Maine

Storm History: Penobscot County, Maine

767 episodes, 1,580 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Penobscot 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
1,580
Deaths
0
Injuries
74
Damage
$49 million
Episodes
767

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
Winter Storm26700
Heavy Snow220040
Hail20300
Thunderstorm Wind20102
High Wind11300
Flood9000$5.3 million
Winter Weather8000
Tornado7305$308,000
Flash Flood6602$265,000
Heat5500
Cold/Wind Chill4600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3700
Blizzard3600
Drought2700
Strong Wind2001
Ice Storm1400$43 million
Coastal Flood1300
Tropical Storm600
Lightning400$20,000
Excessive Heat400
Sleet300
Dense Fog1024
Dust Devil100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Penobscot County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Penobscot CountyEvery warning in Penobscot 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.