Winter Storm — Southern Oxford, Maine

2023-01-22 to 2023-01-23 · Southern Oxford, Maine

Event narrative

Snow began during the evening of the 22nd. Snowfall quickly became moderate at times before midnight, then tapered to light snow which continued through most of the day on the 23rd. The Longfellow Mountains were on the northern edge of the heaviest snow band, with snowfall totals ranging from 6 inches in the mountains to 12 inches on the southern slopes.

Wider weather episode

The second in a series of winter storms over the course of a week developed on the 22nd over the Gulf Coast. Low pressure moved northeastward along the Eastern Seaboard, passing very near the elbow of Cape Cod by sunrise on the 23rd. The proximity of the storm track allowed some mixed precipitation to move in over parts of far southwestern Maine. Farther northwest a pivoting band of moderate to heavy snow brought double digit snowfall to the rest of western Maine south of the Longfellow Mountains. As the storm moved into the Canadian Maritimes snow quickly came to an end during the evening of the 23rd. The combination of the back-to-back storms and wet nature of the snow led to power outages in York County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1069621. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.