Winter Storm, Coastal Hancock
- When
- January 6, 2:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Hancock forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Maine, January 6, 2001
lifted through the Gulf of Maine that afternoon and evening. although isolated totals of 18 to 24 incheswere reported.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- 4
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 CAR wrote it up.
Low pressure developing along the southern New England coast during the early morning hours of the 6th...lifted through the Gulf of Maine that afternoon and evening. The storm generally produced6 to 12 inches of snow across extreme Downeast Maine...although isolated totals of 18 to 24 incheswere reported.
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 Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 5, 10:02 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 10:02 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CARIBOU ME
1002 PM EST FRI JAN 5 2001
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE NORTH OF LAKE ONTARIO WILL MOVE EAST AND WEAKEN. ANOTHER
LOW WILL FORM SOUTH OF CAPE COD BY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS LOW WILL TRACK
NORTHEAST SLIDING SOUTH OF NOVA SCOTIA SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
DISCUSSION...
WE WILL CONTINUE THE WATCH FOR ZONES 10/11/15>17/29/30. UPDATED MAINLY FOR
COSMETICS AND TO CLEAN UP WORDING. OTHERWISE...FIRST PERIOD OF FORECAST
LOOKS GOOD.
COASTAL WATERS: WILL CONTINUE WITH SCA OVERNIGHT. GALE WARN MAY BE NEEDED
SAT NGT AS WINDS CONTINUE TO BACK TO THE NORTH BEHIND THE INTENSIFYING SFC
LOW.
.CAR...WINTER STORM WATCH ZONES 10-11 SAT.
WINTER STORM WATCH ZONES 15>17/29/30 SAT INTO SAT NGT.
COASTAL WATERS...SCA.
FT/MFThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Coastal Washington
- When
- January 6, 2:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Interior Hancock
- When
- January 6, 2:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Hancock forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Interior Washington
- When
- January 6, 2:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, January 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: 5229671, 5229672, 5229673, 5229674.