Northern Carroll storm history

Tropical Storm Isaias brought the greatest impacts to the state of New Hampshire in Carroll County. Numerous snapped and uprooted trees along with broken branches caused downed power lines throughout the county. Carroll County was the hardest hit for outages with 30% of customers…

Snow overspread the southern White Mountains on the morning of the 2nd. A nearly stationary band of snow set up just south of the area through the afternoon, with light to moderate continuing through the day. Snow tapered off late in the evening on the 2nd. Snowfall totals range …

Carroll County averaged 2.15 inches of precipitation in December, approximately 1.8 inches below normal. The cumulative deficit since summer grew to nearly 9 inches, marking the 2nd driest such period since 1922. Groundwater levels in the town of Conway reached historic lows for …

Carroll County averaged 2.97 inches of precipitation in November, approximately one and a half inches below normal. The rainfall deficits carried over from summer grew to almost 7 inches, making it the 2nd driest stretch between July through November on record. Lake Winnipesaukee…

Carroll County averaged 3.30 inches of precipitation in September, approximately half an inch below normal. The rainfall deficits carried over from summer grew to over 5 inches, making it the 3rd driest stretch between July through September on record. Lake Winnipesaukee tied wit…

Light snow overspread the area in the evening on the 15th. This continued into the morning of the 16th when an area of strong warm air advection resulted in a laterally translating band of moderate to heavy snow. This swept through the region by the afternoon of the 16th. Periods…

While snow began early in the morning on the 28th, snowfall rates picked up late morning through late afternoon. Snowfall rates where one inch per hour at times. Snowfall was fairly uniform as the area was under the most persistent banding, but there was some elevation dependence…

Snow overspread the area during the evening of the 3rd, heavy at times overnight into the morning of the 4th. Given the late season nature of the storm, much of the southern White Mountains observed temperatures at or just above freezing in addition to the heavy snow. As a result…

Snowfall rates in excess of 1 inch per hour in the morning led to snowfall totals ranging between 21 and 28 inches.

Precipitation began as a light mix, especially across the lower elevations and valleys of Carroll County. As heavier precipitation moved into the region, the precipitation type transitioned to snow, which became heavy at times in the higher terrain. This was especially aided by a…

Snow squalls arrived in the White Mountains during the afternoon on the 14th. Trained spotters in North Conway reported near whiteout conditions and a quick, light accumulations. The squalls lasted about 20 minutes at any given location before conditions improved. Snowfall amount…

Precipitation began during the evening of the 9th with a band of heavy snow lifting northeastward through the Lakes Region. Snowfall rates were briefly 1 inch per hour, before settling to a steady light to moderate snow through midnight. Snowfall rates increased again after midni…

Light to moderate snow began late in the evening on the 6th. A mesoscale snowband lifted north but never quite made it into the White Mountains. The result was only occasionally heavy snowfall. Snow ended quickly once surface winds veered to northwesterly. Snowfall totals ranged …

Precipitation began around midday on the 3rd as a wintry mix of rain and snow. Upsloping easterly flow was both cooler and contained more moisture than on the western side of the White Mountains. This kept precipitation type mainly snow in the higher terrain of Carroll County. Th…

Snow overspread the White Mountains shortly after midnight, early on the morning of the 4th. Snowfall quickly became moderate to heavy through the early afternoon hours, aided by winds upsloping into the higher terrain. Snow quickly came to an end during the afternoon as low pres…

Light snow began shortly after midnight on the 28th. Snow remained generally light through midday. Snowfall picked up in intensity during the afternoon, where it became moderate to heavy at times into the early evening. Light snow lingered into the late evening before coming to a…

By the afternoon on the 3rd wind chills were reaching -30 degrees. Ambient air temperatures continued to fall into the double digits below zero with winds gusting in excess of 35 mph. The coldest wind chill values approached -45 degrees early on the 4th before winds gradually beg…

Snow began during the evening of the 22nd. Snowfall became moderate to heavy at times during the morning of the 23rd. Light snow continued through most of the day on the 23rd. The southern White Mountains were aided by upsloping flow to produce snowfall totals ranging from 12 to …

Snow overspread the White Mountains during the evening on the 19th. After midnight snow became moderate to heavy at times. While snowfall rates tapered off by sunrise on the 20th, snow lingered for much of the day as an inverted trough remained draped across southern New Hampshir…

Light precipitation began early in the morning on the 16th. Steady moderate to occasionally heavy snow started relatively quickly after the onset, especially at higher elevations. Southeast flow upsloping into the White Mountains produced significantly more snowfall along the eas…

After a very dry week with near record high temperatures on May 14th, a fire start was reported in Crawford Notch State Park. The fire rapidly spread due to the dry fuels, slope alignment and favorable fire weather conditions. Fire weather conditions quickly began to moderate by …

Snow overspread the White Mountains early in the morning on the 25th. A hybrid type snow band gradually transitioned into a laterally quasi-stationary band around daybreak. Moderate to occasionally heavy snowfall continued from that time through early afternoon, aided by upslope …

