Maine tornado and storm history
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Maine between 1953 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see the storms that came closest to it.
140
Tornado reports
16,017
Storm events
8
Hurricane reports
41
Deaths, all storms
Every tornado track in Maine
137 county track segments since 1950, coloured by rating. Zoom in and each path widens to its surveyed width. Tap one for the storm.
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Tornadoes by decade in Maine
Not shown for Maine. Only 135 tornadoes have been recorded here since 1950, which is too few to break into decades and read a trend from — the strong-tornado count for most decades would be zero or one. That thinness is itself a fact about Maine. Compare with states that have a longer record.
Significant recent events in Maine
Events with deaths, several injuries, $1M+ property damage, or tornadoes rated EF3 and up.
A woman was killed while camping in the Allagash Wilderness region when thunderstorm winds toppled a tree on to her tent.
The astronomical tide in Portland was 11.2 feet (MLLW) at 1205 pm. Flood stage is 12 feet (MLLW). The gale to storm force onshore winds produced a storm surge of 3.37 feet in Portland Harbor. The resulting storm tide topped out at 14.57 feet (MLLW) in the Forest City with the tid…
The astronomical tide in Portland was 11.2 feet at 1205 pm. Flood stage is 12 feet (MLLW). The gale to storm force onshore winds produced a storm surge of 3.37 feet in Portland Harbor. The resulting storm tide topped out at 14.57 feet (MLLW) in the Forest City with the tide remai…
The astronomical tide in Portland was 11.2 feet (MLLW) at 1205 pm. Flood stage is 12 feet (MLLW). The gale to storm force onshore winds produced a storm surge of 3.37 feet in Portland Harbor. The resulting storm tide topped out at 14.57 feet (MLLW) in the Forest City with the tid…
The astronomical tide in Portland was 11.2 feet (MLLW) at 1205 pm. Flood stage is 12 feet (MLLW). The gale to storm force onshore winds produced a storm surge of 3.37 feet in Portland Harbor. The resulting storm tide topped out at 14.57 feet (MLLW) in the Forest City with the tid…
The astronomical tide in Portland was 11.2 feet (MLLW) at 1205 pm. Flood stage is 12 feet (MLLW). The gale to storm force onshore winds produced a storm surge of 3.37 feet in Portland Harbor. The resulting storm tide topped out at 14.57 feet (MLLW) in the Forest City with the tid…
An intense and rapidly deepening area of low pressure over the Great Lakes region (975 mb) combined with modestly high astronomical tides to produce the third highest storm tide ever in Portland (records 1912-present). In the Portsmouth region at the relatively new Seavey Island …
An intense and rapidly deepening area of low pressure over the Great Lakes region (975 mb) combined with modestly high astronomical tides to produce the third highest storm tide ever in Portland (records 1912-present). Further up the Maine coast the storm surge was slightly highe…
An intense and rapidly deepening area of low pressure over the Great Lakes region (975 mb) combined with modestly high astronomical tides to produce the third highest storm tide ever in Portland (records 1912-present). Further up the Maine coast the storm surge was slightly highe…
An intense and rapidly deepening area of low pressure over the Great Lakes region (975 mb) combined with modestly high astronomical tides to produce the third highest storm tide ever in Portland (records 1912-present). Further up the Maine coast the storm surge was slightly highe…
An intense and rapidly deepening area of low pressure over the Great Lakes region (975 mb) combined with modestly high astronomical tides to produce the third highest storm tide ever in Portland (records 1912-present). Further up the Maine coast the storm surge was slightly highe…
Strong southeast wind gusts began the morning of the 18th. While wind gusts remained strong throughout the day, the damaging gusts occurred in several waves during the morning, again at midday, and once more in the evening. The NWS Gray office recorded a peak gust of 58 mph at 10…
Strong southeast wind gusts began the morning of the 18th. While wind gusts remained strong throughout the day, the damaging gusts occurred in several waves during the morning, again at midday, and once more in the evening. The peak gusts were fairly typical of a high wind event …
Strong southeast wind gusts began the morning of the 18th. While wind gusts remained strong throughout the day, the damaging gusts occurred in several waves in the morning, again at midday, and once more in the evening. The peak gusts were fairly typical of a high wind event duri…
The Carrabassett River Valley experienced catastrophic flooding following a heavy rain and snowmelt event on December 18th. The rain fell over an 18 hour period and averaged 5 inches across the basin, with an additional 2 to 3.5 inches of snowmelt. The steep terrain and frozen gr…
Counties and zones
Each county’s full storm history, with its event count. Some entries are National Weather Service forecast zones rather than civil counties.
Androscoggin (588)
Aroostook (936)
Central Interior Cumberland (45)
Central Penobscot (320)
Central Piscataquis (266)
Central Somerset (289)
Central Washington (270)
Coastal Cumberland (398)
Coastal Hancock (375)
Coastal Waldo (295)
Coastal Washington (358)
Coastal York (379)
Cumberland (602)
Franklin (285)
Hancock (136)
Interior Cumberland (277)
Interior Cumberland Highlands (38)
Interior Hancock (313)
Interior Waldo (283)
Interior Washington (72)
Interior York (320)
Kennebec (700)
Knox (396)
Lincoln (433)
Northeast Aroostook (372)
Northern Franklin (310)
Northern Oxford (308)
Northern Penobscot (345)
Northern Piscataquis (313)
Northern Somerset (275)
Northern Washington (230)
Northwest Aroostook (347)
Oxford (566)
Penobscot (579)
Piscataquis (334)
Sagadahoc (403)
Somerset (465)
Southeast Aroostook (355)
Southern Franklin (308)
Southern Oxford (318)
Southern Penobscot (336)
Southern Piscataquis (319)
Southern Somerset (314)
Waldo (139)
Washington (171)
York (520)
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