Tornado in Maine
Every tornado event the National Weather Service has filed in Maine, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tornado episodes in Maine.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 140
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 20
- Damage
- $9.8 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornado in Maine, August 11, 1954
- Tornadoes in Maine, July 31, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Maine, June 30, 1971
- Tornado in Maine, September 4, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maine, June 18, 1994A tornado (confirmed by WSO Caribou) damaged residences and knocked down numerous trees and power lines along a 35 mile long intermittent path. The tornado was estimated 100 to 300 feet wide. Two St. Francis residents were injured.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maine, July 14, 1988
- Tornadoes in Maine, August 7, 1986
- Tornadoes in Maine, November 7, 1971
- Tornado in Maine, July 7, 1954
- Tornado in Maine, September 15, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Maine, August 15, 1958
- Tornado and Hail in Maine, June 10, 1965
- Tornado in Maine, October 10, 1966
- Tornado in Maine, July 8, 1996Strong thunderstorms produced an F-2 tornado with winds estimated to be 130 mph that touched down near the west shore of Cobbosseecontee Lake.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Maine, July 21, 2010Low pressure crossing southern Canada pushed a trailing cold front toward northern New England during the late afternoon and evening.
- Tornadoes in Maine, August 16, 1959
- Tornado and Hail in Maine, August 20, 1962
- Tornado in Maine, September 16, 1957
- Tornado in Maine, May 14, 1963
- Tornado in Maine, August 9, 2000An F2 tornado touched down in the town of Cornville in Somerset County downing numerous trees and damaging or destroying several buildings. The tornado touched down just after 7 pm in a wooded area just west of East Ridge Road.
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maine, July 1, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Maine, May 23, 1984
- Tornadoes in Maine, November 24, 2005A pair of waterspouts/tornadoes moved northward from the Gulf of Maine during the early afternoon of Thanksgiving Day. Earlier on that day, light snow had been falling across the area.
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Maine, October 29, 1963
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Maine, June 18, 1989
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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.