Tag Archives: Snowfall
Winter comeback gives Caribou area 7 inches of mid-May snow
Winter, we meet again. Caribou got about 3.5 inches of snow Monday, with about 7 inches reported from a weather station at Loring, as of 8:30 this morning. That’s an unprecedented amount for this late in the year, according to the National Weather Service’s Caribou station. 3.5" snow at the office now, the most on record for […]
Snowfall counter: Deeper than a tulip is tall
By Monday afternoon, Grand Lake Stream ended up with the state’s top snowfall reading, by a particularly precise preliminary reading. The Washington County plantation posted snowfall of 10.1 inches by about 4 p.m., as many areas around the state recorded about 8-10 inches during the storm that passed through the state on the second day of spring. The bulk of the storm hit coastal communities, […]
East Sangerville tops two-day snowfall total before big chill
Southern Piscataquis County towns logged the most snowfall over the storm that crossed the state Monday and Tuesday, according to National Weather Service totals. That inland portion of the state got the later portion of the storm, getting as much as 9.6 inches in East Sangerville, overtaking towns along the coast and Downeast. By Tuesday morning, East Machias had the top […]
Coastal Maine gets brunt of Monday snowfall
Towns along the coast reported the bulk of the snowfall Monday as flakes continued to fall into Tuesday morning, according to data from the National Weather Service. As of Monday, East Machias had reported the highest snowfall, with 8 inches, but inland areas reported 3-5 inches of snow. Most areas along the coast got in the range of 4-5 […]
Snowfall counter: Patten takes lead with 18 inches of new snow
The Penobscot County town of Patten overtook Amity — the snowfall leader as of Wednesday morning — for recorded snowfall during the storm from Tuesday night to Wednesday morning. Patten got 18 inches of new snow. Take a look below at snowfall totals by weather station for the storm started Tuesday night. Maine had the highest average reported snowfall across all stations reporting […]
Storm dumps most snow on central parts of Maine
Central parts of the state reported the highest Tuesday snowfall totals as of Wednesday morning, according to National Weather Service data. That means good snow (finally) for some of the state’s major ski areas. Carrabassett Valley reported 10 inches of snow as of 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. By this morning, Stetson reported the highest total, with one […]
Snowfall counter: Southern Maine puts points on the board
The storm Tuesday made sure all of Maine didn’t go without a sizable reminder that winter still happens. As the storm moves northward, the first snowfall totals for much of the southern half of the state came through weather stations in the region. The map below shows the latest 24-hour snowfall totals reported out of weather stations around the state. The reports are most current for […]
Data: A few Maine towns have gotten some Sasquatch-sized snowfall
This winter, the snow has come fast and deep through the Northeast. While it’s obvious that in Maine, in winter, it’s going to snow, it doesn’t make digging out your car or plowing the dooryard any more fun. And in a few towns, that has meant getting through a mound of snow piling up about as tall as your average Sasquatch […]