Hail in New Hampshire
Every hail event the National Weather Service has filed in New Hampshire, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
The most significant on the map
The most significant hail 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
- 960
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $36,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 3, 2015A pre-frontal trough ahead of an approaching cold front was the focus for severe convection on the afternoon of August 3rd. Moderate CAPES and low-level moisture combined with increasing mid-level flow to produced numerous severe cells most of which produced wind damage.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 18, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, June 24, 2013A hot and humid airmass was in place over the forecast area on the afternoon of June 24th.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 19, 2015A cold front approaching from the west initiated afternoon convection across Eastern New York and Western New England on the afternoon of the 19th. High instability and increasing shear helped to develop more organized supercells and lines of thunderstorms.
- Tornado and Hail in New Hampshire, June 9, 1963
- Tornado and Hail in New Hampshire, August 11, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 26, 1994Trees and power lines were blown down in Canterbury.
- Flash Flood and Flooding in New Hampshire, May 29, 2012A warm front moved through southern New Hampshire early Tuesday morning, leaving the area in a very moist, warm, and unstable airmass. Tuesday afternoon a cold front began moving across western New York and approaching southern New Hampshire.
- Tornado and Hail in New Hampshire, July 16, 2024A large MCS formed across New York state on the afternoon of July 16th. This complex continued to move eastward and held its structure as it reached New Hampshire by early evening. Bowing line segments caused multiple microbursts and high end wind damage.
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Hampshire, July 18, 1963
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Hampshire, June 16, 1986
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Hampshire, August 6, 2003Slow moving severe thunderstorms brought damaging winds, hail, and flash flooding to Cheshire County. Westmoreland was the hardest hit area, where most of the town's roads were blocked off because of flooding, downed trees, and power lines.
- Tornado and Hail in New Hampshire, May 11, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 21, 2022A hot and humid airmass was in place across the northeastern United States ahead of an approaching cold front with these ingredients resulting in numerous showers and thunderstorms across New Hampshire and western Maine.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 28, 2018An approaching shortwave and increasing shear combined with a slow moving cold front to produce scattered showers and thunderstorms on the afternoon of July 28th.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 31, 1993High thunderstorm winds caused about $55,000 in damage to a gymnasium in Colebrook. Several nearby trees were blown down. A ham operator reported golfball-size hail in the Halls Stream area just north of Pittsburg.
- Hail and Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, May 10, 2007An isolated severe thunderstorm in Windham New Hampshire dropped 1.75 inch hail. Lightning from the storm ignited a fire that destroyed a large home in the town causing an estimated $500,000 in damage.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, June 6, 2020Hot and muggy conditions prevailed over the area as the region had been on the backside of an Atlantic Ridge in the warm sector of an unstable air mass. A strengthening area of low pressure began to cross the region by midday along with a surface cold front.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 6, 2007Severe thunderstorms rolled across New Hampshire during the afternoon of July 6, producing numerous reports of large hail and wind damage, and several damaging lightning strikes.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, September 27, 2007Severe thunderstorms developed in southeast New Hampshire and quickly moved into southwestern Maine on the morning of the 27th. Lightning struck a home in Alton and caused a fire that destroyed the structure.
- Tornado and Hail in New Hampshire, August 17, 1970
- Flood and Hail in New Hampshire, August 4, 2012A warm front moved north through southern New England producing scattered showers and thunderstorms across a very warm, humid environment.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 23, 2020A stationary front draped south of New Hampshire moved back north as a warm front allowing for a hot and unstable airmass to move into Southern New Hampshire south of the boundary.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 1, 2008A weak cold front moved through Southern New England, sparking showers and thunderstorms. Most of the thunderstorms produced only minor damage from winds and a smattering of large hail, one of the thunderstorms wreaked havoc on the small town of Hinsdale, NH.
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, June 5, 2007Widespread severe thunderstorm activity produced very large hail and damaging winds across portions of southern New Hampshire.
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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.