Maine, 2025

Winter Weather in Maine, February 6 to 7, 2025

February 6 to 7, 2025 · NWS CAR · 10 events in 10 counties and zones

Primary low pressure tracked from the northern Great Lakes to western Quebec province during the 6th. a fast moving weak secondary low tracked from southern New England across Downeast areas through the 6th, and then exited during the early morning hours of the 7th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
10

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 CAR wrote it up.

Primary low pressure tracked from the northern Great Lakes to western Quebec province during the 6th. At the same time...a fast moving weak secondary low tracked from southern New England across Downeast areas through the 6th, and then exited during the early morning hours of the 7th. Snow expanded northward across the region through the afternoon of the 6th. The snow then ended...from south to north...through the evening of the 6th into the early morning hours of the 7th. Maximum snow totals with this event ranged from 4 to 6 inches from central Piscataquis county...across Penobscot county...to Washington county. Snow total decreased to 1 to 3 inches across northern Maine.

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 Caribou, ME wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 6, 9:59 AM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 9:59 AM EST, 1 minute before
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Event by event

10 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Central Penobscot

When
February 6, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Central Penobscot forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 4 inches.

Winter Weather, Southern Penobscot

When
February 6, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Southern Penobscot forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 4 inches.

Winter Weather, Interior Hancock

When
February 6, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Interior Hancock forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 4 inches.

Winter Weather, Central Washington

When
February 6, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Central Washington forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 4 inches.

Winter Weather, Coastal Hancock

When
February 6, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Coastal Hancock forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
44.563, -68.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 4 inches.

Winter Weather, Coastal Washington

When
February 6, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Coastal Washington forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 4 to 6 inches.

Winter Weather, Southern Piscataquis

When
February 6, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Southern Piscataquis forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 4 inches.

Winter Weather, Northern Washington

When
February 6, 10:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
Where
Northern Washington forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
44.970, -67.609 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 4 inches.

Winter Weather, Northern Penobscot

When
February 6, 12:00 PM EST to February 7, 2:00 AM EST
Where
Northern Penobscot forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
45.401, -68.649 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 4 inches.

Winter Weather, Central Piscataquis

When
February 6, 12:00 PM EST to February 7, 2:00 AM EST
Where
Central Piscataquis forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 5 inches.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1235962, 1235963, 1235964, 1235965, 1235966, 1235967, 1235968, 1235969, 1235960, 1235961.