Climate & Weather:
There are four distinct seasons. The mountains
are generally cooler and wetter than the rest of the
state. Days are usually warm in that period and
nights cool. Summer can be humid but is comfortable
for the most part. Expect July to produce some days
with temperatures above 90 F/32 C and nights with
lows in the 50s F/10-15 C. Early fall expect
warm-to-brisk days and cool nights in the fall
(43-70 F/6-21 C, cooler in the mountains).
Though snowfall in any one area varies from year
to year, there's usually snow cover all winter
inland, with average snowfall from 50-70 in/127-178
cm in the south and 60-100 in/152-254 cm in the
north. January temperatures range from lows of 5
F/-15 C to highs of 31 F/-2 C, though most places
experience some days below 0 F/-18 C. At the summit
of Mt. Washington (not a place most people will want
to visit in the winter), temperatures can go down to
-100 F/-73 C.
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WEATHER AND TRAFFIC INFO
Firsts, Facts, Trivia:
The 911 system of emergency communications, now used
nationwide, was developed and first used in Lincoln,
New Hampshire.
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FACTS
Featured Tourist Spots:
Seacoast Science Center - Open daily,
the Center's aquariums and live-animal exhibits
interpret coastal habitats from tide pools to the
seafloor. Interactive exhibits allow you to design
your own fish for offshore aquaculture. Discover how
the crew of a sunken submarine was rescued in 1939.
Enjoy family programs on weekends throughout the
year; daily during school vacations and summer.
Located in Odiorne Point State Park with miles of
wooded seaside trails, our Nature Store is always
open.
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New Hampshire History:
The Abenaki and Pennacook Indians
were living in the area of New Hampshire when
Europeans arrived.
The region was first explored by
Martin Pring (1603) and Samuel de Champlain (1605).
John Smith explored the Isles of Shoals in 1614,
naming them Smith’s Islands. In 1620 the Council
for New England, formerly the Plymouth Company,
received a royal grant of land between lat. 40°N and
48°N. One of the Council's leaders, Sir Ferdinando
Gorges, formed a partnership with Capt. John Mason
and in 1622 obtained rights between the Merrimack
and Kennebec rivers, then called the province of
Maine. Under an English land grant, Capt. John Smith
sent settlers to establish a fishing colony at the
mouth of the Piscataqua River, near present-day Rye
and Dover, in 1623. By a division Mason took (1629)
the area between the Piscataqua and the Merrimack,
naming it New Hampshire. Portsmouth was founded by
farmers and fishermen in 1630.
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