Maine, 2025

Winter Weather in Maine, March 8, 2025

March 8, 2025 · NWS CAR · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A tight pressure gradient between intense low pressure near Labrador and high pressure across the Great Lakes supported gusty winds during the 8th. with local gusts to around 50 mph.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

A tight pressure gradient between intense low pressure near Labrador and high pressure across the Great Lakes supported gusty winds during the 8th. West to northwest winds generally gusted to 35 to 40 mph...with local gusts to around 50 mph. These winds combined with the 7 to 10 inches of snow which had fallen on the 7th produced extensive blowing and drifting snow across Aroostook county. Visibilities were reduced to a half mile or less at times with significant drifting across some roads. The reduced visibilities and drifting led to very hazardous driving conditions...accidents...along with temporary road closures. The greatest impacts occurred on roads along open agricultural areas exposed to the west/northwest winds. Winds gradually decreased during the evening of the 8th which allowed for improving conditions.

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 Mar 7, 5:40 PM EST, 16 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 5:40 PM EST, 16 hours 20 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Northwest Aroostook

When
March 8, 10:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Northwest Aroostook forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

West to northwest winds generally gusted to 35 to 40 mph...with local gusts to around 50 mph. The winds combined with 7 to 10 inches of recently fallen snow to produce significant blowing and drifting snow. Visibilities were reduced to a half mile or less at times with significant drifting across some roads. The reduced visibilities and drifted snow led to very hazardous driving conditions...accidents...along with temporary road closures. The greatest impacts occurred on roads along open agricultural areas exposed to the west/northwest winds.

Winter Weather, Northeast Aroostook

When
March 8, 10:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Northeast Aroostook forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

West to northwest winds generally gusted to 35 to 40 mph...with local gusts to around 50 mph. The winds combined with 7 to 10 inches of recently fallen snow to produce significant blowing and drifting snow. Visibilities were reduced to a half mile or less at times with significant drifting across some roads. The reduced visibilities and drifted snow led to very hazardous driving conditions...accidents...along with temporary road closures. The greatest impacts occurred on roads along open agricultural areas exposed to the west/northwest winds.

Winter Weather, Southeast Aroostook

When
March 8, 10:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
Where
Southeast Aroostook forecast zone
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
46.659, -68.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

West to northwest winds generally gusted to 35 to 40 mph...with local gusts to around 50 mph. The winds combined with 7 to 10 inches of recently fallen snow to produce significant blowing and drifting snow. Visibilities were reduced to a half mile or less at times with significant drifting across some roads. The reduced visibilities and drifted snow led to very hazardous driving conditions...accidents...along with temporary road closures. The greatest impacts occurred on roads along open agricultural areas exposed to the west/northwest winds.

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1244461, 1244462, 1244463.