Coastal Waldo storm history

Minor impacts were reported for this event. No inundation flooding was reported, but there was high surf on the Saturday midday high tide cycle as long period 8 to 10 foot swells reached the coast. This caused some minor splash-over and erosion in isolated areas. Northerly wind g…

High astronomical tides combined with strong northeast winds and large battering waves to produce severe coastal flooding across most of the Maine coast. It was the seventh highest tide ever recorded in Portland Harbor in modern day history (13.28 feet). The Fort Point tide gage …

Snow overspread the area on the evening of the 23rd as a warm front approached northern New England. In the late evening stronger lift arrived and snow became moderate to heavy at times through the morning of the 24th. Light snow lingered until the afternoon before tapering off. …

Snow overspread the Midcoast on the morning of the 2nd. Warmer air near the coast delayed the onset of accumulating snow, but steady light to moderate snow picked up in the afternoon and continued into the evening. The evening commute on the 2nd was particularly hazardous. Snow t…

Waldo County averaged 2.15 inches of precipitation in December, approximately 2.4 inches below normal. This was the 3rd driest July'December stretch on record. The county remained under a Primary Natural Disaster Area designation, with 100% of the county classified in Extreme Dro…

Waldo County averaged 2.73 inches of precipitation in November, approximately 2 inches below normal. The rainfall deficits carried over from summer grew over 6 inches, making it the 5th driest stretch between July through November on record. The USDM on November 25th had 100% of …

Waldo County averaged 3.03 inches of precipitation in September, approximately an inch below normal. The rainfall deficits carried over from summer grew over 4 inches, making it the 6th driest stretch between July through September on record. The USDM on September 30th had 44% of…

Drought conditions developed across Maine in the summer of 2025. According to the August 26th, 2025 release of the United States Drought Monitor, 11% of Maine was experiencing Severe Drought, 62% was experiencing Moderate Drought and 87% was abnormally dry. Maine experienced a ra…

Light snow overspread the area in the late evening on the 15th. This continued into the morning of the 16th when an area of strong warm air advection resulted in a laterally translating band of moderate to heavy snow. This swept through the region by the afternoon of the 16th. Pe…

Snow overspread Midcoast Maine in the early evening of the 19th. A band of steady moderate snow developed and remained over the area into the early morning of the 20th. Snowfall totals ranged from 5 to 7 inches. Key Impacts: Heavy snow.

Precipitation began during the evening of the 3rd in a warm environment, hostile to snowfall. Light rain or rain/snow mix eventually changed to snow as dynamic cooling from melting aloft occurred in heavy precipitation. Snowfall became heavy at times overnight into the morning of…

Snowfall rates in excess of 1 inch per hour in the morning led to snowfall totals ranging between 3 and 5 inches. Around 200 PM snow changed to freezing rain and began to rapidly accumulate near sunset. With around 0.75 inches glaze, power outages increased quickly after 800 PM, …

The astronomical tide in Portland was 11.3 feet MLLW at 11:41 am. Flood stage is 12 feet MLLW. The easterly gales produced a storm surge of two feet in Portland Harbor. The storm tide topped out at 13.32 feet MLLW in the Forest City with the tide remaining above flood stage for a…

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…

East of a deep low pressure in the eastern Great Lakes a strong low level jet developed. Deep, fresh snow cover across the interior prevented the strong winds from penetrating too far inland, but along the coast damaging wind gusts began very early in the morning on the 10th. The…

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…

Rain changed to snow near Penobscot Bay around midday on the 14th. While snow struggled to accumulate at lower elevations during the first half of the day, as the sun angle got lower in the afternoon snowfall rates became moderate to heavy at times. Snowfall also remained more pe…

Snow overspread the Midcoast early on the morning of the 4th. Snowfall quickly became moderate to heavy through the early afternoon hours. Snow quickly came to an end during the evening as low pressure moved into the northwest Atlantic and flow become more northwesterly, downslop…

Light snow began after midnight on the 28th. Snow became moderate at times around sunrise and again during midday. Otherwise snow remained light and tapered off in the late evening, coming to an end from northwest to southeast. Snowfall totals ranged from 6 to 8 inches.

