MAINE, USA — It takes a very specific set of conditions to actually have a blizzard, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
You need:
- blowing or falling snow
- frequent wind gusts above 35 mph or sustained winds above 35 mph
- visibility at or below 1/4 mile
And all of that has to be for at least three hours.
This is why nor'easters aren't always blizzards. In this case, though, it verified for most weather stations in Maine.
Snow has been tough to measure since it keeps getting blown around, but there have still been some totals reported.
All snow totals, wind reports, and blizzard verifications are from the National Weather Service offices in Gray and Caribou.
This is the last update to this article. It's updated as of 5 p.m. Sunday.
...SNOWFALL REPORTS...
...Maine...
...Androscoggin County...
Location Amount Time/Date Provider
1.8 W Lisbon Falls 18.6 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
1 S Lisbon 18.0 in 1037 PM 01/29 Public
2 E Lewiston 16.0 in 1101 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
1 NNW Auburn 11.5 in 0913 AM 01/30 Public
2 N Lewiston 11.5 in 0847 AM 01/30 pUBLIC
4.0 SE Poland 10.2 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
Durham 0.8 S 10.0 in 0800 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Auburn 2.1 NNW 9.5 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
2 W Auburn 8.5 in 0800 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Turner 8.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
Lisbon 0.6 S 8.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
...Aroostook County...
1 E Houlton 15.0 in 1222 PM 01/30 Fire Dept/Rescue
1 ENE Orient 14.0 in 0806 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
1 WSW North Amity 13.3 in 0816 AM 01/30 Public
1 SE Presque Isle 13.0 in 0915 AM 01/30 Public
1 W Presque Isle 13.0 in 0943 AM 01/30 NWS Employee
Blaine 12.5 in 0807 AM 01/30 Public
3 SE New Limerick 12.5 in 1214 PM 01/30 Trained Spotter
2 SSE Castle Hill 12.4 in 0815 AM 01/30 NWS Employee
Caribou NWS 12.2 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
1 SSE Ashland 12.2 in 0740 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Smyrna Mills 12.0 in 0518 AM 01/30 Public
1 WNW Ashland 12.0 in 0746 AM 01/30 Public
2 NNW Danforth 11.8 in 1057 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
3 W Stockholm 11.5 in 0950 AM 01/30 Public
Caribou 3.0 SSW 10.5 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
1 ESE Presque Isle 10.5 in 0800 AM 01/30 Public
4 SSE Lille 10.0 in 0739 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
2 S Connor 10.0 in 1100 AM 01/30 NWS Employee
Van Buren 1 NNE 9.5 in 0500 AM 01/30 COOP
2 NE Fort Fairfield 8.5 in 0748 AM 01/30 NWS Employee
Fort Kent 1 SE 8.0 in 0539 AM 01/30 COOP
1 W Frenchville 8.0 in 0830 AM 01/30 Public
Lille 5.2 in 0438 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
...Cumberland County...
1 SSW Brunswick 18.0 in 0833 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
1 E Westbrook 16.0 in 0957 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
1 NW Freeport 15.0 in 0821 AM 01/30 NWS Employee
2 SSE Freeport 14.0 in 0312 AM 01/30 Public
1 NW Freeport 13.5 in 0735 PM 01/29 NWS Employee
South Portland 1.7 S 13.2 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Yarmouth 13.0 in 0857 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
2 WSW Falmouth 12.7 in 1255 AM 01/30 NWS Employee
Portland 5.4 NW 12.7 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Freeport 3.0 ENE 12.5 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
2 NW Portland 12.5 in 1001 PM 01/29 NWS Employee
2 NW Falmouth 12.3 in 0902 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Gray 1.5 NE 12.3 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
2 NE Gray 12.3 in 1030 PM 01/29 NWS Employee
2 NW Falmouth 12.1 in 0946 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
Gorham 11.4 in 1008 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
1 N Cumberland 11.0 in 0846 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
null Portland Jetport 11.0 in 0100 AM 01/30 ASOS
4 WSW New Gloucester 10.5 in 0815 AM 01/30 NWS Employee
2 SE New Gloucester 10.5 in 1028 AM 01/30 Public
Cape Elizabeth 1.0 NNW 10.5 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Standish 1.3 SSW 10.1 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
4 SSE Gorham 10.1 in 1035 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
Westbrook 3.1 N 9.2 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Cumberland Center 4.4 NW 9.1 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
2 SW South Portland 8.3 in 1257 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
1 S Portland Jetport 8.3 in 0918 AM 01/30 Public
3 W Pownal 8.1 in 0100 AM 01/30 Official NWS Obs
Gray, ME 8.1 in 0700 AM 01/30 HADS
2 E North Windham 8.0 in 0715 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
New Gloucester 3.0 SE 7.8 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
5 NNE East Baldwin 7.0 in 0955 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
Sebago 2.4 ESE 7.0 in 0500 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
...Franklin County...