Rain changed to snow in valley locations around 9:00 pm on the 3rd. During the morning on the 4th the snow intensity increased and remained moderate at times through mid morning. Steady snow continued through the afternoon and tapered off in the evening. Snowfall amounts ranged f…

Strong warm air advection forced a laterally translating band of snow into the White Mountains during the morning of the 17th. Within a couple hours snow was moderate to heavy. Snowfall rates were near 1 inch per hour for two or three hours leading up to midday. The dry slot and …

Snow overspread the White Mountains by early afternoon on the 18th. Snow became moderate in the evening but otherwise remained light for the duration of the storm. Snow tapered off in the morning on the 19th, finally ending as a couple of waves of light snow enhanced by upsloping…

Early spring snowstorm began around midnight on the 16th as rain transitioned over to snow across the higher elevations. Snow levels continued to lower through the night with snow spreading across the entire region by day break on the 16th. Moderate snow continued all morning bef…

Winds began to sharply increase early in the morning on the 2nd. While strong wind gusts were common over a large portion of the area, damaging wind gusts were most likely in the lee of the taller mountains and ridges. About 20 percent of Carroll County customers lost power durin…

Snow moved into the area on the evening of the 1st and continued through the morning hours on the 2nd. The bulk of the accumulation came with moderate to heavy snow in the mesoscale snow band as it moved north through the White Mountains. Snow continued into the afternoon before …

Snow began on the morning of the 16th and continued into the mid afternoon hours. A mild mid-January air mass resulted in a strong elevation dependence to snowfall amounts. Snowfall amounts near 12 inches occurred in the higher elevations of the White Mountains with totals as low…

Snow began before sunrise on the 17th. The heaviest snowfall moved into areas south of Crawford Notch by mid morning. Snowfall rates exceeded inch per hour in the heaviest snow, but dry air to the north and weakening lift with increasing latitude left a sharp gradient in storm to…

Snow moved into the White Mountains early afternoon on the 5th. Snow became moderate to occasionally heavy on northern edge of the precipitation shield through the late evening. Some downsloping winds and warmer temperatures resulted in significantly less snow in the river valley…

The drought peaked in intensity during the first week of October before beneficial widespread rains impacted the state towards the middle of October. Concord received a monthly rainfall total of 5.11, Manchester received 4.01, Whitefield received 5.48, and Durham received 4.59. E…

Drought continued to expand and intensified through the month of September with the state of New Hampshire recording the 7th driest September on record. D2 severe drought expanded to cover every county in New Hampshire by the end of the month. In addition, an area of D3 extreme d…

Rain changed to wet snow during the early morning hours on the 9th. Anywhere from a dusting to 4 inches of snow fell depending on elevation as well as the location of heaviest snow banding. Some selected amounts include 0.5 inch in North Conway and 4 inches in Jackson.

Snow moved into the White Mountains during the afternoon on the 23rd and quickly became moderate to heavy. Forcing was driven primarily by warm air advection and banding near the low center never made it far enough northwest to affect the area, and so came to an end in less than …

Light snow began on the morning of the 18th ahead of an approaching front. During the afternoon snow became moderate to heavy at times when a secondary wave developed near the southern New England coast. Snow quickly came to an end in the evening, but not before 6 to 8 inches of …

Snow began on the evening of the 18th and quickly became moderate to heavy through midnight. Snow tapered off but lingered through 6:00 am on the 19th with the approach of a cold front from the west. Behind the front upslope snow showers continued into the afternoon. Snow totals …

Snow began in the early morning hours of the 16th. The most persistent and heaviest bands of snow remained over the Lakes Region northward through the day. Snow tapered off in the afternoon before coming to an end. Totals ranged from 6 to 8 inches of wet, heavy snow.

Precipitation moved in late on December 29th as snow at onset. A band of moderate to heavy to snow stalled overhead on the morning of the 30th. In the afternoon warm air advection allowed snow to briefly mix with sleet at times. Precipitation changed back over to snow in the earl…

Snow began in the late afternoon and quickly became moderate to heavy in the evening. By late evening warmer air aloft changed precipitation to a mix of snow and sleet. The mix continued into the early morning hours when precipitation quickly ended from west to east. Combined sno…

Persistent light snow along a weak warm front developed on the evening of the 29th over parts of the White Mountains. Secondary low pressure developed in the Gulf of Maine overnight and snowfall intensified through the early morning hours on the 30th. Snow quickly ended from west…

A band of light to moderate snow developed over parts of the White Mountains late in the evening of the 19th in response to warm air advection developing aloft. Then heavy snow moved into area in the early morning hours and continued through the afternoon. Snow changed to sleet a…

Snow and light mixed precipitation changed over to moderate to heavy snowfall during the morning of the 9th. This band of snow pivoted over the area through the early afternoon, before moving east. Low pressure moving into New Brunswick kept winds northwest over the area into the…

Steady snow began on the evening of the 26th. Orographic lift of southeast flow into the White Mountains allowed snow to be heavy at times early on the 27th. Significant accumulations occurred in the higher terrain and south facing slopes, while lighter accumulations occurred at …