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Northwood, NH
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Northwood is located midway between the New Hamsphire seacoast communities (Portsmouth, Durham, etc.) and the state capital, Concord, located in the middle of the state. The road connecting the coast to the capital is one of the first highways in the state, going back to colonial times. Northwood, with it lakes and level ground, was a convenient stopping point along that road. Thus, besides the ever present farms (which supplied produce to both the capital and seacoast), the town has a history of Inns and eating establishments that continued into the 1970s. Today, the highway through town is know as Antique Alley (which even has its own web site) and consists of one antique shop after another. Two other noteworthy Northwood stops along the highway are the tiny Northwood Meadows State Park (a great place to walk) and the Puzzle Time jigsaw puzzle shop which is practically across the street from the State Park. Johnsons Seafood and Dairy Bar is also located on the highway in Northwood and is the best and largest restaurant between Portsmouth and Concord. Originally opened around 1950 (under different owners) the outdoor walk up dairy bar is always packed all summer long and its ice cream regularly gets high marks in 'best ice cream' surveys. The restaurant is large and comfortable with a good menu and very reasonable prices. I love their clam chowder.
Like most old New Hampshire towns, the original Northwood consisted of several 'sub-towns' located a few miles
from each other. These days, it is all blended together, but the result is no 'central downtown' or town green.
There is an old church and cemetery here, and another one a few miles away. Main Street and School Street are no
longer the busy center of town and there are no schools left on School Street. For most folks today, Northwood
consists of about seven miles of highway with lots of antique shops, old homes, a few glimpses of lake views, a
couple of schools and small businesses on either side of the road. Except for maybe stopping for ice cream or dinner
at Johnsons, most folks just 'pass through' Northwood heading east toward the seacoast (and Interstate 95) or west
toward Concord (and Interstates 93 and 89).
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Northwood - Harvey Lake Weather
(note: data below is for Concord, NH - about 15 miles west of Northwood)
DATE
AVERAGE HIGH
AVERAGE LOW
RECORD HIGH
RECORD LOW
SUNRISE
SUNSET
May 1
64
37
88
26
5:39
7:47
May 5
66
39
91
25
5:33
7:52
May 8
67
40
93
22
5:30
7:55
May 13
69
41
88
27
5:24
8:00
May 20
71
44
96
25
5:17
8:08
May 28
74
46
94
29
5:10
8:15
June 5
76
49
93
35
5:06
8:22
June 8
76
50
93
34
5:05 (min early)
8:24
June 19
79
53
98
36
5:05
8:28
June 20
79
53
98
37
5:05
8:29 (latest)
June 22
79
54
95
37
5:05
8:29
June 23
80
54
94
39
5:06 (going shorter)
8:29
JULY 4TH
82
56
95
40
5:11
8:28 (going shorter)
July 20
83
58 (max high)
101
41
5:23
8:19
July 21
84 (max high)
58
101
41
5:24
8:19
July 27
83 (going down)
58
97
37
5:30
8:13
Aug. 7
83
57
96
41
5:42
8:00
Aug. 8
82
57 (going down)
95
42
5:43
7:58
Aug. 23
80
54
91
38
5:59
7:36
Aug. 24
79
54
95
38
6:00
7:34
Aug. 27
79
53
96
36
6:04
7:29
9/05 (LABORDAY)
76
51
91
35
6:13
7:14
Sept. 8
75
49
94
32
6:17
7:08
Sept. 9
74
49
95
30
6:18
7:06
Sept. 12
73
48
91
30
6:21
7:01
Sept. 20
71
45
92
28
6:30
6:46
Sept. 24
69
43
87
24
6:34
6:39
Sept. 27
70
44
92
28
6:32
6:43
Sept. 29
67
41
86
25
6:44
6:30
Oct. 4
65
39
84
22
6:46
6:21
Oct.7
64
38
90
21
6:49
6:16
Oct. 16
61
35
87
17
7:00
6:01
Oct. 17
60
34
89
14
7:02
5:59
Oct. 19
59
34
82
11
7:04
5:56
Oct. 25
57
32 (first freeze)
83
16
7:12
5:47
Oct. 28
56
32
78
11
7:15 (latest dst)
5:43 (end dst)
Oct. 31
54
31
78
14
6:19
4:38
Nov. 6
52
30
75
14
6:27
4:30
Nov. 9
50
30
74
11
6:30
4:27
Nov. 11
50
29
70
9
6:33
4:25
Nov. 12
49
29
65
7
6:34
4:24
11/23 (THANKSG)
44
25
73
-1
6:48
4:15
Nov. 26
43
24
64
-2
6:52
4:13
Dec. 3
40
21
60
-4
7:00
4:10
Dec. 5
39
20
62
-7
7:02
4:10
Dec. 7
38
19
65
-5
7:04
4:09 (shortest est)
Dec. 12
36
17
67
-15
7:08
4:10 (going longer)
Dec. 19
34
15
60
-16
7:13
4:11
Dec. 21
34
14
60
-21
7:15
4:12
CHISTMAS
33
13
55
-18
7:16
4:15
Dec. 27
32 (first subfreeze)
13
58
-8
7:17
4:16
Dec. 30
32
12
54
-21
7:18 (latest est)
4:15
Jan. 8
31
10
59
-25
7:17 (going longer)
4:27
Jan. 11
30 (min low)
10
58
-27
7:17
4:30
Jan. 15
30
9 (min low)
63
-19
7:15
4:35
Jan. 24
31 (going up)
9
57
-27
7:09
4:46
Jan. 29
31
10 (going up)
48
-21
7:04
4:53
Feb. 2
31
10
52
-15
7:00
4:59
Feb. 3
32
10
52
-15
6:59
5:00
Feb. 9
33 (first nonfreeze)
11
57
-19
6:52
5:08
Feb. 13
34
12
60
-23
6:46
5:14
Feb. 19
35
14
64
-13
6:37
5:22
Feb. 24
36
15
62
-13
6:30
5:28
Feb. 26
37
16
66
-15
6:26
5:31
March 3
39
18
59
-11
6:18
5:37
March 5
40
19
61
-4
6:15
5:40
March 14
43
22
72
-11
6:59 (dst)
5:51 (dst)
March 16
44
23
68
2
6:56
6:53
March 18
44
24
64
-13
6:52
6:55
March 22
46
25
74
5
6:45
7:00
March 28
49
27
82
2
6:33
7:08
March 31
50
28
69
10
6:29
7:10
April 2
51
28
73
13
6:25
7:15
April 4
52
29
77
9
6:22
7:16
April 8
54
30
77
12
6:13
7:21
April 16
57
32
88
15
6:02
7:30
April 17
58
33 (first nonfreeze)
94
18
6:00
7:31
April 20
59
34
92
16
5:55
7:34
RAINFALL:
Rainfall is a pretty uniform 3 to 3.5 inches each month (about 35-40 inches per year). Of course, in winter the rain becomes snow. One inch of snow forms 4.5 to 6 inches of snow. Average annual snowfall is about 60-65 inches each year (about 4 inches in Nov., 14 inches in Dec., 18 inches in Jan., 14 inches in Feb., 11.5 inches in March, and 2.5 inches in April).
CLOUD COVER:
Approx. 25% of the days are clear and cloud free; 25% are partly cloudy and 50% of the days are considered cloudy. Again, these percentages are pretty constant all through the different months.
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