Maine

Storm History: Franklin County, Maine

491 episodes, 903 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Franklin 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
903
Deaths
2
Injuries
15
Damage
$26 million
Episodes
491

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 Snow23900
Hail10400
Flash Flood8410$13 million
Winter Storm8400
Thunderstorm Wind6002$150,000
Strong Wind5010$12,000
Drought4600$2.0 million
Flood4201$1.2 million
Winter Weather4202
Cold/Wind Chill3500
High Wind3400
Tornado1700$300,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1700
Blizzard1700
Lightning10010$422,000
Ice Storm700$9.2 million
Heavy Rain400$5,000
Heat400
Tropical Storm400
Coastal Flood200
Frost/Freeze100

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 Franklin CountyEvery warning in Franklin 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.