Maine

Storm History: Androscoggin County, Maine

471 episodes, 588 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Androscoggin County, Maine: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
588
Deaths
1
Injuries
4
Damage
$44 million
Episodes
471

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heavy Snow11800
Hail9000$98,000
Thunderstorm Wind6700
Flash Flood5800$4.5 million
Winter Storm4300
Flood3800$2.7 million
Strong Wind3310$5,000
High Wind2200$20,000
Drought2100$1.0 million
Tornado2001$3.0 million
Winter Weather1800
Cold/Wind Chill1500
Lightning1203$41,000
Blizzard1200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800
Ice Storm500$32 million
Heavy Rain200
Heat200
Tropical Storm200
Frost/Freeze100
Excessive Heat100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Androscoggin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Androscoggin CountyEvery warning in Androscoggin County since 1986Every county in Maine

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.