Hail — Cheshire, New Hampshire
2025-08-13 · near Webb, Cheshire, New Hampshire
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Magnitude
Event narrative
A severe thunderstorm dropped hail the size of ping pongs for around 5 minutes in Swanzey.
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 1292532. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.