By the late afternoon on the 3rd wind chills were reaching -30 degrees. Ambient air temperatures continued to fall into the double digits below zero with winds gusting in excess of 35 mph. The coldest wind chill values approached -45 degrees, including -41 degrees at Belfast Muni…

Snow began during the evening of the 22nd. Snowfall became moderate at times during the morning of the 23rd. The Midcoast remained just south of a mesoscale band of snow that was nearly stationary through the day. Snowfall had a high snow to liquid ratio, and fell at an inch per …

Snow overspread Midcoast Maine late in the evening on the 19th. After midnight snow became moderate at times. Snowfall rates tapered off gradually through the as lift became tied more closely with an inverted trough draped over southern New Hampshire. Snow ended during the aftern…

Parts of the Midcoast experienced two periods of strong to damaging winds. One during the morning hours of the 23rd generally had wind gusts in the 40 to 50 mph range. A second during the afternoon and evening featured wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph. Numerous trees and wires were rep…

The morning of December 23rd had perfect alignment of a very high astronomical tide, peak storm surge of 2+ feet and large battering nearshore waves of 15 to 20 feet all coinciding at high tide. The astronomical tide in Portland was 11.3 feet MLLW at 10:16 am, already close to th…

On August 30th drought monitor, Waldo County was 6% in severe drought and 88% moderate drought. By the end of the month, 10% of the county was in moderate drought and 89% abnormally dry. The improved designations were the result of scattered heavy rainfall with most areas receivi…

On the August 2nd drought monitor, Waldo County was 18% in severe drought and 82% moderate drought. By the end of the month, 6% of the county was in severe drought and 88% in moderate drought. The improved designations were the result of scattered heavy rainfall with most areas r…

Snow overspread the Midcoast early in the morning on the 25th. A hybrid type snow band pushed through the area then gradually transitioned into a laterally quasi-stationary band which slid back through the area around midday. Moderate to heavy snowfall resulted from the hybrid ba…

Rain changed to snow around 10:00 pm on the 3rd. Around daybreak on the 4th the snow intensity increased and became moderate to heavy at times through mid morning. Steady light snow continued through the day and tapered off in the evening. Snowfall amounts ranged from 6 to 10 inc…

Light snow began on the morning of the 29th, with the intensity of snowfall picking up after daybreak. An intense band of snow developed around mid morning over southern New England and remained mostly over the Gulf of Maine until midday. The band backed into coastal and Midcoast…

Snow moved into the area on the evening of the 31st and continued through the morning hours on the 2nd. The bulk of the accumulation came with moderate to heavy snow in the mesoscale snow band as it moved north through western Maine. Snow continued into the evening in waves as ad…

Snow began after sunrise on the 17th. Snow quickly became moderate to heavy as an intense band of snow moved towards the area. While the band became nearly stationary just to the south, snowfall was still occasionally heavy at times near Penobscot Bay. Dry air to the north and we…

The strong winds came in two waves across coastal western Maine. The first period featured strong southeast winds gusting at times between 50 and 60 mph. A brief lull occurred as steady rain moved north of the area. However winds shifted to a more southerly direction and increase…

Drought mostly maintained through the month of November with no significant changes in the drought status across coastal Maine. Below normal rainfall returned for the first half of the month with only light periodic rainfall events. The bulk of the monthly rainfall occurred durin…

Drought maintained through the beginning of October with no significant rainfall across the region. Things changed on October 13th when a significant rainstorm brought widespread rainfall across the region. Another significant rainstorm occurred on October 16-17th with more benef…

Drought continued to expand and intensified through the month of September with the state of Maine recording the driest September on record. D2 severe drought expanded to cover all of Western Maine by the end of the month. In addition, an area of D3 extreme drought developed acro…

Tropical Storm Isaias brought limited impacts to Waldo County due wind gusts around 45 mph. Isolated reports of snapped and uprooted trees along with broken branches caused downed power lines in sections of the county. Waldo County reported 3,400 customers without power, with a r…

Rain changed to snow across coastal Waldo County in the early morning hours on May 9th and accumulated up to an inch by midday. 0.8 inch fell in both Winterport and Searsmont.

Precipitation overspread the Midcoast during the morning of the 9th as mostly rain. Temperatures gradually cooled into the upper 30s, but by late afternoon heavier precipitation moved in, temperatures fell quickly to the lower 30s. Rain quickly changed to heavy snow, and continue…

Strong wind gusts in the early morning hours of the 17th led to downed trees and power lines across coastal Waldo County. Local mesonet weather stations measured wind gusts ranging between 45 and 55 mph. Across Maine nearly 200,000 power outages were reported.

Light snow began late in the evening of the 3rd. As low pressure intensified off Cape Cod an intense band of snow developed northwest of the track. Though the heaviest snow remained just off shore, parts of this band clipped coastal western Maine with snowfall rates of 1 to 2 inc…

Snow began in the evening and quickly became moderate to heavy in the late evening. After midnight warmer air aloft allowed some of the precipitation to mix with sleet at times. The snow and sleet continued into the morning hours when precipitation quickly ended from west to east…

A band of light to moderate snow developed over parts of western Maine late in the evening of the 19th in response to warm air advection developing aloft. Several inches of snow fell before heavy snow moved into area in the early morning hours. Snow changed to significant amounts…

Intense low pressure combined with high astronomical tides to produce coastal flooding in Lincolnville. Water was 6 to 12 inches deep on Route 1 in Lincolnville.