Maine, 2005

Cold in Maine, January 21 to 22, 2005

January 21 to 22, 2005 · NWS CAR · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Temperatures falling to 10 to 20 degrees below zero and winds combined to produce wind chill values of 35 to 45 degrees below zero at times. High temperatures generally remained below zero during both the 21st and 22nd.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

Temperatures falling to 10 to 20 degrees below zero and winds combined to produce wind chill values of 35 to 45 degrees below zero at times. High temperatures generally remained below zero during both the 21st and 22nd.

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 Jan 21, 4:05 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 4:05 PM EST, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

3 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Cold/Wind Chill, Northeast Aroostook

When
January 21, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Northeast Aroostook forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Penobscot

When
January 21, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Northern Penobscot forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Cold/Wind Chill, Southeast Aroostook

When
January 21, 6:00 PM EST to January 22, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Southeast Aroostook forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Cold/Wind Chill
Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Every storm in Maine in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, January 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: 5435046, 5435047, 5435048.