6 WNW Madrid 12.3 in 0614 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Dallas 9.6 in 0915 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
New Sharon 2.0 NW 9.5 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
1.0 W Kingfield 9.5 in 0800 AM 01/30 COOP
Temple 1.8 W 6.5 in 0600 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Farmington 4.8 NNW 5.5 in 0900 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
0.9 E New Sharon 5.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
...Hancock County...
East Surry 17.5 in 0910 AM 01/30 CO-OP Observer
Seawall 16.0 in 0830 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
1 NE Lamoine 13.0 in 0900 AM 01/30 Public
2 WNW Ellsworth 12.0 in 0237 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
Ellsworth 12.0 in 0824 AM 01/30 Public
Dedham 2 SE 11.8 in 0730 AM 01/30 COOP
1 SSE Tremont 11.0 in 0804 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
1 ESE Orland 8.0 in 0400 PM 01/29 Public
...Kennebec County...
Clinton 17.0 in 0728 AM 01/30 Public
Randolph 16.5 in 0813 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Farmingdale 16.1 in 0919 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
4 NNW Litchfield 16.0 in 0956 AM 01/30 Public
1 NW Farmingdale 14.6 in 0657 AM 01/30 Public
Readfield 2.0 NNE 13.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
2 NE South China 13.0 in 0809 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
2 ESE China 12.6 in 0935 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Wayne 3.2 SSE 8.8 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
...Knox County...
Thomaston 14.5 in 0930 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Rockport 2.8 SW 14.0 in 0800 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
1 WNW Tenants Harbor 13.0 in 0902 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Union 3.0 NW 12.0 in 0730 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Rockland 1.4 E 11.5 in 0630 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
...Lincoln County...
3 WSW Newcastle 17.0 in 1151 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
2 NNW Newcastle 16.0 in 0929 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
1 SSW Nobleboro 16.0 in 0851 AM 01/30 Public
3 W Bremen 12.0 in 0854 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Trevett 0.3 NE 12.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Waldoboro 1.5 NNE 11.0 in 0800 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
...Oxford County...
4 S West Paris 10.5 in 0800 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
1 WNW Otisfield 9.0 in 0846 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Oxford 5.3 SW 7.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Hartford 1.4 N 6.0 in 0906 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Bethel 6 SSE 5.5 in 0701 AM 01/30 COOP
...Penobscot County...
3 WNW Veazie 22.0 in 0929 AM 01/30 Fire Dept/Rescue
1 N Hampden 20.0 in 0910 AM 01/30 Public
2 NNE Bangor 19.0 in 1130 AM 01/30 Public
Carmel 18.0 in 0957 AM 01/30 Public
Dixmont 18.0 in 1015 AM 01/30 Public
2 WNW Orono 17.5 in 0553 PM 01/29
1 SW Veazie 16.8 in 0933 AM 01/30 Public
1 ENE Glenburn 15.1 in 0830 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
1 SW Orrington 14.5 in 0945 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
1 SW Hermon 13.5 in 0445 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
Orono 0.9 NE 13.0 in 0600 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
2 NNE Brewer 12.3 in 0935 AM 01/30 Public
4 ESE Glenburn 12.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Milford 0.8 SSW 10.0 in 0615 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Millinocket 2 SE 9.0 in 0615 AM 01/30 COOP
2 ESE Holden 7.5 in 0200 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
1 SSW Lakeville 6.0 in 0450 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
...Piscataquis County...
