before exiting through the maritimes during the 2nd. with lighter snow across extreme northwest Maine.
Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS CAR wrote it up.
Intensifying low pressure tracked from the southern New England coast to the coast of Maine during the 1st...before exiting through the maritimes during the 2nd. The storm brought heavy snow to much of northern and eastern Maine...with lighter snow across extreme northwest Maine. Snowfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour occurred at times with heavier snow bands which formed across portions of eastcentral Maine. Storm total snow accumulations of 10 to 15 inches were common across much of central and Downeast Maine. Totals of 12 to 18 inches...with local totals in excess of 20 inches...occurred across portions of eastcentral Maine where the heavier snow bands developed. Storm total snow accumulations across northeast Maine generally ranged from 4 to 8 inches. Winds of 15 to 25 mph contributed to significant blowing and drifting snow...with some gusts in excess of 30 mph near the Downeast coast.
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 Dec 31, 4:49 PM EST, 23 hours 11 minutes earlier.
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13 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 8 to 12 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 8 to 12 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 12 to 18 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 7 to 11 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 8 to 12 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 10 to 15 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 12 to 18 inches...with localized totals in excess of 20 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 10 to 15 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 10 to 15 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 12 to 18 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 12 to 18 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 4 to 8 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 8 to 12 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, January 2008
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: 73758, 73759, 73760, 73761, 73762, 73750, 73751, 73752, 73754, 73755, 73757, 73748, 73749.