![]() ![]() There were heavy snowfall amounts across New England with a large swath of 1–2 feet (0.30–0.61 m) from Upstate New York to Eastern Maine. Preparations and impact Northeastern United States Map of observed snowfall accumulations in the Northeastern United States from the storm Over 25 inches (64 cm) of snow in the Mid Coast of Maine after the storm The low-pressure continued slowly weakening before dissipating early on February 15. It began moving again on December 14, moving into Canada and beginning to weaken. The system then slowed its movement down, stalling out in the Gulf of Maine and resulting in prolonged periods of heavy snow. The system then underwent bombogenesis off the Mid-Atlantic coast on February 13, deepening to a peak intensity of 968 millibars (28.6 inHg) at 18:00 UTC on February 13. It quickly moved eastwards into the Mid-Atlantic states by 18:00 UTC, with precipitation bands developing by that time. The system originated as a weak low-pressure system over the Great Lakes region early on February 12, which quickly began to strengthen due to abundant moisture. It was unofficially named Winter Storm Orson by The Weather Channel. The system caused 2 fatalities and is estimated to have caused over $3.9 million (2017 USD) in damages. This blizzard was more localized and less widespread than the previous storm, but snow totals were higher in some areas, including portions of Maine and Vermont. It impacted the Northeastern United States less than a week after the February 9–11, 2017 North American blizzard. The February 12–14, 2017 North American blizzard was a strong and historic nor'easter that affected the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada from February 12–14. For example, Caribou only received 23.7 inches Jan 24 to Feb 3.Part of the 2016–17 North American winter 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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