Alert archive / Maine / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Maine, 2023
20 winter storm watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 20
- Busiest month
- January8 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20232 winter storm watches
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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 11, 3:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 13 hr |
| Jan 14, 3:05 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 13 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:54 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln, Sagadahoc and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:29 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Hancock, Washington | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 2:59 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:16 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:20 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:21 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:36 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot | 21 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:22 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Penobscot | 12 hr |
| Feb 26, 2:12 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:54 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Mar 3, 4:27 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Hancock | 8 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Knox, Lincoln and 5 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:21 AM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Hancock, Penobscot, Washington | 12 hr |
| Mar 24, 3:18 PM EDT | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset | 13 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:28 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | GYX | Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Kennebec, Oxford, Somerset and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:33 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Hancock, Penobscot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Washington | 12 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:59 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | CAR | Aroostook, Somerset | 31 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.
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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.