Extreme Weather

Extreme Weather

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CAMPUS

A mix of clouds, sun, snow, and rain

One lesson every student learns on the Hanover Plain: Mother Nature refuses to be predictable. With help from earth sciences professor Erich Osterberg and the National Weather Service, here are some severe conditions that have hit campus through the decades.

WARMEST DAY

August 2,1975:103°

LARGEST SINGLE-DAY RAINFALL

July 8,1891: 5.65 inches

' LARGEST TWO-DAY

' RAINFALL

November 3-4,1927: 6.36 inches

LARGEST SINGLE-DAY SNOWFALL

February 16,1958: 24.5 inches

LARGEST TWO-DAY SNOWFALL

February 16-17,1958: 31.1 inches

EARLIEST MEASURABLE SNOWFALL

October 6,1911: 0.7 inches

SNOWIEST WINTER

1957-58:117.7 inches

YEAR WITH COLDEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE

1904:40.7°

YEAR WITH WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE

1998: 51.8°

COLDEST DAY

February 16,1943: -40°

NOTABLE NATURAL EVENTS

THE BIG DROP

On February 7,1861, the Hanover temperature at 1 p.m. was 37 degrees. At 7 a.m. the following day, it had plunged to -32 degrees.

THE BIG BLOW

After the 1938 New England Hurricane, little seabirds known as Leach’s petrels were found stranded in Hanover, indicating the storm’s eye had passed near town.

THE BIG FREEZE

On May 29, 2012, golf balland quarter-sized hail was reported just northeast of Hanover.

THE BIG SHAKE

On April 28, 1913, astronomy profesor John Merrill Poor, class of 1897, reported that earthquake tremors lasted up to 10 seconds and noted a picture had "fallen from the wall."