Heavy Snow, Androscoggin
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow in Maine, December 17 to 18, 2001
Low pressure moved from the Mississippi Valley on the morning of December 17th to near Long Island, New York by the morning of the 18th and then out to sea. The storm brought from 2 to 5 inches of snow across the mountains and 4 to 8 inches of snow in a band form southern Oxford County through northern Waldo County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 16 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
- 16
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 from the Mississippi Valley on the morning of December 17th to near Long Island, New York by the morning of the 18th and then out to sea. The storm brought from 2 to 5 inches of snow across the mountains and 4 to 8 inches of snow in a band form southern Oxford County through northern Waldo County. Farther south, the snow mixed with or changed to freezing rain and rain and snowfall accumulations were generally from near nothing along the coast in York County to 2 to 5 inches.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
16 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Interior Waldo
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Kennebec
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Southern Franklin
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Southern Oxford
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Southern Somerset
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Central Somerset
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Waldo
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Interior Cumberland
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Interior York
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Knox
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Lincoln
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Northern Franklin
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Northern Oxford
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Sagadahoc
- When
- December 17, 12:00 PM EST to December 18, 3:00 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)
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 Indiana, December 17, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, December 17, 2001
- Flooding in Arkansas, December 17 to 18, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, December 17, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 17 to 18, 2001
- Flooding in Illinois, December 17 to 18, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 17 to 18, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, December 17, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, December 17 to 18, 2001
- Flooding in Ohio, December 17, 2001
- Winter Storm in Maine, December 17 to 18, 2001
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, December 17, 2001
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, December 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5275296, 5275297, 5275298, 5275299, 5275300, 5275301, 5275302, 5275303, 5275304, 5275305, 5275306, 5275307, 5275308, 5275309, 5275310, 5275311.