 10, 8:00 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
Where
Hillsborough County, 2.81 mi N of Lyndeborough to 2.73 mi N of Lyndeborough
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
42.940, -71.740

Heavy rainfall with locally up to three inches on saturated soils caused Cold Brook to flood 2nd NH Turnpike in New Boston.

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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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: 1267989, 1267993, 1267994.