Severe Weather History


New Hampshire Flood History: 545 Recorded Events

544

Recorded events

10

Counties affected

2

Direct deaths

$50.5M

Property damage

New Hampshire flood history: 544 recorded events across 10 counties between 1996 and 2026.

Decade by decade

New Hampshire flood history by decade

New Hampshire flood history: recorded events per decade
New Hampshire flood history: recorded events per decade

The 2010s are the busiest decade on record with 215 reported flood events across New Hampshire. Earlier decades are thinner because systematic reporting for this hazard expanded over time, not because the weather was calmer.

County ranking

Counties with the most flood events in New Hampshire

RankCountyEventsDeathsDamageSpan
#1Grafton County1100$10.2M2006–2026
#2Merrimack County730$5.0M2006–2025
#3Coos County510$3.7M1996–2023
#4Carroll County510$2.8M2006–2026
#5Hillsborough County310$3.7M1997–2025
#6Sullivan County260$1.9M2006–2023
#7Rockingham County200$11.2M2001–2023
#8Belknap County120$815K1999–2023
#9Cheshire County110$263K2007–2023
#10Strafford County100$2.8M2006–2022
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events · ranked by recorded event count

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