Heavy Snow, Androscoggin
- When
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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, March 6 to 31, 2001
The accumulated weight of snow and mixed precipitation during March caused numerous buildings to collapse throughout western Maine. Although the major accumulating snow ended across the state in late March, problems with building collapses continued into mid April.
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 accumulated weight of snow and mixed precipitation during March caused numerous buildings to collapse throughout western Maine. Although the major accumulating snow ended across the state in late March, problems with building collapses continued into mid April.
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 5, 9:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 9:05 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
905 PM EST MON MAR 5 2001
LOW CONTS TO DEEPEN S OF CAPE COD AND APPEARS A LTL DEEPER THAN
ETA/AVN AT 00Z. HEAVY SNOWBANDS BEGINING TO MOVE NWWD INTO FA.
WINDS HAVE ALREADY REACHED NEAR BLIZZARD CRITERIA ACROSS PTNS OF
COASTAL AND ADJACENT ZONES WITH WIND EXPCTD TO INCREASE FURTHER
OVNT. WITH THAT IN MIND WILL UPGRADE TO BLIZZARD WARNING FOR
COASTAL AND ADJACENT ZONES WITH THIS UPDATE.
IN ADDITION SFC LOW WILL ELONGATE E/W OVNT CREATING LONG ELY FETCH.
THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED WINDS AND BRING STORM SURGE OF 2 TO
2.5 FEET TUE AM. THIS WILL BRING HI TIDE HEIGHTS OVER 12 FEET ALONG
WITH WAVES OF 15 TO 25 FT. WILL ISSUE COASTAL FLOOD WARNING THIS
PACKAGE.
WILL ALSO MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO WINDS IN ZONES BUT WILL LEAVE
REST OF ZONES AS IS.
GYX...MARINE STORM WARNING.
BLIZZARD WARNING NHZ 10-13-14 MEZ18>22/23>28
WINTER STORM WARNING REST OF ZONES.
COASTAL FLOOD WARNING NHZ14 MEZ23>28
SJBThe 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- March 6, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 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
- Storm Surge in Maine, March 6 to 7, 2001
- Storm Surge in New Hampshire, March 6 to 7, 2001
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Virginia, March 6, 2001
- Strong Wind in Virginia, March 6 to 7, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 6, 2001
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 6 to 7, 2001
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 6 to 31, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 6, 2001
- Strong Wind in West Virginia, March 6 to 7, 2001
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, March 6, 2001
- High Wind in North Carolina, March 6, 2001
- Blizzard in North Carolina, March 6, 2001
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, March 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: 5237075, 5237076, 5237077, 5237078, 5237079, 5237080, 5237081, 5237082, 5237083, 5237084, 5237085, 5237086, 5237087, 5237088, 5237089, 5237090, 5237091.