Drought, Androscoggin
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought in Maine, November 1 to 30, 2001
Drought conditions continued to worsen throughout the western and mid-coast sections of the state as dry weather continued. Several towns in Maine instituted voluntary water restrictions; Boothbay Harbor initiated mandatory restrictions.
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.
Drought conditions continued to worsen throughout the western and mid-coast sections of the state as dry weather continued. Several towns in Maine instituted voluntary water restrictions; Boothbay Harbor initiated mandatory restrictions. The drought conditions were classified in the severe level according to the Plamer Drought Severity Index. The water level of Sebago Lake dropped to 21% below normal while reservoirs in the Kennebec and Androscoggin River Basins were 27% and 19% below normal, respectively. The Carrabassett River in North Anson recorded the lowest November streamflow in 82 years of record. Eight ground water monitoring wells in the state reached new November record low water levels, three of which recorded all time record low levels.
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 Oct 31, 8:52 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 8:52 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME
852 PM EST WED OCT 31 2001
WAA HAS COMMENCED AND AREAS OF MIXED RN/SNOW OVR SRN/CNTRL AREAS
OF ME/NH HAVE BECOME JUST LIQUID OVR THE LAST FEW HRS. WILL TAKE
OUT ANY MENTION OF SNOW XCPT IN THE NRN AND WRN MTNS OF ME/NH WHERE
S- CONTS TO FALL. NO OTHER CHNGS XPCTD ATTM.
MARINE: WINDS HAVE INCRD TO MIN SCA CRIT OVER THE LAST HR AND
XPCTG MORE OF THE SAME FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT AS PRES GRAD TIGHTENS
SOME. WILL ISSUE SCA IMMED.
GYX...ME...SCA.
NH...SCA.
MARINEThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Central Somerset
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Coastal Waldo
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Coastal York
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM 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)
Drought, Interior Cumberland
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Interior Waldo
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Interior York
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Kennebec
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Knox
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Lincoln
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Northern Franklin
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Northern Oxford
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Sagadahoc
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Southern Franklin
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Southern Oxford
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
Drought, Southern Somerset
- When
- November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 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)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Georgia, November 1 to 30, 2001
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- High Wind in North Dakota, November 1, 2001
- Drought in North Carolina, November 1 to 30, 2001
- Drought in Texas, November 1 to 30, 2001
- Drought in New Jersey, November 1 to 30, 2001
- Drought in Georgia, November 1 to 30, 2001
- Heavy Rain in West Virginia, November 1 to 30, 2001
- Drought in South Carolina, November 1 to 30, 2001
- Drought in New Hampshire, November 1 to 30, 2001
- High Wind in North Dakota, November 1, 2001
- High Wind in Montana, November 1, 2001
More
Every storm in Maine in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, November 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: 5273119, 5273120, 5273121, 5273122, 5273123, 5273124, 5273125, 5273126, 5273127, 5273128, 5273129, 5273186, 5273187, 5273188, 5273189, 5273190, 5273191.