New Hampshire Annual Rainfall see below for individual cities 


 

New Hampshire city precipitation totals

City

Avg Annual Precip

Avg Snow Annual

 Avg. days of Precip

Avg # thunderstorm days

 Avg # hail days
Concord 37.60 64.0 126 19 0
Mt Washington 101.91 260.3 209 15 2
State Average - 43.42", 20th wettest in the U.S. 

New Hampshire Precipitation Records 

  • Driest location ranked by lowest annual precipitation: Monroe, central New Hampshire, 36.12" 
  • Wettest location ranked by highest annual precipitation: Mt. Washington, north-central New Hampshire, 101.91"
  • Snowiest location ranked by highest annual snowfall: Mt. Washington, north-central New Hampshire, 315.4"
  • State precipitation record for 24 hours - Mt. Washington, north-central New Hampshire, 10/21-22/1996, 11.07"
  • State precipitation record for 1 year - Mt. Washington, north-central New Hampshire, 1969, 130.14"
  • State snowfall record for 24 hours - Randolf, northern New Hampshire, 11/23-24/1943, 56.0"
  • State snow record for 1 season - Mt. Washington, north-central New Hampshire, 1968-1969, 566.4"
  • Even during late May, Mount Washington can experience 10-foot high snow drifts. On average, winter winds exceed 100mph 
every 3 days. Mount Washington holds the world wind speed record of 231 mph, which occurred on April, 12th, 1934.
  • All of New Hampshire's weather reporting stations average over 48 inches of snow per year

Precipitation data for other U.S. states
Data source: National Data Climatic Center