Winter Weather, Androscoggin
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather in Maine, February 25 to 26, 2001
A deep low pressure system over the western Great Lakes on the morning of the 25th moved northeast to central Quebec by the morning of the 26th. Warmer air ahead of the system pushed northward through the mid-Atlantic states, but encountered a cold dome of high pressure over northern New England.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 14 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
- 14
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 deep low pressure system over the western Great Lakes on the morning of the 25th moved northeast to central Quebec by the morning of the 26th. Warmer air ahead of the system pushed northward through the mid-Atlantic states, but encountered a cold dome of high pressure over northern New England. The result was a mixture of precipitation across the western and central part of the state with the precipitation starting in all areas as snow, but changing to sleet and/or freezing rain in most areas south of the mountains. Along the immediate coast of southwestern Maine, the precipitation eventually changed to rain before ending as temperatures warmed above freezing. Snow and sleet accumulations generally ranged from 2 to 4 inches across the entire area.
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 Feb 25, 3:00 AM EST, 5 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 3:00 AM EST, 5 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 300 AM EST SUN FEB 25 2001 WRKZFP AVBL UPR TRF AND SFC LO OVR GTLAKES TO MV THRU SRN QUEBEC...SPAWNG SCNDRY SFC LO IN GULF OF ME LATE TNGT AND MON. THIS SYSTM WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MVS INTO MARITIMES THRFTR. ZNL FLO TO SET UP OVR FA MON NGT. GOING WITH WNTR WX ADVSRY ALL ZNS TDY INTO TNGT SHD BGN AS SNW WITH N AND MTNS BOTH STATES ESSNTLLY SNW WITH A MIX OF SLEET...TTL ACCMLTN 3 TO 6 INCHES. RST OF ZNS SNW CHNGNG TO OR MXG WITH SLT TDY AND MAY MIX WITH FRZG RAIN THIS EVNG BFR TAPRNG TO SNW SHWRS...TTL ACCMLTN 2 TO 5 INCHES. MON...MRNG SNW SHWRS GIVNG WAY TO PTLY SNY IN AFTN. FCSTID = 5 .GYX...GALES WRNG IN EFFECT ME...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY INTO TONIGHT FOR ZONES MEZ007>009...MEZ012>014...MEZ018>028. NH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY INTO TONIGHT ZONES NHZ001>010 ...NHZ013>014.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
14 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Coastal Waldo
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Coastal York
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Interior Cumberland
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Interior Waldo
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Interior York
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Kennebec
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Knox
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Lincoln
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Sagadahoc
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Southern Franklin
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Southern Oxford
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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)
Winter Weather, Southern Somerset
- When
- February 25, 8:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 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
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in Colorado, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Ohio, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in New York, February 25 to 26, 2001
- Blizzard in Iowa, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Missouri, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 25, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Wisconsin, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Ohio, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in West Virginia, February 25, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, February 25, 2001
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 25, 2001
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, February 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: 5232682, 5232683, 5232684, 5232685, 5232686, 5232687, 5232688, 5232689, 5232690, 5232691, 5232692, 5232693, 5232694, 5232695.