Storm Surge/Tide in New Hampshire
Every storm surge/tide event the National Weather Service has filed in New Hampshire, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Water pushed ashore above the normal tide by a storm’s winds and low pressure.
The most significant on the map
The most significant storm surge/tide 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
- 8
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $590,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, March 6 to 7, 2001Low pressure developed off the New Jersey coast on March 5th, then moved slowly to the waters south of Cape Cod by the morning of the 6th. The system stalled off the southern New England coast on the afternoon of the 6th, and then drifted east of the Gulf of Maine on the 7th.
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, October 20 to 21, 1996A very slow moving coastal storm which was fed tropical moisture by the circulation around Hurricane Lily produced very heavy rains (up to 13 inches along the coast) and persistant strong onshore winds.
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, May 25 to 26, 2005A late season storm developed off the New England coast May 25th. High astronomical tides combined with strong northeast winds and large ocean waves to produce tidal flooding and beach erosion.
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, January 10, 1997Low pressure moving northeastward from Georgia intensified off the coast of New England with storm force winds near the center and gale force winds extending to the Maine and New Hampshire coastlines.
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, January 29, 1998Low pressure moving slowly northeastward to just east of Nantucket Island brought high tides and large waves to the coast of New Hampshire. In Hampton Beach, waves threw rocks and other debris onto Route 1.
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, March 6, 1997Northeasterly winds combined with an astronomically high tide to cause minor flooding throughout coastal sections of Rockingham County. In Portland, Maine, the tide reached 12.6 feet which was 0.6 feet above the flood stage.
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, January 31, 2006Low pressure moved slowly up the mid Atlantic coast late in the day on the 30th and strengthened as it moved into the Gulf of Maine on the 31st. The storm continued to intensify before moving out to sea on February 1st.
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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.