Heavy Snow, Southern Franklin
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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 in Maine, January 25 to 26, 2000
A low pressure center intensified just off the Carolina coast on the morning of the 25th, then moved northeastward to just off the southern Maine coast by the morning of the 26th. The storm brought heavy snow into most of northern New England with the snow changing to mixed precipitation in southern areas.
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.
A low pressure center intensified just off the Carolina coast on the morning of the 25th, then moved northeastward to just off the southern Maine coast by the morning of the 26th. The storm brought heavy snow into most of northern New England with the snow changing to mixed precipitation in southern areas. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 6 to 10 inches in the mountains and western foothills to 4 to 8 inches in most of the remainder of western Maine where the precipitation changed to sleet and/or freezing rain. In the mid-coast area, 3 to 6 inches of snow fell before the precipitation changed to sleet and freezing rain.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Southern Oxford
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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 Somerset
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Waldo
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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, Knox
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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, Androscoggin
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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, Central Somerset
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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 York
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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 Waldo
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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 York
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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, Lincoln
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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, Sagadahoc
- When
- January 25, 10:00 AM EST to January 26, 8:00 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)
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 Texas, January 25 to 28, 2000
- Cold in South Carolina, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm and Flooding in Delaware, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Maryland, January 25, 2000
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Virginia, January 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5130764, 5130765, 5130766, 5130767, 5130768, 5131622, 5131623, 5131624, 5131625, 5131880, 5131881, 5131882, 5131883, 5131884, 5131885, 5131886, 5131887.