2 SSE Kingsbury 16.0 in 1016 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
Abbot 4.6 WNW 12.5 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
4 ENE Greenville 12.5 in 0808 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Abbot 12.5 in 0920 AM 01/30 Public
1 NNE Wellington 11.0 in 0830 AM 01/30 Public
Dover-foxcroft 2 E 10.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
...Sagadahoc County...
Bath 1.1 WSW 20.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
2.3 NW Bath 20.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
2 ENE Topsham 17.5 in 0819 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Topsham 3.7 NE 13.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
...Somerset County...
1.9 S Harmony 16.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
Palmyra 3.5 NW 13.5 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Solon 3.9 ESE 8.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
North New Portland 0.3 WSW 7.5 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Anson 7.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
...Waldo County...
2 NNE Knox 15.0 in 0852 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
2 NNW Liberty 14.7 in 0700 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Belfast 14.2 W 14.7 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
1 SW Belmont 13.7 in 0906 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Belmont 2.7 SSE 13.7 in 0600 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Winterport 2.9 N 12.6 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
2 NNE Knox 12.0 in 0611 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
Searsmont 3.5 WNW 9.1 in 0710 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
...Washington County...
Whiting 19.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
Eastport 18.7 in 1000 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
2 NNW Millbridge 18.0 in 0900 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
4 SSW Calais 18.0 in 0940 AM 01/30 Public
Roque Bluffs 17.0 in 0549 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
1 SW East Machias 17.0 in 0830 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
8 NE Charlotte 16.6 in 0700 AM 01/30 CO-OP Observer
3 ESE Princeton 16.0 in 0830 AM 01/30 Public
Robbinston 15.2 in 1158 PM 01/29 COOP
Meddybemps 15.0 in 0645 AM 01/30 Public
Edmunds 14.0 in 0607 PM 01/29 Public
Cooper 0.5 SE 13.0 in 0600 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
4 NNW Perry 12.0 in 0630 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Perry 3.8 NNW 12.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
1.3 NE Topsfield 12.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
4 E East Machias 9.0 in 1230 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
Columbia 9.0 in 0921 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
...York County...
Old Orchard Beach 14.8 in 0834 PM 01/29 NWS Employee
3 SE Sanford 12.0 in 0545 PM 01/29 Trained Spotter
1 WSW Kittery 11.5 in 0904 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
2 SSW Old Orchard Beach 11.0 in 0800 AM 01/30 NWS Employee
Hollis Center 5.4 NW 9.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
5.0 NW Hollis 9.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
Cornish 5.6 ESE 8.5 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Berwick 0.5 N 8.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
North Waterboro 1.2 NE 6.5 in 0800 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
East Waterboro 1.7 NW 5.4 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
2 NNE Hollis 5.3 in 0800 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
...New Hampshire...
...Carroll County...
Wolfeboro 0.6 SW 10.9 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Center Sandwich 4.9 E 3.7 in 0600 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
East Sandwich 3.7 in 0600 AM 01/30 COOP
1 N Madison 3.5 in 0914 AM 01/30 Trained Spotter
Tamworth 3.2 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
Tamworth 0.4 NNW 3.2 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
North Conway 1.4 SSW 3.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
North Conway 2.8 in 0800 AM 01/30 COOP
Albany 2.8 SW 2.5 in 0800 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
Bartlett 2.0 in 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
...Coos County...
Gorham 4.0 in 0530 AM 01/30 COOP
Northumberland 3.0 in 0800 AM 01/30 COOP
Pinkham Notch 2.8 in 0542 AM 01/30 COOP
Lancaster 0.5 N 2.5 in 0600 AM 01/30 COCORAHS
2 NW Whitefield 2.0 in 0800 AM 01/30 Public
4 NNW Whitefield 2.0 in 0905 AM 01/30 Public
...HIGHEST WIND REPORTS...
...Maine...
...Aroostook County...
