Does Nashua area typically have dry summers? (Hillsborough, Hill: live, estimate)

[darkone]

Is this summer an anomaly or do moisture systems typically bypass the area (to the north and south) during the summer months? This summer, even 10 miles north / south / east /west has made a difference in being dry slotted. Yes, large enough storms have caught this area on occasion but there have been many smaller ones that just happen to bypass consistently ...

[Nonesuch]

It does seem like S.NH has had more drought alerts in the last 5 years than in the past. The U.S. Drought Monitor started in 2000, but has historical data going back to 1895, but they don't have city-level data for Nashua specifically.



The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) uses readily available temperature and precipitation data to estimate relative dryness. It is a standardized index that generally spans -10 (dry) to +10 (wet). So the positive, green trend shows that New Hampshire, as a whole, is getting less dry over time.

They also offer more granular data, e.g. for only Hillsborough county, however they don't track the PDSI at the county/city level, here's precipitation:

[aprilmayjune]

I have lived in Nashua city for 15 years, and although there have been many drought warnings over the years and we are currently in a drought with a water ban in effect, for the most part, in my opinion, the summers here are very muggy.