Southern Carroll storm history

Precipitation began in the very early morning hours on the 29th, and began mainly as freezing rain except for a few spots that started as snow. The freezing rain was heaviest and accumulated most rapidly through the morning hours. It was around this time that trees and wires bega…

Snow overspread the area on the evening of the 23rd as a warm front approached northern New England. In the late evening stronger lift arrived and snow became moderate to heavy at times through the morning of the 24th. Light snow lingered until the afternoon before tapering off. …

Snow overspread the Lakes Region on the morning of the 2nd. A nearly stationary band of snow set up over the region through the afternoon, with moderate to heavy snow at times. Snow tapered off late in the evening on the 2nd. Snowfall totals range from 7 to 11 inches.

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…

Snow overspread the area in the late evening on the 8th. Strong warm air advection resulted in a broad area of snow, but embedded within that area of precipitation a relatively narrow band of occasionally heavy snow developed. A very deep snow growth zone also led to a prolonged …

Snow overspread the southern White Mountains in the late afternoon and early evening of the 19th. A band of steady moderate snow developed and remained over the area into the early morning of the 20th. Snowfall totals ranged from 4 to 8 inches. Key Impacts: Heavy snow.

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 near Lake Winnipesaukee was a little lower than the higher elevations surrounding it. Snowfall ranged from 4 …

An early season heat wave impacted New Hampshire from June 17th through the 20th with the peak of the heat occurring June 19th-20th when excessive heat was observed through southern and central parts of the state. Heat index values reached above 105F across southern New Hampshire…

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 14 and 24 inches.

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. Snow continued into the early morning hours on the 10th unt…

Light to moderate snow began late in the evening on the 6th. Heavy snow began early in the morning on the 7th as a mesoscale band forced by strong warm air advection lifted in the Lakes Regions and settled overhead into the afternoon. Snowfall rates in excess of 1 to 2 inches per…

A hard freeze impacted the region shortly after midnight on May 18th with widespread sub-freezing temperatures. Temperatures ranged from freezing to the mid-20s. Moultonborough reported a low of 26 degrees. The temperatures were some of the coldest this late in spring in over the…

Rain changed to snow in the Lakes Region during the early morning on the 14th. Snowfall quickly became moderate to heavy at times, especially near the Ossipees. Wwhere winds were downsloping off the mountains snow totals were around 4 inches. In the higher terrain southeast of La…

Snow overspread portions of the Lakes Region 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…

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…

Light snow overspread the area just before midnight and quickly became moderate at times. The snow continued through sunrise when the snowfall intensity tapered off to snow showers through midday. Storm total snowfall ranged from 4 to 6 inches.

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 afternoon on the 25th as a band of light precipitation well ahead of the main precipitation shield. The steady snowfall moved into central New Hampshire during the evening hours on the 25th. Moderate snow continued until just after midnight, when mid level w…

Snow began during the evening of the 22nd. Snowfall became moderate to heavy at times during the morning of the 23rd. A mesoscale band of snow set up from southern parts of the Upper Valley east northeast through the Lakes Region. Snowfall had a high snow to liquid ratio, and fel…

Snow overspread central New Hampshire 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 Hampsh…

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…

Snow overspread the Lakes Region 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 flo…

Rain changed to snow in valley locations around 2:00 am on the 4rd. During the morning on the 4th the snow intensity increased and became moderate to heavy at times through mid morning. Steady snow continued through the afternoon and tapered off in the evening. Snowfall amounts r…

Strong warm air advection forced a laterally translating band of snow into central New Hampshire 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 an…

Snow overspread the Lakes Region early in the afternoon on the 18th. Snow became moderate in the evening but otherwise remained light for the duration of the storm. Snow tapered off on the morning of the 19th. Storm total snowfall ranged from 6 to 8 inches.

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 New Hampshire. Snow continued into the afternoon before ending…

Snow began before sunrise on the 17th. Snow quickly became heavy as an intense band of snow moved into the area. As the band became nearly stationary over the Ossipee Mountains towards Lake Winnipesaukee snowfall rates approaching 4 inches per hour were observed, leading to dange…

Snow moved into the area early afternoon on the 5th. Snow became moderate to heavy through the late evening on northern edge of the most intense precipitation. Downsloping northeast winds and warmer temperatures resulted in significantly less snow in the valleys than the higher e…

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…

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 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 5 to 8 inches of …

Snow began on the evening of the 18th and quickly became moderate to heavy through midnight. Snow quickly came to an end as the upper dry slot moved overhead. Snow totals ranged from 5 to 7 inches.

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 9 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 afternoon and quickly became moderate to heavy in the late afternoon. By late evening warmer air aloft changed precipitation to a mix of snow and sleet. Southeast flow allowed some upslope enhancement of precipitation in the higher terrain of the southern White …

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 southern 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 into the afternoon. Snow changed to s…

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 starting late that evening. Significant accumulations occurred in the higher terrain and south facing slopes, while lighter accumulations occ…

Early on the morning of the 20th a parallel mesoscale band of snow developed over central New Hampshire, just to the north of the mid level warm front. Snow persisted under this feature into the mid afternoon, where a narrow swath received 6 to 8 inches of snow. As temperatures a…