Heavy Snow, Androscoggin
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Androscoggin forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.166, -70.206 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Maine, January 18, 2009
An area of low pressure moving through the Great Lakes and a secondary low that developed in the Gulf of Maine combined to produce heavy snow across the state. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 8 to 16 across most of the western half of the state.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 17 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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 GYX wrote it up.
An area of low pressure moving through the Great Lakes and a secondary low that developed in the Gulf of Maine combined to produce heavy snow across the state. Snowfall amounts generally ranged from 8 to 16 across most of the western half of the state.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
17 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Central Somerset
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Central Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Cumberland
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal Waldo
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal Waldo forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Coastal York
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Coastal York forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior Cumberland
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Cumberland forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.806, -70.330 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior Waldo
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior Waldo forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.485, -69.122 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Interior York
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Interior York forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.429, -70.670 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Kennebec
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Kennebec forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.409, -69.767 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Knox
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.076, -69.126 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Lincoln
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.998, -69.526 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Franklin
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Northern Oxford
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Oxford forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sagadahoc
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sagadahoc forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.912, -69.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Franklin
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.974, -70.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Oxford
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Oxford forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -70.757 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Southern Somerset
- When
- January 18, 3:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southern Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 18, 2009
- Lake-Effect Snow in Pennsylvania, January 18 to 19, 2009
- Lake-Effect Snow in Ohio, January 18, 2009
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 18, 2009
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 18 to 19, 2009
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New York, January 18, 2009
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 18, 2009
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 18 to 19, 2009
- Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 18, 2009
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 18 to 21, 2009
- Winter Weather in Kentucky, January 18 to 19, 2009
- High Wind in Nebraska, January 18, 2009
More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 149655, 149656, 149657, 149658, 149659, 149660, 149661, 149662, 149663, 149664, 149665, 149666, 149667, 149668, 149669, 149670, 149671.