Maine

Storm History: York County, Maine

654 episodes, 1,219 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in York 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
1,219
Deaths
7
Injuries
23
Damage
$170 million
Episodes
654

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
Hail25011$210,000
Heavy Snow22600
Thunderstorm Wind15208$1.7 million
Winter Storm7100
Strong Wind7111$62,000
High Wind5301$240,000
Coastal Flood5200$5.1 million
Drought4600$2.2 million
Lightning40010$781,000
Flood3720$55 million
Winter Weather3500
Flash Flood3400$74 million
Tornado3202$3.2 million
Blizzard2900
Cold/Wind Chill2600
Storm Surge/Tide1600$2.3 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
High Surf710$224,000
Ice Storm610$25 million
Heavy Rain400
Heat400
Tropical Storm400
Funnel Cloud200
Frost/Freeze200
Excessive Heat200
Hurricane (Typhoon)100
Freezing Fog100
Dust Devil110

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.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in York County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in York CountyEvery warning in York 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.