Heavy Snow, Androscoggin
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow in Maine, February 1, 2002
Low pressure moving east from the upper Ohio Valley and a second low that formed off the New England coast brought moderate to heavy snow to the area. The snow began on January 31st and continued until the evening of Feb.
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.
Low pressure moving east from the upper Ohio Valley and a second low that formed off the New England coast brought moderate to heavy snow to the area. The snow began on January 31st and continued until the evening of Feb. 1. In general, from 2 to 8 inches of snow fell with the greatest amounts occurring in the western mountains and in the southwestern part of the state.
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 Jan 31, 8:40 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 8:40 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 840 PM EST THU JAN 31 2002 SNOWFALL RATES OF AN INCH/HR BCMG COMMON ACRS MUCH OF SRN/CNTRL ME/NH ATTM WITH AMTS TOTALLING CLOSE TO 6 INCHES OVR MANY AREAS ALRDY. OVER THE LAST FEW HRS SNOW CHNGG TO SLEET OVR SERN NH AS WELL AS WRN NH AS OBSERVED BY LEB OBS. WILL NEED TO INCR THE LIMITS FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS OVR ALL OF SRN/CNTRL ME AND CNTRL NH BY A FEW INCHES. LAST HR 88D SHOWG HVIER BANDS OF PCPN DVLPG OVR NH AND SHUD BE MOVG INTO ME NEXT FEW HRS. AFT MIDNGT ALL INDICATIONS ARE FOR WAA TO OVERSPRD FA SO CHANGEOVER TIMG STILL ON TRACK AND LOOKS GOOD. SLEET AND ICE TO BE MAIN STORY IN THE ERLY MRNG AND FREEZG RN THRU THE DAY FRI SINCE TEMPS WILL STRUGGLE TO BREAK 32 DEGS. TEMP FCST LOOKS GOOD TNGT. .GYX... ME...WTR STRM WRNG THRU FRI MEZ007>009-012>014-018>028. NH...WTR STRM WRNG THRU FRI NHZ001>010-013-014. MARINE
The 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, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Coastal York
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Interior Cumberland
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Interior York
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Northern Franklin
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Northern Oxford
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Sagadahoc
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Southern Oxford
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Central Somerset
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Waldo
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Interior Waldo
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Kennebec
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Knox
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Lincoln
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Southern Franklin
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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)
Heavy Snow, Southern Somerset
- When
- February 1, 12:00 AM EST to 5:00 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
- 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
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- High Wind in Michigan, February 1, 2002
- Strong Wind in Virginia, February 1, 2002
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, February 1, 2002
- Winter Storm in New York, February 1, 2002
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 1, 2002
- Flooding in New York, February 1 to 2, 2002
- Winter Storm in Vermont, February 1, 2002
More
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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: 5280277, 5280278, 5280279, 5280280, 5280281, 5280282, 5280283, 5280284, 5280285, 5280286, 5280287, 5280288, 5280289, 5280290, 5280291, 5280292, 5280293.