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Economy_Influence_92 t1_iqxu535 wrote

It snows and it gets cold. It will be cold thru early May. You will need to shovel to move the snow when it falls. Water will freeze and the roads will get slippery. This is Winter. Welcome to NH

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WHOLLY_GUACAMOLE OP t1_iqxvdba wrote

When has the snow started in recent years?

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FlatEmployment3011 t1_iqxviwj wrote

October in Central NH.

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WHOLLY_GUACAMOLE OP t1_iqxvotj wrote

We’re looking more towards Salem/Derry/Hampton so southern nh. Hoping the snow starts a bit later and not as severe?

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selfish_king t1_iqxyn5a wrote

We moved to NH in mid november years back and we had an assload of snow week after week as soon as we moved in. We're from the northeast so it wasn't so bad but if you've never shoveled snow before then get ready!

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Economy_Influence_92 t1_iqxwh3o wrote

Anytime between mid Nov onward.. honestly. It can snow then fully melt.off several times before the snow actually "stays" for the season.

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CorMcGor t1_iqxxttd wrote

This right here. I've lived here my entire life and I don't feel I like it "snows" until January. And from Jan-Mar there is snow on the ground. But truthfully it can snow from October to May. It snowed during my college graduation on may 12th, 2002!

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jgren91 t1_iqxyk2y wrote

I was going to say it's snowed in July before.

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Loosh_03062 t1_iqy19u3 wrote

It may start a *bit* later, but the southern tier also gets more of the "ice storm" flavor of nor'easter. It'd rather have a foot and a half of snow on the ground than an inch and a half of ice in the tree tops (well, for a little while, until they snap and take the power lines down... again). Look up the 2011 Halloween Nor'easter. Of course we also had the winter several years back where the curbs were buried under several feet of packed snow and ice; you never saw so many MacGyver'd mailboxes (think hockey sticks stuck in snowbanks with five gallon buckets hanging from them; I didn't see my regular mailbox for weeks).

The latitude makes a difference, too. There are days where you might not see the sun except through your workplace window because both commutes are in darkness. That's when the sun manages to burn through the clouds. If you think you're susceptible to seasonal depression, get some "daylight" bulbs, light boxes, etc.

Plan your trips... more than once I thought I'd given myself enough time to get home and discovered that my nominal 40 minute commute was two and a half hours driving through tire tracks on highways with snow four inches deep.

Remember that four wheel drive does not necessarily mean four wheel stop. Wrecker drivers can tell stories of people who thought their SUV was immune to road conditions. Keep a blanket, light, shovel, and possibly even traction mats in your car.

Above all, make nice with your neighbors. In New Hampshire you likely won't be buddy-buddy with them, but a friendly greeting here and there may buy you some good will in the form of help digging your car out of the snowbank you didn't realize the plow left behind.

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MacTechG4 t1_iqy6klk wrote

Hampton will give you the unpredictability of the Ocean Effect, depending on the storm it’ll either keep snowfall down, or boost it and ice storms will be more common near the coast

Derry is further inland (in the Manchester area) and gets more snow than ice

Salem is somewhere in between…

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WHOLLY_GUACAMOLE OP t1_iqywgw8 wrote

Thanks for clarifying - a non-condescending response is quite refreshing at this point.

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Happy_Confection90 t1_iqywbb5 wrote

If we get all the way to Thanksgiving without appreciable snow on the ground it's practically a miracle.

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StarsFan17 t1_ir8j1ex wrote

Sometimes in those areas it snows on Halloween.

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