Right now

Temp48°F

Wind9 mph

Gusts14 mph

Humidity97.3%

Rain 48h0.02 in

Last rain1h ago

Assessment

2.6mm rain forecast

Good friction temperature range for granite

High humidity (97.3%) — granite friction compromised, particularly for bouldering

Drying Time

17% dry · 4-9h to dry

7-day forecast

Scroll through each day — hourly detail is shown inline.

Today Monday 5 October

Poor

Temp50°F

Rain0.1 in

Wind12 mph

Gusts14 mph

Humidity69%

2.6mm rain forecast

Good conditions for granite

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

09:00 48° dry 9 — 97.3%

10:00 51° 0.01 in 10 — 86.4%

11:00 52° 0.01 in 11 — 75.7%

12:00 53° 0.01 in 12 — 62.9%

13:00 53° dry 12 — 56.6%

14:00 55° 0.05 in 13 — 48.3%

15:00 46° 0.01 in 12 — 83%

16:00 47° dry 13 — 72.1%

17:00 47° 0.02 in 12 — 65.6%

18:00 43° dry 12 — 78.5%

19:00 42° dry 12 — 77.5%

20:00 42° dry 14 — 72.2%

21:00 40° dry 14 — 73.2%

Tue Tuesday 6 October

Good

Temp45°F

Raindry

Wind14 mph

Gusts—

Humidity55%

Should be dry

Breezy — helps drying

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

06:00 35° dry 15 — 78.6%

07:00 35° dry 15 — 79.1%

08:00 36° dry 16 — 75.8%

09:00 37° dry 15 — 71.2%

10:00 39° dry 15 — 66.9%

11:00 41° dry 15 — 62.7%

12:00 43° dry 14 — 57.1%

13:00 45° dry 14 — 50.9%

14:00 47° dry 14 — 47.3%

15:00 47° dry 14 — 48.5%

16:00 46° dry 13 — 50.7%

17:00 45° dry 12 — 53.7%

18:00 42° dry 10 — 59.9%

19:00 40° dry 9 — 66.8%

20:00 38° dry 9 — 70.7%

21:00 37° dry 8 — 74.2%

Wed Wednesday 7 October

Good

Temp54°F

Raindry

Wind8 mph

Gusts—

Humidity46%

Should be dry

Good conditions for granite

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

06:00 35° dry 3 — 77.4%

07:00 34° dry 5 — 80.5%

08:00 40° dry 6 — 69%

09:00 46° dry 6 — 53.5%

10:00 50° dry 7 — 43.4%

11:00 53° dry 8 — 39.3%

12:00 53° dry 8 — 41.4%

13:00 53° dry 8 — 47.9%

14:00 55° dry 7 — 48.8%

15:00 55° dry 8 — 49.8%

16:00 57° dry 9 — 48.2%

17:00 57° dry 10 — 49.1%

18:00 54° dry 9 — 56.5%

19:00 50° dry 9 — 69.6%

20:00 50° dry 9 — 73.7%

21:00 50° dry 9 — 76.2%

Thu Thursday 8 October

Poor

Temp55°F

Rain0.03 in

Wind7 mph

Gusts—

Humidity80%

0.8mm rain forecast

Good conditions for granite

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

08:00 51° 0.03 in 7 — 83.4%

14:00 56° dry 7 — 79.7%

20:00 46° dry 3 — 78.6%

Fri Friday 9 October

Poor

Temp50°F

Rain0.02 in

Wind11 mph

Gusts—

Humidity59%

0.4mm rain forecast

Good conditions for granite

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

08:00 42° 0.01 in 6 — 98.4%

14:00 51° dry 11 — 59.2%

20:00 43° 0.00 in 3 — 73.4%

Sat Saturday 10 October

Good

Temp50°F

Rain0.01 in

Wind9 mph

Gusts—

Humidity46%

Should be dry

Good conditions for granite

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

08:00 40° dry 7 — 99.5%

14:00 49° dry 9 — 45.6%

20:00 40° dry 1 — 64.8%

Sun Sunday 11 October

Good

Temp68°F

Raindry

Wind13 mph

Gusts—

Humidity44%

Should be dry

Good conditions for granite
Breezy — helps drying

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

08:00 46° dry 8 — 57.8%

14:00 68° dry 13 — 43.5%

20:00 57° dry 7 — 74.6%

Mon Monday 12 October

Good

Temp59°F

Raindry

Wind6 mph

Gusts—

Humidity70%

Should be dry

Good conditions for granite

Time °F Rain Wind (mph) Gust Hum

08:00 54° dry 3 — 89.8%

14:00 60° dry 6 — 70.4%

20:00 48° dry 6 — 91.7%

Bird ban (05-01 to 07-15)
Adjacent Eagle and Eaglet Cliffs in Franconia Notch typically close annually roughly May 1 – mid-July for peregrine falcon nesting (NH Fish & Game / NH Audubon). Cannon Cliff proper is not always directly closed but shares the same trailhead corridor. Verify current-year specifics at nhaudubon.org or NH Fish & Game before travelling.

About Cannon Cliff

Cannon Cliff is New England's biggest and most serious multi-pitch trad venue — a 1,000-foot east-facing Conway/Kinsman Granite wall in Franconia Notch State Park, notorious for rockfall. The Old Man of the Mountain fell off in 2003 and pieces of the wall still come down each spring; Mountain Project's area page explicitly warns "the cliff faces east and many a climber has been caught unaware by fast-moving storms coming from the west." Mountain Project's top-ranked classics are Lakeview (5.6), Whitney-Gilman Ridge (5.7), Moby Grape (5.8), Vertigo (5.9), and VMC Direct Direct (5.10+). East aspect and elevation mean cold spring conditions and comfortable midsummer temperatures on the wall — July and August are the practical season with occasional dry September windows. Approach 20 minutes from the Cannon Cliff pull-off, which is accessible ONLY from southbound I-93 (northbound drivers must exit at Tramway and reverse). Free day-use access; small silver rockfall-monitoring sensors on the cliff should not be disturbed. Helmets essential. No active peregrine ban listed for 2026, but historic peregrine activity means it's worth a quick NH F&G check in spring.

Region: New Hampshire
Rock type: Granite
Aspect: east-facing
Altitude: 2264 ft
Exposure: high
Seepage: medium

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