Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Goffstown, NH

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Massabesic Lake, NH, 10 miles east of Goffstown at 253 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 81°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 32°F and 13°F. October is the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and January and February the driest at 2.7 inches; the year adds up to 42.8 inches over 81 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (23.5 of 42.8 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 42 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (16); a normal September there has highs of 73°F and 3.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 10 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 161 nights a year. Snowfall averages 52.8 inches a year, most of it in February. That 42.8 inches is more than at 14 of the 39 New Hampshire stations used on this site (36%). Dunbarton, 5 miles north, has its own station (Concord Municipal Airport, NH): 41.9 inches a year, 0.9 less than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 81°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 123 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Goffstown: 86 thunderstorm wind reports, 18 floods, 14 flash floods and 5 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $4.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 71 mph, on December 23, 2022. July has had the most flash floods, 4 of 14. Of the 141 New Hampshire cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 96 have had fewer than Goffstown.

Flood insurance policyholders in Goffstown's ZIP code 03045 have filed 157 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $3.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1987: 24 claims (15% of all) and $74,000. The year with the most claims was 2006, with 56. 17% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 60 New Hampshire cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 56 have fewer than Goffstown.