Occluding low pressure system to the north moves east, further into Canada. Associated warm front moved through the state Tuesday evening, March 31st, and associated cold front moved through Maine quickly behind it on Wednesday, April 1st.
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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.
Occluding low pressure system to the north moves east, further into Canada. Associated warm front moved through the state Tuesday evening, March 31st, and associated cold front moved through Maine quickly behind it on Wednesday, April 1st. Downeast region saw some snowfall early Tuesday morning, and alongside the warm front, mid-level warm air advection created a prime environment for some sleet development. Precipitation began as snow in the north, freezing rain/sleet in the Central Highlands, and rain Downeast. As the cold front quickly swept through the region, tanking temperatures. and resulting in more mixed precipitation. By the time the system fully moved through the region by Wednesday, roughly, 1/2 to just under 1 inch of sleet fell in Aroostook county. Roughly 0.1 to 0.25 inches of freezing rain fell in southern Aroostook, Piscataquis and northern Penobscot counties. Event continues into April 1st. System resulted in messy travel conditions.
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 31, 6:32 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.
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7 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Roughly 2-3 inches of snowfall fell during the evening of the 31st. Frenchville ASOS reported a trace of freezing rain by April 1st.
Roughly 1-2 inches of snowfall and sleet fell during the evening of the 31st. Frenchville ASOS reported a trace of freezing rain by April 1st.
Roughly 1-2 inches of snowfall and sleet fell during the evening of the 31st.
Roughly 1-2 inches of snowfall and sleet fell during the evening of the 31st.
Roughly 1-2 inches of snowfall and sleet fell during the evening of the 31st. Millinocket ASOS reported a 0.21 inches of freezing rain.
Roughly 1-2 inches of snowfall and sleet fell during the evening of the 31st. Houlton ASOS reported a 0.11 inches of freezing rain by April 1st.
Roughly 1-2 inches of snowfall and sleet fell during the evening of the 31st. NWS Employee measured 0.20 inches of freezing rain by the morning of April 1st.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Maine in 2026Every state in 2026This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, March 2026
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: 1326369, 1326370, 1326371, 1326372, 1326374, 1326375, 1326376.