Deep Freeze in NH But Were Records Broken?

The Gray, ME, National Weather Service station has released some of the overnight lows around the region and while it was a very cold night, it does not appear as if records were broken.

The Mount Washington Regional Airport recorded a -20 degree temperature rating early this morning, a very cold temperature. The Observatory, according to a post on Facebook, hit -40 degrees, but that’s not a record. According to online data, the record lowest ever temp for New Hampshire was -47 degrees in January 1934.

In Concord, it was -13 degrees this morning at the airport weather station. While that’s the lowest temperature so far this year, according to online data, it has been colder. It was -17 two years ago and -24 in 2009.

Manchester Airport recorded a -12 reading. Jaffrey recorded a -16 degree reading while Berlin’s airport tracked the temp as low as -18 degrees.

Back in October 2015, the Farmer’s Almanac was calling for “unseasonably” cold winter weather for this year. But after a balmy holiday season that set records for warmth, some were beginning to wonder if winter would ever come. Well now, it’s here.

To the south though, record-breaking temperatures were recorded in Boston and New York City, according to AccuWeather.com.

Graphics credits: AccuWeather.com and the National Weather Service.