Heavy Snow, Coastal Hancock
- When
- December 9, 7:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Hancock forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Maine, December 9, 2005
Intensifying low pressure tracking through the Gulf of Maine brought snow to the region. with 4 to 7 inches of storm total snow accumulation across much of the region through the evening.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
Intensifying low pressure tracking through the Gulf of Maine brought snow to the region. Snow began during the morning of the 9th...with 4 to 7 inches of storm total snow accumulation across much of the region through the evening. However...lesser accumulations were reported near the immediate coast of Washington county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Coastal Washington
- When
- December 9, 7:00 PM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -67.609 (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
- Flood and High Wind in Massachusetts, December 9, 2005
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Rhode Island, December 9, 2005
- Winter Weather in Vermont, December 9, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 9, 2005
- Winter Weather in New York, December 9, 2005
- Ice Storm in North Carolina, December 9, 2005
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, December 9, 2005
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 9, 2005
- Winter Storm in Vermont, December 9, 2005
- Winter Weather in Virginia, December 9, 2005
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 9, 2005
- Heavy Snow in New York, December 9, 2005
More
Every storm in Maine in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, December 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5483754, 5483755.