east-central Maine and the central Maine highlands. across central Penobscot county to northern Washington county and portions of southeast Aroostook county.
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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 tracking across the Gulf of Maine to Nova Scotia brought the first significant snow of the season to portions of Downeast Maine...east-central Maine and the central Maine highlands. Snow began during the night of the 29th...then persisted through the morning of the 30th.|The heaviest snow accumulations occurred in a line from southern Piscataquis county...across central Penobscot county to northern Washington county and portions of southeast Aroostook county. Accumulations in this band generally ranged from 5 to 8 inches...with localized totals to around 10 inches. Accumulations across Downeast Maine varied significantly...ranging from less than an inch up to 7 inches.|Temperatures remained above freezing through much of the storm...leading to a heavy wet snow which weighed down branches and power lines. The heavy wet snow combined with wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph along the coast and 30 to 40 mph inland to snap branches...topple trees and bring down power lines. Thousands of customers lost power for varying amounts of time during the storm.
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 Oct 29, 11:43 PM EST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.
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5 heavy snow, 2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 7 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 8 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 5 to 11 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 7 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 8 inches. The greatest accumulations occurred across southern portions of the zone.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 1 to 6 inches. Heavy wet snow combined with wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph to snap branches and bring down trees and power lines which contributed to power outages.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 2 to 6 inches. Heavy wet snow combined with wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph to snap branches and bring down trees and power lines which contributed to power outages.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, October 2011
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: 351375, 351376, 351377, 351379, 351378, 351380, 351381.