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Winter Storm Watches in Maine, 2020

21 winter storm watches in 2020. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.

Winter Storm Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
21
Busiest month
December6 winter storm watches
Busiest day
January 10, 20202 winter storm watches

Over time

By month

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 10, 3:17 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchGYXAndroscoggin, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset, Waldo24 hr
Jan 10, 4:48 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington23 hr
Jan 17, 2:55 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more12 hr
Jan 17, 3:26 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchCARHancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Washington12 hr
Feb 5, 3:54 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more11 hr
Feb 5, 4:14 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington12 hr
Feb 25, 3:16 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchGYXFranklin, Oxford, Somerset25 hr
Feb 25, 4:20 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington24 hr
Mar 2, 7:01 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook9 hr
Mar 22, 3:36 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchGYXCumberland, Oxford, York24 hr
Mar 28, 3:15 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchGYXFranklin, Oxford, Somerset24 hr
Mar 28, 3:09 PM EDTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook, Piscataquis, Somerset12 hr
Apr 7, 3:19 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington36 hr
Apr 7, 3:19 AM EDTWinter Storm WatchGYXFranklin, Oxford, Somerset37 hr
Apr 25, 3:16 PM EDTWinter Storm WatchGYXCumberland, Franklin, Oxford, Somerset12 hr
Dec 3, 3:57 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchGYXAndroscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more36 hr
Dec 4, 3:48 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset25 hr
Dec 11, 3:46 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchCARAroostook24 hr
Dec 15, 4:04 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchGYXCumberland, York11 hr
Dec 16, 2:41 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchCARHancock, Washington15 hr
Dec 16, 3:28 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchGYXAndroscoggin, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, Waldo14 hr

By county

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

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.