Heavy Snow, Northern Franklin
- When
- April 9, 5:00 PM EST to April 10, 7:00 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 in Maine, April 9 to 10, 2000
Low pressure moving northward along a slow-moving cold front brought a moderate snowfall to the mountains of western Maine. In northern Oxford and northern Franklin Counties, snowfall generally ranged from 2 to 5 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
Low pressure moving northward along a slow-moving cold front brought a moderate snowfall to the mountains of western Maine. In northern Oxford and northern Franklin Counties, snowfall generally ranged from 2 to 5 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Northern Oxford
- When
- April 9, 5:00 PM EST to April 10, 7:00 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)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in New York, April 9, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Georgia, April 9, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Maine, April 9 to 11, 2000
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Jersey, April 9, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, April 9 to 13, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, April 9, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, April 9, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, April 9, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, April 9, 2000
- Winter Storm in Connecticut, April 9, 2000
- Winter Storm in Massachusetts, April 9, 2000
- Frost and Freeze in Illinois, April 9, 2000
More
Every storm in Maine in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, April 2000
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: 5142846, 5142847.