Maine

Storm History: Oxford County, Maine

627 episodes, 1,192 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Oxford 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
1,192
Deaths
4
Injuries
7
Damage
$61 million
Episodes
627

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 Snow24600
Hail20310$1.0 million
Flash Flood13020$20 million
Thunderstorm Wind12000$67,000
Winter Storm8600
Flood8200$4.6 million
Tornado5700$65,000
Strong Wind4600$8,000
Drought4500$2.0 million
Winter Weather3700
High Wind3301$20,000
Cold/Wind Chill3300
Blizzard1800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1700
Lightning1606$489,000
Ice Storm810$33 million
Heat400
Tropical Storm400
Heavy Rain300
Coastal Flood200
Dust Devil100$10,000
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 Oxford CountyEvery warning in Oxford 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.