Maine, 2013

Heavy Snow in Maine, December 14 to 15, 2013

December 14 to 15, 2013 · NWS GYX · 17 events in 17 counties and zones

A major winter storm located over the Mississippi Valley on the morning of the 14th moved northeast during the day. A secondary low developed off the Mid-Atlantic coast and intensified rapidly by the morning of the 15th.

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.

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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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.

A major winter storm located over the Mississippi Valley on the morning of the 14th moved northeast during the day. A secondary low developed off the Mid-Atlantic coast and intensified rapidly by the morning of the 15th. The secondary low continued to intensify as it moved through the Gulf of Maine during the morning of the 15th and into the Canadian Maritimes by the morning of the 16th. The low spread heavy snow across all of western Maine with amounts generally ranging from 8 to 14 inches.

What forecasters said that day

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 Gray, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 14, 3:23 PM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 3:23 PM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

17 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Androscoggin

When
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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, Central Somerset

When
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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
December 14, 9:00 PM EST to December 15, 3:00 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

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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 491574, 491575, 491576, 491577, 491578, 491579, 491580, 491582, 491583, 491584, 491585, 491586, 491587, 491588, 491589, 491592, 491593.