Heavy Snow, Androscoggin
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Androscoggin forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.166, -70.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Maine, March 6 to 8, 1999
A low pressure center that developed rapidly off the New England coast brought a heavy snowfall to all but northwestern Maine. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 5 to 10 inches along the coast to 10 to 16 inches well inland and in the mountains.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 28 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
- 28
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.
A low pressure center that developed rapidly off the New England coast brought a heavy snowfall to all but northwestern Maine. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 5 to 10 inches along the coast to 10 to 16 inches well inland and in the mountains. Extreme northwestern Maine saw no snow at all from this storm.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
26 heavy snow, 2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Central Penobscot
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Central Penobscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Central Somerset
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Central Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Hancock
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Hancock forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Waldo
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Waldo forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Washington
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal York
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Coastal York forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior Cumberland
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Interior Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior Hancock
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Interior Hancock forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior Waldo
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Interior Waldo forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior Washington
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Interior Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior York
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Interior York forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kennebec
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kennebec forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.409, -69.767 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Knox
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.076, -69.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lincoln
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.998, -69.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Franklin
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Oxford
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Oxford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Penobscot
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Penobscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sagadahoc
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sagadahoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.912, -69.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southeast Aroostook
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southeast Aroostook forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Franklin
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Oxford
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Oxford forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Penobscot
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Penobscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Piscataquis
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Piscataquis forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Somerset
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Northeast Aroostook
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northeast Aroostook forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Northern Piscataquis
- When
- March 6, 11:00 AM EST to March 8, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Northern Piscataquis forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Florida, March 6, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 6, 1999
- Winter Storm in New York, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, March 6 to 7, 1999
- Hail in Mississippi, March 6, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maryland, March 6, 1999
More
Every storm in Maine in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, March 1999
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5702736, 5702816, 5702817, 5702818, 5702819, 5702820, 5702821, 5702822, 5702823, 5702824, 5702825, 5702826, 5702827, 5702828, 5702829, 5702830, 5702831, 5702832, 5702833, 5702834, 5702835, 5702836, 5702837, 5702838, 5702839, 5702840, 5702841, 5702842.