10/9/2023 0 Comments Maine storm totals![]() ![]() : 30 Such a favorable cold air damming happens with an east to northeasterly flow in the St. Typically, a warm air mass will travel northward along the Mississippi Valley and overrun a shallow layer of cold air trapped at the surface. : 16 Background įreezing rain is common in the eastern half of Canada and New England, generally occurring at the narrow boundary between cold air from the east and north and moist air from the south. The ice storm led to the largest deployment of Canadian military personnel since the Korean War, with over 16,000 Canadian Forces personnel deployed, 12,000 in Quebec and 4,000 in Ontario at the height of the crisis. It led to 34 fatalities, a shutdown of activities in large cities like Montreal and Ottawa, and an unprecedented effort in reconstruction of the power grid. Millions were left in the dark for periods varying from days to several weeks, and in some instances, months. It caused massive damage to trees and electrical infrastructure throughout the area, leading to widespread long-term power outages. ![]() The North American Ice Storm of 1998 (also known as the Great Ice Storm of 1998 or the January Ice Storm) was a massive combination of five smaller successive ice storms in January 1998 that struck a relatively narrow swath of land from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada, and bordering areas from northern New York to central Maine in the United States. (lesser effects in Central New York, western Ontario, and southern New England rain/flooding in the northern Appalachian Mountains) United States: 16 (plus 12 in floods in Southern States with same system) For example, Caribou only received 23.7 inches Jan 24 to Feb 3.Around 5 inches (130 mm) ( freezing rain) Northern Maine has gotten much less snow. Records for Robbinston only go back to 1994.Ī few other impressive totals from Downeast include 61.0 inches 2.5 miles SE of Hancock, 60 inches in Lamoine, and 44.6 inches East Surry. This shatters their 10 day record of 32.7 inches in Mar 1999. Robbinston COOP observer received 54.7 inches of snow in 10 days from Jan 24 to Feb 2. This shatters their old 10 day record of 35.5 inches in Dec 1964. The Machias COOP observer received 62.1 inches of snow since Jan 24. Basically, any way you put it, it was a very unusual snowy stretch for Bangor, which was even a lot less snowy than Eastport during this stretch. Records in Bangor go back to may of 1926. That still breaks the 7 day record of 39.7 inches from December 1927. For the 7 days from Jan 27 to Feb 2.Bangor had 40.2 inches. That breaks the 8 day snow record of 39.7 inches in December 1927. The Bangor airport received 44.5 inches of snow since January 24.much less than Eastport's 76.0 inches, but still record setting. While CoCoRaHS is not an official NWS/COOP station, this stat gives you a sense just how unusual this snowy period was not only for coastal Maine, but anywhere in the state. In fact, in looking at all the COOP or official NWS stations in the state of Maine, the most any station has gotten in 10 days is 71.0 inches at Ripogenus Dam around the turn of 19. The COOP station's 10 day snowfall record was 37.5 inches (Feb 2013), and the CoCoRaHS observer had 76.0 in 10 days. Although records from the CoCoRaHS site at Eastport do not go back very far, there was a COOP station in Eastport from 1895 to 2013. ![]() The CoCoRaHS observer in Eastport has gotten the most snow.with 76.0 inches since January 24. Here are some statistics for various places over Downeast. It is not uncommon to get a big storm or maybe two big storms in a row, but three to four in a row is very unusual. There were four significant storms.Jan 24-25, Jan 26-28, Jan 30-31, and Feb 2. How unusual was this very snowy stretch? Extremely unusual for Downeast for how much snow has occurred in a 7 to 10 day period. A Record Setting Snowy 7 to 10 Days for Downeast Maine. ![]()
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