Maine

Storm History: Aroostook County, Maine

861 episodes, 2,010 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Aroostook 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
2,010
Deaths
6
Injuries
34
Damage
$19 million
Episodes
861

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
Thunderstorm Wind29201
Hail28700$1.5 million
Winter Storm27310
Heavy Snow25900
Flash Flood16814$445,000
Winter Weather133014
Tornado13215$1.0 million
Flood10610$12 million
High Wind9400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill7500
Cold/Wind Chill6200
Blizzard3611
Drought2200
Heat2100
Ice Storm1400$4.1 million
Strong Wind1210
Coastal Flood800
Sleet500
Tropical Storm501
Funnel Cloud200
Excessive Heat200
Heavy Rain104
Lightning104

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 Aroostook County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Aroostook CountyEvery warning in Aroostook 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.