Nikki Becker News Today

Lightning set fire to two homes in the same New Hampshire city minutes apart this week, a dramatic start to the severe weather season.

Eight counties on the coast have gone from moderate to severe drought status since last week, according to the latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Maine and NH have experienced an “extraordinarily wet summer," causing tree stress due to increased soil saturation, flooding, and nutrient runoff.

The biggest snowfall of the season is expected to bring 12-18 inches of snow starting Friday night and continuing into Saturday.

The biggest snowfall of the season is expected to bring 12-18 inches of snow starting Friday night and continuing into Saturday.

The biggest snowfall of the season is expected to bring 12-18 inches of snow starting Friday night and continuing into Saturday.

One woman takes an official reading of the day's highs and lows in Newcastle, Maine — just as she has every day for more than half a century. She's part of a nationwide network of volunteers who record the daily weather for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.

Arlene Cole can tell you the weather for each day as far back as 1957. That's when she started a personal diary with her observations. Even with today's technological advances, hand measurements by volunteer observers are the most efficient, cost-effective way to collect that data.

A winter storm that has crossed the country from Colorado reached New England and blanketed parts of New Hampshire and southern Maine with snow.

A winter storm that has crossed the country from Colorado reached New England and blanketed parts of New Hampshire and southern Maine with snow.