Interior Cumberland Highlands storm history

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 …

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. …

Cumberland County averaged 1.95 inches of precipitation in December, approximately 2.4 inches below normal, the 2nd driest such period on record. MEMA reported that Cumberland remained a top-three county for dry well submissions. The USDM on December 30th had 55% of the county in…

Cumberland County averaged 2.38 inches of precipitation in November, approximately 2 inches below normal. The rainfall deficits carried over from summer grew over inches, making it the 3rd driest stretch between July through November on record. By mid-to-late November, 100% of th…

Cumberland County averaged 3 inches of precipitation in September, approximately an inch below normal. The rainfall deficits carried over from summer grew near 5 inches, making it the 6th driest stretch between July through September on record. The USDM on September 30th had 91% …

An early season heat wave impacted Maine from June 17th through the 20th with the peak of the heat occurring June 19th-20th when excessive heat was observed through southern and central parts of the state away from the immediate coast. Heat index values reached above 105F across …

Snow overspread the area during the evening of the 3rd, heavy at times overnight into the morning of the 4th. Given the late season nature of the storm, much of the foothills observed temperatures at or just above freezing in addition to the heavy snow. As a result much of the sn…

Snowfall rates in excess of 1 inch per hour led to snowfall totals ranging between 12 and 17 inches.

Precipitation began during the evening of the 9th with a band of heavy snow lifting northeastward out of New Hampshire. Snowfall rates were briefly 1 inch per hour, before settling to a steady light to moderate snow. Snowfall rates increased again after midnight and snow continue…

Light to moderate snow began late in the evening on the 6th. Snow was heavy at times, but a heavy mesoscale snowband never quite made it north into the Bridgton area. Snow ended quickly once surface winds veered to northwesterly. Snowfall totals ranged from 8 to 10 inches.

Light to moderate snow began late in the evening on the 6th. Snow was heavy at times, but a heavy mesoscale snowband never quite made it north into the western Maine mountains. Snow ended quickly once surface winds veered to northwesterly. Snowfall totals ranged from 7 to 10 inch…

A hard freeze impacted the region shortly after midnight on May 18th with widespread sub-freezing temperatures. Temperatures ranged from freezing to the mid-20s. Harrison reported a low of 26 degrees. The temperatures were some of the coldest recorded this late in spring in over …

Snow overspread the western Maine mountains shortly after midnight, 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 afternoon as low pressure moved into the northwest Atlantic and…

By the 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 early on the 4th before winds gradually beg…

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…

Light precipitation began on the morning on the 16th. Steady moderate to occasionally heavy snow started relatively quickly after the onset, especially at higher elevations. Southeast flow upsloping into the western Maine Mountains produced significantly more snowfall along the e…

On August 30th drought monitor, Cumberland County was 33% in severe drought, 26% moderate drought, and 41% abnormally dry. By the end of the month, 14% of the county was in moderate drought and 36% abnormally dry. The improved designations were the result of scattered heavy rainf…

On the August 2nd drought monitor, Cumberland County was 56% in severe drought and 44% moderate drought. By the end of the month, 33% of the county was in severe drought, 26% in moderate drought, and 41% abnormally dry. The improved designations were the result of scattered heavy…

Snow overspread the western lakes and mountains early in the morning on the 25th. A hybrid type snow band gradually transitioned into a laterally quasi-stationary band around daybreak. Moderate to heavy snowfall continued from that time through early afternoon. The snow tapered o…

Rain changed to snow around 10:00 pm on the 3rd. During the early morning on the 4th the snow intensity increased and became moderate to heavy at times through mid morning. Steady snow continued through the day and tapered off in the evening. Snowfall amounts ranged from 10 to 13…

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 but remained mostly over the Gulf of Maine until midday. The band backed into coastal and Midcoast…

Strong warm air advection forced a laterally translating band of snow into western Maine early in the morning of the 17th. Within a couple hours snow was moderate to heavy, especially for the interior. Snowfall rates were near 1 inch per hour for two or three hours leading up to …

Snow overspread southwestern Maine by mid afternoon on the 18th. Snow became moderate in the evening but otherwise remained light for the duration of the storm. Snow tapered off in the morning on the 19th. Storm total snowfall ranged from 5 to 7 inches.

Snow moved into the area just before midnight 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 addition…

Snow began before sunrise on the 17th. Snow quickly became moderate to heavy as an intense band of snow moved towards the area. While the band became stationary just south of the area, snow was still heavy at times. A weakening trough aloft quickly brought an end to snow by mid a…

Snow moved into the area early afternoon on the 5th. Snow became moderate to to heavy through the late evening under the strongest banded precipitation. Warmer temperatures in the lower elevations resulted in significantly less snow than the higher elevations. Snow totals ranged …

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 moderate impacts to Cumberland County due wind gusts up to 45 mph. Numerous snapped and uprooted trees along with broken branches caused downed power lines through the county. Cumberland County was one of the harder hit areas for power outages with 2…

Rain changed to snow across the fish tail of Cumberland County in the early morning hours on May 9th and accumulated anywhere between a coating and 3 inches by midday. A few selected amounts were 2.4 inches in Harrison and 2 inches in Bridgton.

Precipitation overspread the higher terrain of interior Cumberland County during the morning of the 9th as mostly rain at the lower elevations, and some snow in on the peaks. Temperatures gradually cooled into the upper 30s, but by late afternoon heavier precipitation moved in, t…

Snow moved into southwestern Maine during the early evening on the 23rd and quickly became moderate to heavy. Forcing was driven primarily by warm air advection and banding near the low center never made it far enough northwest to affect the area, and so came to an end in less th…