then exited across the maritimes during the morning of the 30th. Snow began during the afternoon of the 29th and persisted into the early morning hours of the 30th.
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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.
Low pressure tracked northeast across the Gulf of Maine through the overnight hours of the 29th...then exited across the maritimes during the morning of the 30th. Snow began during the afternoon of the 29th and persisted into the early morning hours of the 30th. Warning criteria snow accumulations occurred from the late evening hours of the 29th into the early morning hours of the 30th. Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 6 to 12 inches...with local totals up to around 15 inches across southeast Aroostook county.
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 Nov 29, 9:54 AM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
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3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 7 to 12 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 9 to 12 inches...with local totals up to around 15 inches.
Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 6 to 10 inches...with local totals up to around 12 inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, November 2016
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: 666376, 666377, 666381.