Maine, 2007Heavy Snow in Maine, January 15 to 16, 2007
January 15 to 16, 2007 · NWS CAR · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
Low pressure tracking across the Gulf of Maine toward Nova Scotia brought heavy snow to the region. with local accumulations of around 10 inches across southern portions of Piscataquis county.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Low pressure tracking across the Gulf of Maine toward Nova Scotia brought heavy snow to the region. Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 5 to 8 inches across the region...with local accumulations of around 10 inches across southern portions of Piscataquis county.
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 15, 3:54 AM EST, 6 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 3:54 AM EST, 6 hours 6 minutes before
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</html>Heavy Snow, Central Piscataquis
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Central Piscataquis forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 5 to 8 inches.
Heavy Snow, Southern Piscataquis
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Piscataquis forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 5 to 8 inches...with local totals of around 10 inches.|
Heavy Snow, Southern Penobscot
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Penobscot forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 5 to 8 inches. |
Heavy Snow, Interior Hancock
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Interior Hancock forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 5 to 8 inches. |
Heavy Snow, Central Washington
- When
- January 15, 10:00 AM EST to January 16, 4:00 AM EST
- Where
- Central Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 5 to 8 inches. |
- 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.
- Winter Storm in Texas, January 15 to 17, 2007$1.7 million · 26 events
- Flood in Ohio, January 15 to 19, 2007$200,000 · 1 event
- Ice Storm in New Hampshire, January 15, 2007$125,000 · 3 events
- Flash Flooding in Arkansas, January 15, 2007$68,000 · 2 events
- Winter Storm in New York, January 15, 2007$45,000 · 8 events
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 15, 2007$30,000 · 5 events
- Ice Storm in Texas, January 15, 2007$30,000 · 1 event
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Texas, January 15 to 18, 2007$20,000 · 8 events
- Ice Storm in New York, January 15 to 16, 200721 events
- Cold in Nebraska, January 15, 200720 events
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 15, 2007$20,000 · 4 events
- Ice Storm in Massachusetts, January 15, 20071 injured · $15,000 · 1 event
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: 9008, 9009, 9010, 9011, 9012.