Heavy Snow, Androscoggin
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Androscoggin forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.166, -70.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Maine, April 1 to 15, 2001
The weight of snow and mixed precipitation that fell during March and early April caused numerous buildings to collapse throughout western Maine through mid April. Although most of the accumulating snow ended across the state in late March, problems with building collapses continued into mid April as the snow melted.
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.
The weight of snow and mixed precipitation that fell during March and early April caused numerous buildings to collapse throughout western Maine through mid April. Although most of the accumulating snow ended across the state in late March, problems with building collapses continued into mid April as the snow melted.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 31, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 930 PM EST SAT MAR 31 2001 AGREE WITH PREV DSCN AND FCST. WILL NOT UPDATE AS FCST LOOKS GREAT. SEAS CONT TO BE AROUND THE 6 FT MARK...SO WILL KEEP SCA UP. SEAS SHD SUBSD OVRNGT...WILL LKLY BE DROPPED WITH NXT PKG. GYX...SCA AJS
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, Central Somerset
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Central Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Waldo
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Waldo forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal York
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal York forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior Cumberland
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior Waldo
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Waldo forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior York
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Interior York forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kennebec
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Kennebec forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.409, -69.767 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Knox
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.076, -69.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lincoln
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.998, -69.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Franklin
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Oxford
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Oxford forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sagadahoc
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Sagadahoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.912, -69.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Franklin
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Oxford
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Oxford forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Somerset
- When
- April 1, 12:00 AM EST to April 15, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (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
- Flooding in Minnesota, April 1 to 30, 2001
- Flooding in Wisconsin, April 1 to 30, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Flood in North Dakota, April 1 to 15, 2001
- Flooding in South Dakota, April 1 to 16, 2001
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, April 1 to 4, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 1, 2001
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, April 2001
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: 5240978, 5240979, 5240980, 5240981, 5240982, 5240983, 5240984, 5240985, 5240986, 5240987, 5240988, 5240989, 5240990, 5240991, 5240992, 5240993, 5240994.