Maine, 2025Winter Weather in Maine, March 1, 2025
March 1, 2025 · NWS CAR · 6 events in 6 counties and zones
exiting across the Maritimes that night. Snow developed across the region through the early morning hours of the 1st in advance of the low.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
A fast moving clipper system crossed the region through the 1st...exiting across the Maritimes that night. Snow developed across the region through the early morning hours of the 1st in advance of the low. Snow then persisted through the afternoon into the evening. Storm total snow accumulations across northern Maine generally ranged from 4 to 6 inches...with local totals to around 8 inches. Snow totals decreased rapidly across central portions of the region.
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 28, 5:08 PM EST, 11 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 5:08 PM EST, 11 hours 52 minutes before
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</html>Winter Weather, Northwest Aroostook
- When
- March 1, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northwest Aroostook forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm total snow accumulations generally ranged from 4 to 6 inches...with localized totals up to around 8 inches.
Winter Weather, Northeast Aroostook
- When
- March 1, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northeast Aroostook forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 4 to 6 inches.
Winter Weather, Northern Somerset
- When
- March 1, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 45.514, -69.959 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 5 inches.
Winter Weather, Northern Piscataquis
- When
- March 1, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northern Piscataquis forecast zone
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 45.837, -69.284 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 3 to 5 inches.
Winter Weather, Southeast Aroostook
- When
- March 1, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Southeast Aroostook forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Storm total snow accumulations ranged from 4 to 6 inches.
Winter Weather, Northern Penobscot
- When
- March 1, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 PM 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 5 inches north...1 to 3 inches south.
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1244450, 1244451, 1244452, 1244453, 1244454, 1244455.