Maine

Storms in Maine in 2023

663 events in 73 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maine in 2023, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Maine in 2023 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over Maine

The year

Events
663
Deaths
6
Injuries
9
Damage
$45 million
Episodes
73

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Winter Weather15100
Flash Flood10352$45 million
Winter Storm9600
Flood8600$10,000
Thunderstorm Wind4600$10,000
Heavy Snow4200
High Wind4200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3300
Tropical Storm1711
Hail1506
Frost/Freeze1300
Heat1200
Lightning400
Coastal Flood200
Debris Flow100

Every episode, month by month

January 2023

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September 2023

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November 2023

December 2023

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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.