Heavy Snow in Maine, April 29, 2005

Name: Heavy Snow in Maine, April 29, 2005
Start: 2005-04-29T08:00
End: 2005-04-29T14:00
Location: Maine

April 29, 2005 · NWS CAR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Cold air wrapping around exiting low pressure changed rain to snow across northwest Aroostook county. The result was a late season snow event which produced 5 to 10 inches of heavy wet snow.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

Cold air wrapping around exiting low pressure changed rain to snow across northwest Aroostook county. The result was a late season snow event which produced 5 to 10 inches of heavy wet snow. The heavy wet snow accumulating on tree branches weighed down the branches causing then to contact power lines or snap and fall onto power lines...contributing to power outages. Around 3500 customers lost power at various times during this event.

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 Apr 28, 5:35 PM EST, 14 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 5:35 PM EST, 14 hours 25 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Northwest Aroostook

When: April 29, 8:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where: Northwest Aroostook forecast zone
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 46.659, -68.599 (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

Every storm in Maine in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Maine, April 2005

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5448432.