Tornado History Map

Cheshire County, New Hampshire tornado history

19 tornadoes recorded in or across Cheshire County from 1959 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Cheshire County

The Storm Prediction Center records 19 tornadoes whose paths touched Cheshire County, New Hampshire between 1959 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 20 May 1963. The most recent was on 23 June 2024.

  • 19tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 269per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Cheshire County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0211%
F1 / EF11474%
F2 / EF2211%
F3 / EF315%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Cheshire County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 1960s.1950s11960s61970s21980s41990s22010s12020s3

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s6
1970s2
1980s4
1990s2
2010s1
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May3Jun3Jul8Aug5Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May3
Jun3
Jul8
Aug5
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Cheshire County

  • Strongest: New Hampshire tornado20 May 1963, F3, 14 miles long
  • Longest path: New Hampshire tornado4 May 2018, EF1, 37.6 miles long
  • Most recent: New Hampshire tornado23 June 2024, EF1, 3.4 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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