Tornado in New Hampshire
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in New Hampshire, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado 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
- 112
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 30
- Damage
- $13 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Flood in New Hampshire, July 24, 2008On July 24th a closed 500 mb low was digging over NY/PA and waves of surface low pressure were riding north along the associated surface front to the west of the forecast area. A strong 50kt low level jet was also riding northward ahead of the front.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 6, 1999Severe thunderstorm winds caused damage statewide as downed trees blocked roads and caused power outages. The winds also damaged several buildings. In Sanbornton, a 60 foot pine tree fell on a car killing the driver.
- Tornadoes in New Hampshire, June 9, 1953
- Tornadoes in New Hampshire, August 20, 1968
- Tornado in New Hampshire, June 22, 1981
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 3, 1997Very severe thunderstorms moved through Cheshire and Hillsborough Counties, producing two tornadoes, microbursts, damaging thunderstorm winds, and large hail.
- Tornadoes in New Hampshire, July 2, 1961
- Tornado in New Hampshire, July 3, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in New Hampshire, June 9, 1963
- Tornado and Hail in New Hampshire, August 11, 1966
- Tornado in New Hampshire, August 13, 1963
- Tornado in New Hampshire, May 3, 1976
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 7, 1986
- 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.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 2, 1993Thunderstorm winds downed numerous large trees, destroying one home and damaging others in Northwood, Nottingham, and Barrington. A police officer and several other witnesses observed a tornado on the ground near North River Pond in Barrington.
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Hampshire, July 18, 1963
- Tornadoes and Hail in New Hampshire, June 16, 1986
- Tornado in New Hampshire, June 19, 1957
- Tornado in New Hampshire, May 31, 1998A short-duration minimal F2 tornado moved along a half-mile long track which averaged 85 yards wide in Antrim in northwest Hillsborough County. A National Weather Service survey team investigated the damaging effects of this tornado and spoke with many eyewitnesses.
- Tornadoes in New Hampshire, July 9, 1962
- Tornadoes in New Hampshire, July 5, 1984
- Tornado in New Hampshire, May 14, 1963
- Tornado in New Hampshire, July 17, 1968
- Tornado in New Hampshire, May 21, 2006A small, but rather intense, tornado touched down on Interstate 95 about two miles south of the Hampton Toll Booths in the town of Hampton Falls.
- Tornado and Hail in New Hampshire, May 11, 1973
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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.