Heavy Snow, Androscoggin
- When
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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 in Maine, February 5 to 6, 2001
A low pressure center that developed off the North Carolina coast on the morning of the 5th, and moved northeastward to Nova Scotia by the morning of the 6th, brought heavy snow to all of western and central Maine. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 1 to 2 feet across the area, with the higher amounts falling in the western foothills.
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 that developed off the North Carolina coast on the morning of the 5th, and moved northeastward to Nova Scotia by the morning of the 6th, brought heavy snow to all of western and central Maine. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 1 to 2 feet across the area, with the higher amounts falling in the western foothills.
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 5, 2:37 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 2:37 PM EST, 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
237 PM EST MON FEB 5 2001
WRKZFP AVBL.
INTENSIFYING UPR LO TO MV NE THRU FA AND FCST WATERS TNGT AND EARLY
TUE AND INTO THE MARITIMES THRFTR. A WK TROF TO PASS THRU FA LATE
TUE NGT/ERLY WED...FLLWD BY UPR RDG. AT SFC...INTENSIFYING LO OFF
DELMARVA CST TO ME OVR CAPE COD AND INTO GULF OF ME TNGT AND INTO
THE MARITIMES THRFTR. THIS WILL GIVE THE FA SIGNIFICANT SNWFAL WITH
SRN NH AND SW ME RCVNG THE MOST WITH A TOTAL OF 8 TO 14 INCHES...
MTNS AND NRN NH...6 TO 10 INCHES AND 8 TO 12 IN BETWEEN. WNTR STM
WRNG TNGT INTO TUE MRNG. DID VERY LITTLE WITH XTENDED AS THE
IMPENDING SNOWFALL EVENT TOOK UP MUCH OF THE TIME.
GYX...WINTER STORM WARNING ENTIRE AREA
GLW
AJSThe 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
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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 Waldo
- When
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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, Coastal York
- When
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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, Knox
- When
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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, Lincoln
- When
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Southern Franklin
- When
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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, Southern Oxford
- When
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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
- February 5, 3:00 PM EST to February 6, 7:00 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
- 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 Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Weather in New York, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in New York, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Massachusetts, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Weather in Vermont, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Winter Storm in Maine, February 5 to 6, 2001
- Heavy Snow and Sleet in New Jersey, February 5, 2001
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 5, 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: 5232512, 5232513, 5232514, 5232515, 5232516, 5232517, 5232518, 5232586, 5232587, 5232588, 5232589, 5232590, 5232591, 5232592, 5232593, 5232594, 5232595.