Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 25 min5:08 am – 8:32 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 8 h 58 min7:17 am – 4:15 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 80°F, lows 56°FColdest month January: highs 29°F, lows 9°F42 in of rain a year, on about 83 dayswettest month October66 in of snow a year, on about 30 days6 days above 90°F, 186 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Newport station, 3 mi away
Nearby landmarksBald Mountainpeak · 1.8 miYoungs Hillpeak · under a mileWendall Marshreservoir · 1.4 miSouth Branch Sugar Riverriver · 2.5 miSugar River Recreational Rail Trail Newport Trailheadtrailhead · 2.7 miMountainview Lakelake · 2.7 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsSunapee State Parkstate park · 3.1 mi · 2,362 acresJohn Hay National Wildlife Refugenational wildlife refuge · 4.1 mi · 80 acresMeadow Park Recreation Complexpark · 2.6 miWilmarth Parkpark · 2.6 miDobles Tractstate conservation land · 3.7 mi · 99 acresPillsbury-Sunapee Corridorstate park · 6.0 mi · 673 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes6 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19701 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.5 on 19 Jan 198228 mi away, near Sanbornton, New HampshireMost recent: magnitude 3.2 on 26 Sep 201027 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowSullivan County, NH, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsIce storm Relatively ModerateLandslide Relatively LowSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality79% of days had good air in 2025288 of 365 days measured75 moderate, 2 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 37, worst day 115main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Cheshire County, NH, 31 mi away
Drinking waterClaremont Water Deptserves 9,000 people from surface water1 health-based violation since 2021latest Jan 2025: surface water treatment, treatment technique2 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation920 ft280 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalNew London Hospital7.3 miPost officeGuild Post Office1.1 miTown hallNewport Town Hall2.4 miPoliceNewport Police Department2.4 miFire stationNewport Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department2.4 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportLebanon Municipal Airport LEB20 miMajor airportBoston Logan International Airport BOS90 miInterstateI-895.8 miUS highwayUS 414 miAmtrakClaremont, NH CLA13 miCoachWhite River Junction Bus StopFlixBus22 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 03754 ZIP area.
