Maine

Storm History: Piscataquis County, Maine

635 episodes, 1,232 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Piscataquis 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
1,232
Deaths
4
Injuries
12
Damage
$3.8 million
Episodes
635

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 Storm24800
Heavy Snow21500
Hail10612
Thunderstorm Wind10400
Flood7900$1.2 million
Winter Weather7800
High Wind6900
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill6900
Flash Flood6110$529,000
Cold/Wind Chill5222
Tornado3301$25,000
Blizzard3000
Drought2500
Heat1800
Strong Wind1200
Ice Storm1100$2.0 million
Coastal Flood800
Tropical Storm600
Sleet400
Lightning307
Excessive Heat100

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 Piscataquis CountyEvery warning in Piscataquis 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.