Power Outage in Claremont, NH

Precipitation began as light snow in the Upper Valley during the late evening on the 13th. Overnight snow became moderate to heavy at times. Snow accumulation was highly dependent on elevation, with the lowest totals near the Connecticut River. Snowfall totals ranged from 10 inches in the valley to 24 inches in the higher terrain. Power outages were widespread where snowfall totals exceeded 10 inches, along with numerous downed trees and closed roads.

Early spring snowstorm began shortly before midnight on the 15th 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 to locally heavy snow continued all morning before beginning to taper off during the early afternoon hours on the 16th. The heavy wet snow led to isolated power outages in the region that were quickly restored. Storm total snow ranged from 2 to 8 inches, with the heaviest amounts across the higher elevation locations. Heaviest amounts were concentrated across the southern half of Sullivan County, with lighter amounts in the northeast part of the county.

Tropical Storm Isaias brought moderate impacts to Sullivan County with scattered reports of trees and branches down leading to scattered power outages. Some damage occurred within an outer feeder band during the early and middle afternoon across the western half of the county. Isolated wind damage occurred during the evening hours when Isaias made its closest approach. Overall power outages for the county remained low with 15% of the county without power. No flooding was reported.

Steady snow began on the evening of the 26th. Orographic lift of southeast flow into the higher elevations 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 lower elevations. Surface temperatures near freezing made for a heavy, wet snow and scattered power outages due to downed tree limbs. Total snowfall ranged from 6 inches to a foot or more in the higher elevations.

A severe thunderstorm downed trees and power lines in Grantham.

A severe thunderstorm downed power lines in Unity.

A severe thunderstorm downed numerous trees and power lines in Claremont.

A severe thunderstorm downed trees and power lines in Claremont.

High winds associated with the remnants of Sandy knocked down trees and branches and caused widespread power outages causing an estimated $153,000 in damages.

A severe thunderstorm downed a tree and power lines in Cornish.

On November 30th a strong low level jet developed over the state ahead of a strong cold front. As the front approached southerly winds reached the surface with wind gusts up to 50 mph with locally higher gusts. Post frontal winds from the west were also strong immediately after frontal passage with wind gusts in the 45 mph range. Numerous trees were reported down across the state with 10,000 plus power outages. In Sullivan County a vehicle collided with a downed tree that caused a fatality.

Intense low pressure resulted in very high winds across New Hampshire during the morning and early afternoon of December 21. A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at the Portsmouth ASOS and a gust of 70 mph was recorded at the C-MAN station on the Isles of Shoals off the New Hampshire coast. Power outages were reported across the state due to downed trees and wires.

On Saturday morning, March 5th, a frontal system was located over the Ohio and Mississippi River Valleys. Ahead of the front, south to southwest winds ushered in some very mild air. Temperatures across most of southern and central New Hampshire warmed into the lower 50s during the day and remained well above freezing Saturday night. At 7 AM Sunday, temperatures were in the upper 40s to lower 50s across the state. By Sunday morning, March 6th, the front had moved east to the Appalachians and the strong southerly flow ahead of the system continued to bring mild temperatures and tropical moisture northeast from the Gulf of Mexico and southern Atlantic Ocean. Temperatures Sunday climbed into the middle 50s across the state. An area of low pressure began to develop over the southeastern states Sunday and then moved northeast along the frontal boundary Sunday night and Monday as it intensified rapidly. Light rain, associated with the approaching cold front began to fall Sunday morning. The precipitation became heavy by late afternoon as the intensifying area of low pressure approached New Hampshire from the south. At the same time, colder air started funneling into the state from the north and changed the rain to snow across Coos County. As the colder air continued to move southward late Sunday afternoon and evening, the rain changed to freezing rain across Grafton County and the higher elevations of Sullivan and Merrimack Counties. Across the state, heavy snow, freezing rain and rain continued through the night and finally ended early Monday afternoon, March 7th. In addition to the precipitation, strong and gusty winds developed across the region Sunday night and continued Monday. Winds gusted to about 20 to 25 mph across much of southern New Hampshire during the storm with gusts of about 30 to 45 mph as the storm moved east Monday afternoon.||Across northern New Hampshire, snowfall accumulations from the storm ranged from 8 to 22 inches. In Grafton and Sullivan Counties, ice accretions of �� inch were reported, although local amounts were likely higher. This ice, in combination with the wind, brought down trees and tree limbs across Grafton and Sullivan Counties leading to numerous power outages and more than $700,000 in damage.||Rainfall amounts across the southern part of the state were generally in the 1 to 3 inch range, with locally higher amounts. In addition, melting snow, due to the mild temperatures, contributed to the runoff from the storm. The rainfall and melting snow caused river levels to rise which caused river ice to break and move downstream. Several breakup ice jams occurred, with the most notable jams being in West Claremont on the Sugar River and in Plymouth on the Pemigewasset River. Other jams occurred on the Baker and Contoocook Rivers. These ice jams remained in place for several days.

A severe thunderstorm produced damaging winds which brought down numerous large trees and power lines in Charlestown New Hampshire.

A severe thunderstorm moving through Sullivan County downed trees onto power lines and produced dime-sized hail in the town of Sunapee. Three people and a dog were slightly injured in a garage when lightning struck a nearby tree.

Winds from a severe thunderstorm downed large tree limbs onto power lines in Charlestown.

Severe thunderstorms moving through New Hampshire knocked down trees and caused large hail in a few areas in the central part of the state. Trees were reported down in the town of Conway, while falling branches caused minor damage and a few power outages near Meredith. Nickel-sized hail was reported in Claremont. As the storms moved through the southeast part of the state, lightning ignited a small fire at a lumber yard in Rye.