Maine

Storm History: Washington County, Maine

572 episodes, 1,101 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
1,101
Deaths
0
Injuries
6
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
572

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 Storm22800
Heavy Snow19700
High Wind15700
Hail6802$102,000
Winter Weather5800
Flood5600$954,000
Blizzard5400
Thunderstorm Wind5100
Heat3600
Cold/Wind Chill3100
Drought2700
Coastal Flood2400
Tornado2204$300,000
Flash Flood2200$1.2 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2000
Ice Storm1400$17 million
Strong Wind1300
Tropical Storm1200
Lightning300$40,000
Excessive Heat300
Tropical Depression200
Hurricane (Typhoon)100
Storm Surge/Tide100$38,000
Waterspout100

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 Washington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.