New Hampshire Almanac: Facts and Figures

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New Hampshire is one of the New England states of the US. Manufacturing and services (including tourism) are the leading industries. The state's name is taken from that of the English county of Hampshire.

New Hampshire Almanac
Official Name	New Hampshire
Capital	Concord
Nick Name	The Granite State
Motto	Live free or die
Location & Region	43.23159 N, 071.56007 W			Northeast
Constitution Ratified	1784
Statehood	June 21, 1788			9th state
Population	1,235,786	137.78 sq mi.		41st
Largest City (by population)	Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Derry, Rochester
Bordering States	North: QuÉbec Province, Canada (Halls Stream forms part of the Northwestern boundary) East: Maine and the Atlantic Ocean South: Massachusetts West: Vermont (Connecticut River forms almost all the Western border) Coastline: 13 mi.
Number of Counties	10 Counties in New Hampshire
Largest County (by population)	Hillsborough County	380,841		876 sq mi.
Electoral Votes	4
US Congress	2 Senators; 2 Representatives
Time Zone	Eastern Standard Time
New Hampshire Climate and 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.
Highest Temperature	106 degrees July 4th, 1911 - Nashua
Lowest Temperature	-46 degrees January 28, 1925 - Pittsburg
Avg Temp: High - Low	82.6 degrees		9.0 degrees
New Hampshire Highest, Lowest, and Mean Elevations (Feet)
Mean Elevation	1,000
Highest Point	Mt. Washington			6,288
Lowest Point	Atlantic Ocean			Sea level
New Hampshire Land Area (Square Miles)
Geographic Center	New Hampshire is situated the most northern of the thirteen original states and lies between latitude 42-40 and 45-18 north and longitude 70-37 west. It is about 180 miles long and 50 miles wide, although the extreme width is 93 miles.
Total Area	9,349.94			46th
Land Area	8,968.10			95.93%
Water Area	381.84			4.07%
Forested Land Area			86.3%
Dimensions (Length - Width)	190 miles		70 miles
Source:(US Census, April 1, 2000)

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