Maine

Storm History: Cumberland County, Maine

700 episodes, 1,360 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cumberland 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
1,360
Deaths
7
Injuries
22
Damage
$131 million
Episodes
700

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
Hail27211$610,000
Heavy Snow23400
Thunderstorm Wind17701$678,000
Winter Storm9400
Strong Wind7111$1.6 million
Flood6300$18 million
Flash Flood5930$49 million
High Wind5401$175,000
Coastal Flood5401$1.6 million
Drought5400$3.1 million
Lightning38212$1.5 million
Tornado3704$73,000
Winter Weather3300
Blizzard2900
Cold/Wind Chill2800
Storm Surge/Tide1700$547,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1600
Ice Storm800$53 million
Tropical Storm500$40,000
Heavy Rain400
Heat400
High Surf301$25,000
Frost/Freeze300
Excessive Heat200
Hurricane (Typhoon)100

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.

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Cumberland CountyEvery warning in Cumberland 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.