Canaan, New Hampshire Weather
Canaan, New Hampshire — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Canaan, Grafton County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Canaan. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Canaan is published on the Newfound Valley Airport (K2N2) page, 22 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Canaan have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Canaan: Lebanon Municipal Airport (KLEB) 24 km · Plymouth Municipal Airport (K1P1) 25 km · Parlin Field (K2B3) 32 km · Claremont Municipal Airport (KCNH) 42 km · Laconia Municipal Airport (KLCI) 48 km
Conditions reported at K2N2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Canaan specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| 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 | September 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, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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. 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.
