Maine

Storms in Maine in 2008

670 events in 135 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maine in 2008, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Maine in 2008 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • 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 year

Events
670
Deaths
2
Injuries
0
Damage
$35 million
Episodes
135

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heavy Snow15600
Thunderstorm Wind11700
Hail9900
Winter Storm7600
Flood7500$17 million
High Wind4900
Flash Flood2500$4.0 million
Ice Storm2200$13 million
Blizzard1800
Lightning920$815,000
Heavy Rain600
Coastal Flood500$10,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Storm Surge/Tide300$25,000
Funnel Cloud200
Tropical Storm200
Dust Devil100$10,000
High Surf100$24,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2008

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March 2008

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May 2008

June 2008

July 2008

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September 2008

October 2008

November 2008

December 2008

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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.