Storms in Maine in 1997
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maine in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Maine in 1997 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 211
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 15
- Damage
- $960,000
- Episodes
- 51
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Storm | 128 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 12 | 0 | 15 | $300,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 11 | 0 | 0 | $310,000 |
| Hail | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $350,000 |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 5 to 6, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 10, 1997
- Storm Surge in Maine, January 10, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, January 28, 1997
February 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 5, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, February 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, February 22, 1997
March 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, March 6, 1997
- High Wind in Maine, March 6, 1997
- Storm Surge in Maine, March 6, 1997
- Storm Surge in Maine, March 10, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, March 14 to 15, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, March 25 to 26, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, March 29, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, March 31, 1997
April 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, April 1, 1997
- Flash Flood in Maine, April 16 to 17, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Maine, April 18 to 20, 1997
May 1997
- Flooding in Maine, May 2 to 4, 1997
- High Wind in Maine, May 15 to 16, 1997
- Flash Flood in Maine, May 15 to 16, 1997
- Flooding in Maine, May 17 to 19, 1997
June 1997
- Hail in Maine, June 12, 1997
- Hail in Maine, June 12, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maine, June 13, 1997
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 21, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, June 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Maine, June 22 to 23, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Maine, June 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maine, June 25, 1997
July 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 8 to 9, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 9, 1997
- Tornado in Maine, July 28, 1997
August 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maine, August 3, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 3, 1997
- Hail in Maine, August 9, 1997
- Tornado in Maine, August 27, 1997
September 1997
October 1997
November 1997
- High Wind in Maine, November 1 to 2, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, November 14 to 15, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, November 16, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, November 23 to 24, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, November 26 to 27, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maine, November 30, 1997
December 1997
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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.