Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Pembroke, NH

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Concord Municipal Airport, NH, 4 miles northwest of Pembroke at 346 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 83°F and low of 59°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 2.8 inches; the year adds up to 41.9 inches over 80 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (22.4 of 41.9 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 41 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (17); a normal September there has highs of 74°F and 3.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 14 days a year, almost all from May to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 165 nights a year. Snowfall averages 67.7 inches a year, most of it in January. That 41.9 inches is more than at 11 of the 39 New Hampshire stations used on this site (28%). Hooksett, 6 miles south, has its own station (Massabesic Lake, NH): 42.8 inches a year, 0.9 more than here, and a July average high of 81°F against 83°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 145 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Pembroke: 88 thunderstorm wind reports, 45 floods, 11 flash floods and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $3.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 71 mph, on June 28, 1999. Of the 141 New Hampshire cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 77 have had fewer than Pembroke.

Flood insurance policyholders in Pembroke's ZIP code 03275 have filed 139 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $2.9 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1987: 10 claims (7% of all) and $43,000. The year with the most claims was 2007, with 43. 12% 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, 55 have fewer than Pembroke.