New Hampshire hail

Every recorded hail report since 1955 · 10 counties with a record

NOAA's Storm Events Database records 960 hail reports in New Hampshire from 1955 through June 30, 2026, about 32 a year since 2000. The costliest was the September 6, 2025 hail ($1,000 in 2025 dollars). New Hampshire ranks 39th of 52 states and territories by count and 33rd of 51 per square mile.

Hail in New Hampshire, 1955 to 2026

Hail records per year (NOAA Storm Events); 2026 to June 30, 2026. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996.

recorded, no damage figure
under $1 million
$1 million or more
$10 million or more
$100 million or more, or 10 deaths
$1 billion or more, or 100 deaths
a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
a year with a death
1996: all 48 event types recorded from 1996

Records: 9601955 to June 30, 2026
A year since 2000: 32average
Deaths: 00 injuries
Damage, 2025 dollars: $45Kas filed
Busiest year: 2007135 records

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; deaths and damage as filed, damage in 2025 dollars. Search the record at NCEI.

Are hail reports common in New Hampshire?

New Hampshire averages about 32 hail reports a year since 2000, 39th of 52 states and territories by count. The busiest year on record was 2007 (135). Per 10,000 square miles of land, New Hampshire records 1072 hail reports since 1955, 33rd of 51 states and territories by that measure.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1955, per 10,000 square miles of land area (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; places under 1,000 square miles not ranked). Damage colours: Storm Events damage, 2025 dollars.

Which counties in New Hampshire have the most hail reports?

Per square mile, Belknap County leads New Hampshire: 40 days with a hail report since 1955, 99.5 per 1,000 square miles of land. By raw count, Rockingham County has the most hail records (170 since 1955); large counties collect more records simply by covering more ground, so the ranking counts days with a record per unit of area (a storm filed for several forecast zones adds several records but one day).

Belknap County 99.5 (64)
Rockingham County 93.5 (170)
Strafford County 87.1 (71)
Hillsborough County 85.6 (111)
Cheshire County 84.9 (104)
Sullivan County 63.2 (52)
Merrimack County 56.8 (101)
Carroll County 49.4 (91)
Grafton County 43.3 (132)
Coos County 21.7 (62)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, days with a record in the county since 1955 per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer); in brackets, the count of records.

When is hail season in New Hampshire?

63% of its hail reports since 1955 fell in June and July. The busiest month is July (306 records).

The values, month by month

Jan 0 · Feb 0 · Mar 1 · Apr 5 · May 119 · Jun 301 · Jul 306 · Aug 178 · Sep 46 · Oct 2 · Nov 2 · Dec 0 (records).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began, since 1955.

The costliest hail reports in New Hampshire

New Hampshire: the most damaging storms since 1993, 2025 dollars
Date	Record	Character	Killed	Injured	Damage
2025-09-06	HailManchester Municipal, Hillsborough County One storm episode: 4 records in 3 places; the totals are the episode's.	1.50 in hail	0	0	$1K
2025-07-20	HailHill, Merrimack County One storm episode: 2 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's.	1.50 in hail	0	0	$100

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: property and crop damage as estimated by the National Weather Service, in 2025 dollars.

Are hail reports becoming more frequent in New Hampshire?

New Hampshire's count per decade against the whole country's, and its share. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996, so earlier decades are not comparable; the share of the national total is the fairer comparison across decades.

Hail: New Hampshire and the United States by decade (2020s to June 30, 2026)
Decade	New Hampshire	United States	New Hampshire's share
1955-59	2	2,477	0.08%
1960s	18	7,651	0.24%
1970s	18	11,007	0.16%
1980s	29	26,555	0.11%
1990s	51	75,581	0.07%
2000s	371	137,396	0.27%
2010s	244	107,281	0.23%
2020-26	227	56,491	0.40%

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.

The most recent hail reports in New Hampshire

The 12 most recent records, to June 30, 2026
Date	Record	Character	Damage
2026-06-26	HailSeverance, Rockingham County	1.25 in hail	–
2026-06-26	HailBow Mills, Merrimack County	1.00 in hail	–
2026-06-26	HailHopkinton, Merrimack County	1.00 in hail	–
2026-06-26	HailDavisville, Merrimack County	2.00 in hail	–
2026-06-26	HailHastings, Merrimack County	1.75 in hail	–
2026-06-26	HailGuild, Sullivan County	1.50 in hail	–
2026-06-26	HailCroydon, Sullivan County	1.25 in hail	–
2026-06-26	HailPembroke, Merrimack County	1.00 in hail	–
2026-06-26	HailCornish Mills, Sullivan County	1.50 in hail	–
2026-04-16	HailNorth Haverhill, Grafton County	1.50 in hail	–
2026-04-16	HailWest Milan, Coos County	1.50 in hail	–
2026-04-16	HailGroveton, Coos County	1.00 in hail	–

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; the newest months are revised by NCEI as reports arrive. Search the record at NCEI.

Federal disaster declarations for hail reports in New Hampshire

FEMA files hail and wind disasters under the incident type Severe Storm: 27 declarations in New Hampshire, 25 of them major disasters; the latest on August 20, 2024.

The 12 most recent
Declared	Number	Title	Areas named
2024-08-20	DR-4812	Severe Storm and Flooding	2
2024-04-19	DR-4771	Severe Storms and Flooding	2
2024-02-27	DR-4761	Severe Storm and Flooding	3
2023-03-15	DR-4693	Severe Storm and Flooding	4
2021-09-30	DR-4622	Severe Storm and Flooding	1
2019-08-15	DR-4457	Severe Storm and Flooding	1
2018-01-02	DR-4355	Severe Storm and Flooding	6
2017-08-09	DR-4329	Severe Storms and Flooding	2
2017-06-01	DR-4316	Severe Winter Storm	2
2015-03-25	DR-4209	Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm	3
2013-08-02	DR-4139	Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding	3
2013-03-19	DR-4105	Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm	8

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026. OpenFEMA dataset page.