Alert archive / Maine / 2026

Weather alerts in Maine, May 2026

69 weather alerts in May 2026, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 69
Warnings: 15
Watches: 5
Advisories: 30
Busiest day: May 5, 20267 alerts

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:34 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		5 days
May 3, 1:36 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		4 days
May 3, 5:13 AM EDT	Gale Watch	CAR		9 hr
May 3, 2:11 PM EDT	Gale Warning	CAR		13 hr
May 4, 1:50 AM EDT	Gale Watch	GYX		19 hr
May 4, 2:47 AM EDT	Gale Watch	CAR		17 hr
May 4, 7:59 PM EDT	Gale Warning	CAR		31 hr
May 4, 9:09 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GYX		29 hr
May 5, 1:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	87 min
May 5, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		53 min
May 5, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CAR	Aroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset	40 min
May 5, 5:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	48 min
May 5, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	43 min
May 5, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	41 min
May 6, 7:03 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		23 hr
May 8, 1:25 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		3 days
May 8, 2:25 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more	16 hr
May 8, 2:31 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		47 hr
May 10, 2:05 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		30 hr
May 10, 2:07 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford	18 hr
May 10, 3:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	38 min
May 10, 3:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		23 min
May 10, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	39 min
May 10, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Aroostook	51 min
May 10, 8:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	43 min
May 10, 8:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR	Penobscot	51 min
May 10, 9:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CAR		27 min
May 11, 2:23 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, York	18 hr
May 12, 1:18 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Hancock, Penobscot, Washington	19 hr
May 12, 2:05 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 4 more	18 hr
May 12, 2:05 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford	18 hr
May 12, 2:38 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		36 hr
May 14, 2:41 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		4 days
May 14, 2:52 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		3 days
May 15, 2:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford	20 hr
May 15, 1:49 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	30 hr
May 15, 2:25 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	30 hr
May 17, 2:25 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	18 hr
May 17, 2:25 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	18 hr
May 19, 2:23 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		36 hr
May 19, 2:26 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		35 hr
May 19, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		62 min
May 19, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		39 min
May 19, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	GYX		58 min
May 21, 2:20 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	29 hr
May 21, 2:27 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	28 hr
May 21, 2:27 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	GYX	Franklin, Oxford	28 hr
May 22, 6:34 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington	24 hr
May 22, 1:02 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	17 hr
May 22, 2:02 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CAR	Hancock, Washington	30 hr
May 23, 2:38 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	GYX	Cumberland, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo, York	17 hr
May 24, 2:25 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		3 days
May 24, 2:31 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		3 days
May 26, 6:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Aroostook	3 hr
May 28, 1:37 AM EDT	Gale Watch	CAR		13 hr
May 28, 2:36 AM EDT	Gale Watch	GYX		12 hr
May 28, 2:10 PM EDT	Gale Warning	CAR		48 hr
May 28, 2:49 PM EDT	Gale Warning	GYX		53 hr
May 29, 1:17 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CAR		34 hr
May 29, 2:35 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, York	32 hr
May 29, 2:37 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		32 hr
May 29, 11:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	GYX	Cumberland, Oxford	25 hr
May 29, 2:35 PM EDT	Storm Warning	GYX		20 hr
May 29, 2:36 PM EDT	High Surf Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, York	29 hr
May 30, 3:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	GYX	Oxford	5 hr
May 30, 2:10 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	GYX	Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford, Somerset	17 hr
May 30, 2:26 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	GYX		24 hr
May 30, 2:29 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CAR	Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis	17 hr
May 30, 2:29 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CAR	Aroostook	17 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	1
Mesoscale Discussion	2
Special Weather Statement	11
Flooding
River Flood Warning	2
Areal Flood Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	3
Frost Advisory	11
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	1
Coast and beach
High Surf Advisory	1
Beach Hazards Statement	6
Marine
Gale Warning	5
Special Marine Warning	3
Storm Warning	1
Gale Watch	5
Small Craft Advisory	16

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.