Hail — Hillsborough, New Hampshire

2025-08-13 · near Baboosic, Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Event narrative

A severe thunderstorm dropped hail the size of quarters that fell for about 5 minutes in Amherst.

Wider weather episode

The region was experiencing well above normal temperatures, with high temperatures reaching the low to mid-90s. This created a very warm, humid, and unstable atmosphere. A pre-frontal surface trough moved into NH on the afternoon of August 13th, triggering numerous thunderstorms, a few of the storms became severe in nature. In addition, very heavy rain fell in Nashua area, causing some minor urban flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1292529. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.