Astronomical Low Tide in Coastal Cumberland, Maine

Astronomical Low Tide September 22, 2020 · Coastal Cumberland, Maine

$5K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The astronomical tide in Portland of 10.8 feet combined with a storm surge of 1.3 feet at high tide to reach a 12.1 foot storm tide during the mid afternoon hours. Flood stage in Portland is 12.0 feet (MLLW). The tide remained above flood stage for 30 minutes at the Portland tide gage. The waves took down a fence at Higgin's Beach in Scarborough with minor flooding reported along the wharf streets in Portland.

The wider storm

Hurricane Teddy underwent extra-tropical transition to a strong 951 mb storm well off shore in the Gulf of Maine before moving north north towards Halifax, Nova Scotia. This powerful cyclone coincided with astronomically high tides. Although winds were offshore, large, long period swell entered the Gulf of Maine leading to splash-over along the southern coast of Maine.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 922414. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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