Maine, 2007Extreme Cold in Maine, January 16 to 17, 2007
January 16 to 17, 2007 · NWS CAR · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
Wind chills of 35 to 40 below zero occurred across the region.
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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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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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.
Wind chills of 35 to 40 below zero occurred across the region.
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 16, 3:10 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 16, 3:10 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Central Piscataquis
- When
- January 16, 9:00 PM EST to January 17, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Central Piscataquis forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills of 35 to 40 below zero occurred.|
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northwest Aroostook
- When
- January 16, 9:00 PM EST to January 17, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Northwest Aroostook forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills of 35 to 40 below zero occurred.|
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northeast Aroostook
- When
- January 16, 9:00 PM EST to January 17, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Northeast Aroostook forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills of 35 to 40 below zero occurred.|
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Somerset
- When
- January 16, 9:00 PM EST to January 17, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills of 35 to 40 below zero occurred.|
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Northern Piscataquis
- When
- January 16, 9:00 PM EST to January 17, 2:30 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Piscataquis forecast zone
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wind chills of 35 to 40 below zero occurred.|
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 9013, 9015, 9016, 9017, 9018.