Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Androscoggin
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 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)
Extreme Cold in Maine, January 27 to 28, 2000
Low pressure moved slowly northward from just south of Nova Scotia on the morning of the 27th to the Gulf of St. Lawrence by the morning of the 28th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 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
- 11
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 moved slowly northward from just south of Nova Scotia on the morning of the 27th to the Gulf of St. Lawrence by the morning of the 28th. The pressure gradient between the low and an area of high pressure over the upper Mississippi Valley caused strong, northerly winds to develop over northern New England, bringing in cold air from eastern Canada. The combination of the wind and cold temperatures produced extreme wind chill temperatures across sections of the state. Wind chill temperatures dipped to between -25 and -30 in areas of western Maine.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Central Somerset
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Interior Cumberland
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Interior Waldo
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Interior York
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Kennebec
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Franklin
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Oxford
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Franklin
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Oxford
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 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)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Southern Somerset
- When
- January 27, 9:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 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)
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
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 27 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, January 27, 2000
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 27 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27 to 28, 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: 5131189, 5131190, 5131191, 5131192, 5131193, 5131194, 5131195, 5131196, 5131197, 5131198, 5131199.