Canaan, New Hampshire Weather
Canaan, New Hampshire — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Canaan, Grafton County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Canaan.
About Canaan, New Hampshire
Canaan rests in a broad valley, where the Connecticut River’s tributaries, like the Mascoma, carve through rolling hills and fertile plains. It lies 38.6 miles north-west of Concord, NH (from Concord, NH: bearing 322°T), and is situated 6.6 miles east of Enfield. The air here carries the scent of damp earth and pine, especially after a spring rain, a constant reminder of the deep woods that press in on the edges of cultivated fields. The land itself is a patchwork quilt of stone walls, old farmsteads with their weathered barns, and stands of maple and birch that turn fiery in the autumn. The Mascoma River, a ribbon of dark water, flows with a quiet persistence, its banks often fringed with reeds that rustle in the breeze, a sound that can lull you into a state of contented stillness. The history of Canaan is written in its very landscape, a testament to generations of settlers who cleared the land and built lives from its bounty. Once a hub for timber and granite quarrying, the economy now leans more towards agriculture and small businesses, the legacy of those industries still visible in the sturdy stone foundations of forgotten mills and the enduring strength of the granite that built so much of New England. Local traditions, passed down through families, often center around the changing seasons and the simple pleasures of rural life – the summer fairs, the winter gatherings, the quiet satisfaction of a good harvest. Canaan holds a certain quiet dignity, a place where the past is not forgotten but lives alongside the present, a subtle hum beneath the surface of everyday life.
Live animated radar for Canaan and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
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| Location | Canaan, Grafton County, New Hampshire |
| Coordinates | 43.647572°N, 72.011751°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 03741 |
| Area Code | 603 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Canaan, New Hampshire Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Canaan, New Hampshire, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Canaan includes coordinates 43.647572°N, 72.011751°W, situated in Grafton County. ZIP code 03741. Telephone area code: 603. Timezone: Eastern Time.
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
