Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Androscoggin
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Androscoggin forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.166, -70.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in Maine, January 21 to 22, 2000
Low pressure in the Gulf of Maine intensified rapidly as it moved slowly northward through the Canadian Maritimes. S.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 17 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
- 17
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 in the Gulf of Maine intensified rapidly as it moved slowly northward through the Canadian Maritimes. The pressure gradient between the low and a ridge of high pressure over the central and eastern U.S. caused strong, northerly winds to develop over northern New England, bringing in cold air from Canada. The combination of the wind and cold temperatures produced extreme wind chill temperatures across the state. Wind chill temperatures dipped to between -35 and -50 across much of the western and central part of the state.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Central Somerset
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Coastal Waldo
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Coastal York
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Interior Cumberland
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Interior Waldo
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Interior York
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Kennebec
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kennebec forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.409, -69.767 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Knox
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.076, -69.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Lincoln
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.998, -69.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Franklin
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Oxford
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Sagadahoc
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sagadahoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.912, -69.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Franklin
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Oxford
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Somerset
- When
- January 21, 10:00 AM EST to January 22, 11:00 PM 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)
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, January 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Ohio, January 21, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 21, 2000
- Strong Wind in Maine, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New York, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Maryland, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in New Hampshire, January 21 to 22, 2000
- Extreme Cold in West Virginia, January 21, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Connecticut, January 21, 2000
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, January 21 to 22, 2000
- Blizzard in Maine, January 21 to 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Maine in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5130728, 5130729, 5130730, 5130731, 5130732, 5130733, 5130734, 5130735, 5130736, 5130737, 5130738, 5130739, 5130740, 5130741, 5130742, 5130743, 5130744.