Storms in Maine in 2002

530 events in 127 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maine in 2002, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Maine in 2002 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 530
Deaths: 2
Injuries: 3
Damage: $801,000
Episodes: 127

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Heavy Snow	143	0	0
Winter Storm	125	1	0
Thunderstorm Wind	70	0	1	$562,000
Strong Wind	61	1	0	$10,000
Winter Weather	51	0	0
Hail	29	0	0	$31,000
High Wind	20	0	0
Lightning	19	0	1	$138,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	4	0	0
Tornado	3	0	1	$60,000
Coastal Flood	2	0	0
Blizzard	2	0	0
Flash Flood	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

February 2002

March 2002

April 2002

May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

September 2002

October 2002

November 2002

December 2002

Every year in Maine Every state in 2002 Tornadoes in Maine in 2002 Warnings in Maine in 2002 2001 2003

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.