Northwest Aroostook storm history

Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 6 to 8 inches...locally up to around 10 inches. Sleet totals of up to an inch also occurred...along with around a tenth of an inch of freezing rain.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 4 inches.

A snow squall developed in the vicinity of Frenchville then tracked southeast along the Route 1A corridor impacting the towns of Grand Isle and Van Buren before exiting into New Brunswick. The snow squall produced a peak wind gust of 43 mph at Frenchville...with most gusts genera…

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 4 to 6 inches.

A lack of adequate precipitation in Northwest Aroostook led to prolonged drying conditions in December. Conditions were Severe Drought (D2) in late November, and stayed in Severe Drought to the end of the month. Drought continued into January.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 4 to 7 inches.

A lack of rainfall in Northwest Aroostook led to prolonged drying conditions in November. Conditions began as Moderate Drought (D1) in late October, and degraded to Severe Drought (D2) by the middle of November, and stayed in Severe Drought to the end of the month. Drought contin…

A lack of rainfall in Northwest Aroostook led to prolonged drying conditions in October. Conditions began as Abnormally Dry (D0) in late September, and degraded to Severe Drought (D2) by the end of October. Drought continued into November.

Wind gusts around 56 mph measured at the Frenchville airport Sunday afternoon. Resulted in multiple downed trees, powerlines, and contributed to some small brush fires.

Snow totals roughly 2-4 inches overnight from Saturday into Sunday.

Frenchville airport reported 0.22 inches of freezing rain during the morning hours on Thursday.

West to northwest winds generally gusted to 35 to 40 mph...with local gusts to around 50 mph. The winds combined with 7 to 10 inches of recently fallen snow to produce significant blowing and drifting snow. Visibilities were reduced to a half mile or less at times with significan…

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 7 to 9 inches east...to 4 to 7 inches west. Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph produced extensive blowing and drifting snow with visibilities occasionally reduced to around a quarter mile or less.

Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 4 to 6 inches...with localized totals up to around 8 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 10 to 14 inches.

Winds gusting to 40 to 50 mph combined with recently fallen snow to produce significant blowing and drifting snow. The blowing and drifting snow produced reduced visibiilties and drifting across roads which led to hazardous driving conditions.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 10 to 13 inches.

Snow squalls with heavy snow briefly reduced visibilities below a quarter mile while also producing wind gusts generally 30 to 40 mph. However...localized wind gusts up to 50 mph also occurred.

Snow squalls with heavy snow briefly reduced visibilities below a quarter mile while also producing wind gusts of generally 30 to 40 mph. However...localized wind gusts up to 50 mph also occurred.

Storm total snow accumulations totaled 5-9 inches in the northwest, and 4-9 inches in the northeast.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 5 to 8 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 5 inches west...to 6 to 10 inches east.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 6 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 8 to 12 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 6 to 9 inches east...to 9 to 13 inches west.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 6 to 10 inches west...to 4 to 6 inches east.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 6 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 5 to 10 inches...with the greater accumulations across eastern areas.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 8 to 11 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 1 to 2 inches across eastern areas...to 3 to 6 inches across extreme western areas along the border with Quebec province.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 7 inches...with the greater totals across western areas.

Storm total snow accumulations across the Saint John Valley generally ranged from 2 to 4 inches. However...accumulations across extreme northwest areas along the Quebec border ranged from 5 to 7 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 4 to 6 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 4 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 1 to 3 inches. Sleet accumulations were generally a half inch or less...with ice accumulations up to two tenths of an inch.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 6 to 10 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 4 to 6 inches.

Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph combined with 1 to 3 inches of snow to produce extensive blowing and drifting snow. The blowing and drifting snow led to hazardous driving conditions with significantly reduced visibilities and near whiteout conditions at times. The greatest impacts wer…

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 4 to 6 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 4 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 4 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 11 to 14 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 5 to 7 inches...with local totals of 8 to 9 inches.

Minimum wind chill values ranged from 50 to 60 below zero.

Sustained winds of 20 to 30 mph...with gusts of 50 to 60 mph...produced extensive blowing and drifting snow. Whiteout and near ground blizzard conditions occurred at times leading to dangerous travel. The greatest impacts occurred along open agricultural areas.

Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 4 to 6 inches...with localized totals up to 8 inches across northwest areas.

Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 12 to 16 inches...with localized totals up to 18 inches.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 3 inches. Sleet accumulations were up to around 1 inch with less than one tenth of an inch of ice.

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 15 to 22 inches.

East to southeast winds were generally sustained at 25 to 35 mph with gusts of 60 to 70 mph. However...a peak wind gust of 77 mph was measured at Frenchville.