Snowiest towns/areas in New Hampshire? (Concord, Conway: home, live, moving to)

[JerseyVet]

Hi all. I'm considering moving to New Hampshire in the next year or two. Does anyne know what areas/towns get the heaviest snowfall? We get about 140 inches a year where I live now, and I'd hate to move somewhere that gets much less. Thanks!

[JFRRACING]

Originally Posted by JerseyVet

Hi all. I'm considering moving to New Hampshire in the next year or two. Does anyne know what areas/towns get the heaviest snowfall? We get about 140 inches a year where I live now, and I'd hate to move somewhere that gets much less. Thanks!

WAY UP NORTH IS THE SNOWIEST....WE GOT 16" LAST NIGHT ...SO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO GO

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by JerseyVet

Hi all. I'm considering moving to New Hampshire in the next year or two. Does anyne know what areas/towns get the heaviest snowfall? We get about 140 inches a year where I live now, and I'd hate to move somewhere that gets much less. Thanks!

The only areas of NH that get that average that much snow are in the isolated northern reaches of Coos County that have few jobs.
Most of NH averages a solid 60-70 inches of snow. We do not get lake effect snow here except perhaps some slight influences from Lake Winnipesaukee.

[DareToDream]

Originally Posted by GraniteStater

The only areas of NH that get that average that much snow are in the isolated northern reaches of Coos County that have few jobs.
Most of NH averages a solid 60-70 inches of snow. We do not get lake effect snow here except perhaps some slight influences from Lake Winnipesaukee.

GraniteStater - I'm curious - From some of your other posts, you're obviously "into" the weather (that's a good thing) - so I have a question for you - We're up here in Littleton and I would have thought we'd get more snow than parts of NH south of us - last year it seemed, while we did get plenty of snow, the central part of NH seemed to get more - was that my imagination or was that possible?

Also, why does Franconia Notch seem to have it's own weather systems? We have friends who live below the notch - they may not have snow, but if they drive through the notch up this way, they can encounter blizzard-like conditions, only to get here and the sun is shining again?

I guess this might be slightly off-topic, but I figured I'd ask anyway......

[JMishy]

Conway usually has around 80 inches of snow per year. Last year, we had 147.6.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by DareToDream

GraniteStater - I'm curious - From some of your other posts, you're obviously "into" the weather (that's a good thing) - so I have a question for you - We're up here in Littleton and I would have thought we'd get more snow than parts of NH south of us - last year it seemed, while we did get plenty of snow, the central part of NH seemed to get more - was that my imagination or was that possible?

Also, why does Franconia Notch seem to have it's own weather systems? We have friends who live below the notch - they may not have snow, but if they drive through the notch up this way, they can encounter blizzard-like conditions, only to get here and the sun is shining again?

I guess this might be slightly off-topic, but I figured I'd ask anyway......

Well I have been unable to come up with a good average snowfall map for NH

Apparently Mount Washington averages over 260 inches of snow per season.
The higher elevations obviously see the most snowfall overall.
Franconia Notch would see a bit more snow as well due to the higher elevation.

Here is the best site I could find: Snowfall - Average Total In Inches
It lists the average snowfall for the winter season at the official observation station at Concord: 63.8 inches

[buck naked]

"Also, why does Franconia Notch seem to have it's own weather systems? We have friends who live below the notch - they may not have snow, but if they drive through the notch up this way, they can encounter blizzard-like conditions, only to get here and the sun is shining again?"

I can attest to this phenomenon. I've spent many a ski day at Cannon in blizzard-like conditions, yet the drive up was clear and the drive home was clear.

[WIMU]

I usually take note of the snow we have had each time and last year in the central part of the state near Concord I measured about 131 inches. Now that doesn't happen every year but the Accuweather prediction for this year is for a lot colder AND SNOWIER. We have years where 15-20 inches will happen but mostly we should get around 40- 50 inches over the season.

[GraniteStater]

Originally Posted by WIMU

I usually take note of the snow we have had each time and last year in the central part of the state near Concord I measured about 131 inches. Now that doesn't happen every year but the Accuweather prediction for this year is for a lot colder AND SNOWIER. We have years where 15-20 inches will happen but mostly we should get around 40- 50 inches over the season.

The average snowfall for the winter season at the official observation station at Concord: 63.8 inches

This ob station has been active for over 60 years so this is a fairly good average for the Concord area.

If you like Accuweather that is great However, I have found them to be mostly unreliable, especially long-range.

[WIMU]

I have found most weather predictors beyond 2 days to be unreliable. I can look at 3-4 different sources for weather and each one is different.