If you’re from New Hampshire, chances are that you’ve seen times when the snow flies before the leaves fall. Maybe you’ve even trick-or-treated while flurries fall. However, significant snowfall in October is fairly rare. However, on October 9, 1804 a snow hurricane struck New England blanketing New Hampshire in a couple feet of snow!
NASA/flickr On October 9, 1804 no one knew that a hurricane was coming to New England. And as if an unpredicted hurricane wasn’t scary enough, a sudden drop in temperature made this storm deadly.
Jon Candy/flickr When the temperatures dropped the immense amount of moisture associated with the storm fell as snow instead of rain. All of New Hampshire was covered in 6 inches of the white stuff, with some mountain areas receiving up to five times that!
William Han/creative commons The storm was made even worse by the fact that few New Hampshirites were prepared for such a massive storm in early October.
MIT/creative commons In Rye, many ships were wrecked. But the deaths didn’t just happen in the sea. A mother and infant were found dead on Rye Beach.
Moore/creative commons Although the winds abated on Tuesday October 9th, the snow continued for two more days. By the time the storm lifted, fall had been replaced by winter and a massive cleanup effort was needed.
Stack Exchange/creative commons
So if today is cold and chilly, just take a moment to be thankful that we’re not experiencing a snow hurricane!
NASA/flickr
On October 9, 1804 no one knew that a hurricane was coming to New England. And as if an unpredicted hurricane wasn’t scary enough, a sudden drop in temperature made this storm deadly.
Jon Candy/flickr
When the temperatures dropped the immense amount of moisture associated with the storm fell as snow instead of rain. All of New Hampshire was covered in 6 inches of the white stuff, with some mountain areas receiving up to five times that!
William Han/creative commons
The storm was made even worse by the fact that few New Hampshirites were prepared for such a massive storm in early October.
MIT/creative commons
In Rye, many ships were wrecked. But the deaths didn’t just happen in the sea. A mother and infant were found dead on Rye Beach.
Moore/creative commons
Although the winds abated on Tuesday October 9th, the snow continued for two more days. By the time the storm lifted, fall had been replaced by winter and a massive cleanup effort was needed.
Stack Exchange/creative commons
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