This page lists the date and location of all the tornadoes that have occurred in New Hampshire during the years 1950 to 1995. If you are interested in reading about the "worst" tornadoes that have struck New Hampshire(and all other states), see this page on our site. If you want to find out about specific tornadoes that have occurred since 1995, check out the NCDC Storm Events page.
New Hampshire Tornadoes 1950-1995
Links to the Specific Counties
Belnap Carroll Cheshire Coos Grafton Hillsborough Merrimack Rockingham Strafford Sullivan
all times are Eastern Standard Time
date event time dead inj F County
# Scale number(s)
Belnap County Tornadoes
JUN 24, 1960 001 2240 0 0 F1 001
MAY 31, 1972 002 1330 0 0 F1 001
JLY 03, 1972 003 1420 0 7 F2 001
JLY 23, 1978 003 1600 0 0 F1 001
JLY 23, 1995 001 1839 0 0 F1 001
Carroll County Tornadoes
JLY 18, 1963 008 2035 0 0 F2 003
JUN 23, 1965 001 1825 0 0 F0 003
JLY 28, 1970 002 1530 0 0 F1 003
AUG 09, 1972 007 1630 0 0 F1 003
AUG 25, 1972 008 1400 0 0 F0 003
AUG 07, 1986 002 1610 0 0 F1 003
AUG 07, 1986 003 1650 0 0 F1 003
Cheshire County Tornadoes
AUG 27, 1959 001 1229 0 0 F1 005
AUG 26, 1961 004 1500 0 0 F1 005
MAY 20, 1963 003 1445 0 0 F1 005
AUG 13, 1963 009 1315 0 0 F2 005
JLY 14, 1965 002 1800 0 0 F0 005
JLY 19, 1968 002 1545 0 0 F1 005
JUN 06, 1969 001 1730 0 0 F2 005
AUG 17, 1970 003 1313 0 0 F1 005
JLY 05, 1984 002 1715 0 0 F1 005
JLY 05, 1984 003 1915 0 0 F1 005
JUN 16, 1986 001 1350 0 0 F1 005
JLY 14, 1988 001 1620 0 0 F1 005
MAY 31, 1991 001 1320 0 0 F0 005
Coos County Tornadoes
JLY 09, 1956 002 1852 0 0 F1 007
JLY 13, 1966 001 1420 0 0 F1 007
AUG 27, 1974 001 1800 0 0 F0 007
AUG 08, 1980 001 2030 0 0 F0 007
JLY 02, 1994 001 1700 0 0 F0 007
Grafton County Tornadoes
JLY 14, 1963 006 1430 0 0 F1 009
JUN 27, 1964 001 1330 0 0 F0 009
AUG 11, 1966 004 1530 0 0 F2 009
AUG 25, 1969 002 1600 0 0 F1 009
JLY 21, 1972 005 1400 0 0 F1 009
JLY 21, 1972 006 1400 0 0 F1 009
MAY 11, 1973 001 1600 0 0 F2 009
JUN 11, 1973 002 1939 0 0 F0 009
Hillsborough County Tornadoes
JUN 27, 1956 001 1630 0 0 F1 011
JLY 02, 1961 001 1600 0 0 F2 011
JLY 21, 1961 003 1530 0 0 F1 011
MAY 09, 1963 001 1700 0 0 F1 011
MAY 20, 1963 003 1445 0 0 F1 011
MAY 20, 1963 004 1500 0 0 F1 011
JUN 09, 1963 005 1615 0 0 F2 011
AUG 28, 1965 003 1730 0 0 F1 011
JLY 19, 1966 002 1530 0 0 F1 011
JLY 17, 1968 001 1455 0 0 F2 011
AUG 20, 1968 003 1800 0 0 F1 011
AUG 20, 1968 004 1810 0 1 F3 011
JLY 16, 1970 001 1817 0 0 F1 011
JLY 19, 1972 004 1415 0 0 F1 011
JUN 19, 1978 002 1645 0 0 F0 011
JLY 05, 1984 001 1630 0 0 F1 011
JLY 05, 1984 003 1920 0 0 F1 011
JUN 16, 1986 001 1400 0 0 F1 011
Merrimack County Tornadoes
JLY 12, 1967 001 1635 0 5 F1 013
MAY 31, 1972 001 1245 0 0 F1 013
AUG 15, 1976 002 1700 0 5 F1 013
Rockingham County Tornadoes
AUG 21, 1951 001 1500 0 0 F2 015
JUN 09, 1953 001 1620 0 5 F3 015
JLY 31, 1954 001 1615 0 0 F1 015
JUN 19, 1957 001 1335 0 1 F2 015
JLY 02, 1961 002 1700 0 1 F2 015
JUN 09, 1963 005 1615 0 0 F2 015
JLY 26, 1966 003 1425 0 0 F1 015
OCT 03, 1970 004 1815 0 0 F0 015
JUN 09, 1978 001 1600 0 0 F0 015
Strafford County Tornadoes
JUN 09, 1953 002 1700 0 0 F1 017
MAY 14, 1963 002 1700 0 0 F2 017
MAY 03, 1976 001 1353 0 0 F2 017
JUN 22, 1981 001 1430 0 0 F2 017
AUG 02, 1993 001 1428 0 0 F0 017
Sullivan County Tornadoes
OCT 24, 1955 001 1700 0 0 F0 019
JLY 09, 1962 001 0910 0 0 F0 019
JLY 09, 1962 002 1000 0 0 F1 019
JLY 18, 1963 007 1900 0 0 F1 019
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