High Wind, Northern Oxford
- When
- June 26, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Oxford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Maine, June 26, 1996
Gusty winds behind a cold front toppled trees onto power lines, knocking out power to more than 14,000 customers.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS GYX wrote it up.
Gusty winds behind a cold front toppled trees onto power lines, knocking out power to more than 14,000 customers.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Northern Franklin
- When
- June 26, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Central Somerset
- When
- June 26, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Central Somerset forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Oxford
- When
- June 26, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Oxford forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Franklin
- When
- June 26, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Franklin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Somerset
- When
- June 26, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Somerset forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Interior Cumberland
- When
- June 26, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Cumberland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Androscoggin
- When
- June 26, 9:00 AM EST to 5:00 PM EST
- Where
- Androscoggin forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 44.166, -70.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 1996
- Flash Flood in Florida, June 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, June 26, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 26, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5577994, 5577995, 5577996, 5577997, 5577998, 5577999, 5578000, 5578001.