1 E Houlton 53 MPH 0236 PM 01/29 AWOS
Frenchville Airport 44 MPH 0153 AM 01/30 ASOS
Linneus 43 MPH 0600 PM 01/29 CWOP
Caribou 39 MPH 0751 PM 01/29 ASOS
Woodland 38 MPH 0146 PM 01/29 CWOP
Presque Isle Airport 38 MPH 0702 PM 01/29 AWOS
Monticello 37 MPH 0318 PM 01/29 CWOP
Monticello 32 MPH 0308 AM 01/30 CWOP
Connor Twp 30 MPH 0102 AM 01/30 CWOP
Fort Kent 30 MPH 0459 AM 01/30 AWOS
Clayton Lake 30 MPH 1138 AM 01/30 AWOS
1.2 E Island Falls 28 MPH 0330 AM 01/30 MESOWEST
Presque Isle 26 MPH 0315 AM 01/30 CWOP
Caribou 26 MPH 0709 PM 01/29 CWOP
Fort Kent 25 MPH 1139 PM 01/29 CWOP
...Cumberland County...
Cape Elizabeth 71 MPH
...Hancock County...
Naskeag 66 MPH 0158 PM 01/29 CWOP
Castine 60 MPH 0530 PM 01/29 CWOP
Sedgwick Ridge 52 MPH 0530 PM 01/29 CWOP
Bar Harbor Airport 52 MPH 0321 PM 01/29 AWOS
Brooklin School 51 MPH 0500 PM 01/29 CWOP
Surry 51 MPH 0216 PM 01/29 CWOP
Brooksville - 3.5 ESE 50 MPH 1100 PM 01/29 CWOP
Blue Hill - Peters Pt 48 MPH 0300 PM 01/29 CWOP
Penobscot 5 NE 47 MPH 0845 PM 01/29 CWOP
Lamoine 46 MPH 0319 PM 01/29 CWOP
Bar Harbor 45 MPH 1225 AM 01/30 CWOP
Acadia National Park 42 MPH 0358 PM 01/29 RAWS
Southwest Hbr.-Seawall 39 MPH 1105 PM 01/29 CWOP
Blue Hill 39 MPH 0936 PM 01/29 CWOP
East Surry 37 MPH 0331 PM 01/29 CWOP
Ellsworth 30 MPH 0625 PM 01/29 DAVIS
Surry 27 MPH 0200 PM 01/29 CWOP
Trenton 26 MPH 0335 PM 01/29 DAVIS
Otis 26 MPH 1019 PM 01/29 CWOP
Lamoine 26 MPH 0358 PM 01/29 CWOP
...Penobscot County...
Bangor International Airport 51 MPH 0426 PM 01/29 ASOS
Patten, ME 45 MPH 0820 PM 01/29 HADS
Millinocket 39 MPH 0530 PM 01/29 ASOS
Bangor 37 MPH 0300 PM 01/29 CWOP
Plymouth 36 MPH 0436 PM 01/29 CWOP
1.1 W Milford 35 MPH 0200 PM 01/29 MESOWEST
Ellsworth Falls 33 MPH 0730 PM 01/29 CWOP
0.9 E Lee 33 MPH 0500 PM 01/29 MESOWEST
Greenfield 32 MPH 1101 PM 01/29 CWOP
Route 9 Clifton 32 MPH 0510 PM 01/29 MEDOT
Hermon 29 MPH 0745 PM 01/29 DAVIS
Hermon 27 MPH 0220 PM 01/29 CWOP
1.3 NW East Millinocket 25 MPH 0515 PM 01/29 MESOWEST
...Piscataquis County...
1 E Greenville 37 MPH 0559 PM 01/29 AWOS
...Washington County...
Eastport, ME 50 MPH 0515 PM 01/29 HADS
1 SW Machias 40 MPH 0119 AM 01/30 AWOS
1 W Eastport 39 MPH 0259 PM 01/29 AWOS
1 SSE Princeton 38 MPH 0304 PM 01/29 AWOS
Princeton 37 MPH 0428 PM 01/29 CWOP
Baring 33 MPH 0630 PM 01/29 CWOP
Marshfield 32 MPH 0405 PM 01/29 CWOP
Whiting 32 MPH 0700 AM 01/30 COOP
Danforth, ME 31 MPH 1220 AM 01/30 HADS
Moosehorn 30 MPH 0719 PM 01/29 RAWS
Alexander 28 MPH 0220 PM 01/29 DAVIS
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