Heavy Snow, Coastal Waldo
- When
- January 19, 7:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM 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 in Maine, January 19 to 20, 2010
An area of low pressure developed in the Gulf of Maine late on the 19th and early on the 20th. The storm brought heavy snow to coastal and interior sections of the mid-coast with 4 to 9 inches across much of the area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- 8
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 developed in the Gulf of Maine late on the 19th and early on the 20th. The storm brought heavy snow to coastal and interior sections of the mid-coast with 4 to 9 inches across much of the area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Interior Waldo
- When
- January 19, 7:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM 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, Kennebec
- When
- January 19, 7:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM 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 19, 7:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM 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 19, 7:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM 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, Sagadahoc
- When
- January 19, 7:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM 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 19, 7:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM 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 Somerset
- When
- January 19, 7:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM 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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in California, January 19, 2010
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, January 19, 2010
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in California, January 19 to 21, 2010
- Debris Flow and Flooding in California, January 19, 2010
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Utah, January 19 to 24, 2010
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, January 19 to 20, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Colorado, January 19 to 20, 2010
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Arizona, January 19 to 20, 2010
- Heavy Snow in Maine, January 19 to 20, 2010
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Utah, January 19 to 20, 2010
- High Wind in Texas, January 19 to 20, 2010
- Ice Storm in Iowa, January 19 to 20, 2010
More
Every storm in Maine in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, January 2010
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: 213741, 213743, 213744, 213745, 213746, 213747, 213748, 213749.