Blizzard in New Hampshire
Every blizzard event the National Weather Service has filed in New Hampshire, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
The most significant on the map
The most significant blizzard episodes in New Hampshire.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 17
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Hampshire, January 26 to 28, 2015An area of low pressure developed off the Delmarva peninsula on Monday, January 26th, and intensified rapidly as it moved slowly northward through the 27th. Snow spread northward across the region Monday night and became heavy on Tuesday, the 27th.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 4, 2018The energy from a storm slipping southeast from the Great Lakes merged with the energy from low pressure off the southeast U.S. coast to form an intense area of low pressure off the mid-Atlantic coast by the morning of January 4th.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 5 to 6, 2001A major winter storm brought blizzard conditions to much of southeastern New Hampshire as heavy snow and strong winds combined to produce near-zero visibility.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 8 to 9, 2013An area of low pressure developed rapidly off the Carolina coast late on the 7th and early on the 8th. The storm moved very slowly northeast during the 8th and 9th as it continued to intensify. By the morning of the 10th, the storm was located just to the east of Nova Scotia.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Hampshire, January 29, 2022Low pressure formed off the Florida coast on the 28th and gradually drifted north into the evening. The storm began to rapidly strengthen as the upper trough started to take on a negative tilt very early on the 29th.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Hampshire, February 23, 2026Low pressure began to develop over the Southeast on the morning of the 22nd. By the evening it had moved to a position off the Carolinas and was deepening rapidly. Between 7 pm on the 22nd and 7 am on the 23rd, central pressure in the storm dropped from 991 mb to 966 mb.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 8 to 9, 2013An historic winter storm deposited tremendous amounts of snow over all of southern New England, mainly from the mid-afternoon on Friday, February 8 and lasting into the daylight hours of Saturday, February 9.
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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 2026-09-24.