Maine Tornadoes 1950-2012
This page lists the date and location of all the tornadoes that have occurred in Maine from the year 1950. If you are interested in reading about the “worst” tornadoes that have struck Maine(and all other states), see this page on our site. If you want to find out about specific tornadoes that have occurred since 2012, check out the NCDC Storm Events page.
Links to the Specific Counties
all times are Central Standard Time
Androscoggin County Tornadoes
680 JLY 31, 1971 3 12:45 0 1 2 44.50 -070.25 44.52 -070.30 1 681 JLY 31, 1971 4 13:25 0 0 2 44.37 -070.17 00.00 0 1 720 JLY 14, 1975 1 15:00 0 0 0 44.17 -070.37 00.00 0 1 350 JLY 14, 1988 1 13:20 0 0 1 44.25 -070.25 00.00 0 1
Aroostook County Tornadoes
463 AUG 11, 1954 2 17:27 1 1 2 47.02 -068.02 00.00 0 3 734 SEP 16, 1957 1 13:30 0 0 2 45.80 -068.30 45.80 -068.22 3 471 AUG 15, 1958 7 10:20 0 0 2 47.00 -068.60 47.00 -068.23 3 478 AUG 15, 1959 1 14:30 0 1 1 46.52 -067.70 00.00 0 3 551 AUG 29, 1960 1 16:00 0 0 1 46.87 -068.02 46.92 -067.82 3 471 JUN 29, 1961 3 22:27 0 0 1 47.17 -068.30 00.00 0 3 506 JLY 18, 1961 4 16:15 0 0 1 46.77 -067.92 00.00 0 3 179 MAY 19, 1963 2 14:45 0 0 ? 46.90 -068.00 00.00 0 3 831 SEP 21, 1965 3 13:30 0 0 1 46.92 -067.82 00.00 0 3 584 JLY 1, 1971 2 13:45 0 0 1 46.87 -068.17 00.00 0 3 785 OCT 12, 1971 8 14:40 0 0 1 47.30 -068.63 00.00 0 3 558 JUN 18, 1994 1 9:15 0 2 1 47.17 -068.92 46.77 -068.48 3 559 JUN 18, 1994 2 10:15 0 0 1 46.87 -068.02 46.57 -068.37 3 681 JLY 1, 1994 3 9:04 0 0 0 46.87 -068.02 46.90 -067.97 3 627 JLY 28, 1997 2 13:30 0 0 0 47.25 -068.67 47.25 -068.67 3 213 JLY 4, 2002 2 14:00 0 0 1 46.23 -068.00 46.23 -067.98 3 214 JLY 23, 2002 3 10:10 0 0 0 46.27 -068.43 46.27 -068.43 3 826 JLY 15, 2007 1 16:08 0 0 0 47.20 -068.21 47.21 -068.20 3 568 MAY 24, 2009 12:15 0 0 1 47.05 -068.65 47.03 -068.60 3 582 MAY 31, 2009 15:00 0 0 0 46.35 -068.36 46.36 -068.34 3 583 MAY 31, 2009 15:29 0 0 1 46.54 -068.01 46.57 -067.97 3 584 MAY 31, 2009 15:42 0 0 1 46.60 -067.93 46.66 -067.81 3 829 JUN 26, 2009 13:20 0 0 0 47.03 -068.13 47.04 -068.13 3 323044 JUN 8, 2011 3 16:22 0 0 0 46.99 -068.18 46.99 -067.99 3 324696 JUN 8, 2011 4 17:10 0 0 0 46.65 -068.28 46.65 -068.28 3 325422 JUN 9, 2011 5 14:10 0 0 0 46.80 -067.81 46.80 -067.80 3
Cumberland County Tornadoes
333 JLY 7, 1953 2 11:45 0 1 0 43.82 -070.12 00.00 0 5 507 JLY 9, 1962 1 10:55 0 0 1 43.88 -070.70 43.90 -070.47 5 583 OCT 3, 1970 1 17:00 0 0 ? 43.90 -070.70 00.00 0 5 700 AUG 11, 1971 6 11:45 0 0 1 44.07 -070.80 00.00 0 5 676 JUN 22, 1974 1 13:30 0 1 1 43.58 -070.32 00.00 0 5 470 AUG 8, 2004 1 16:00 0 0 0 43.77 -070.53 43.77 -070.53 5 1257 NOV 24, 2005 2 12:16 0 0 0 43.90 -069.97 43.90 -069.97 5
Franklin County Tornadoes
326 JLY 2, 1958 3 15:17 0 0 ? 44.63 -070.30 00.00 0 7 604 JUN 12, 1973 1 14:00 0 0 1 44.68 -070.23 00.00 0 7 626 JLY 23, 1978 2 15:00 0 0 1 44.97 -070.13 00.00 0 7 588 JUN 18, 1989 1 10:20 0 0 1 44.73 -070.05 00.00 0 7
Hancock County Tornadoes
683 AUG 14, 1977 1 20:30 0 0 1 44.30 -068.67 00.00 0 9
Kennebec County Tornadoes
451 SEP 14, 1956 2 15:10 0 0 1 44.30 -069.80 44.32 -069.42 11 402 JLY 19, 1958 5 17:00 0 0 ? 44.63 -069.50 00.00 0 11 481 AUG 16, 1959 3 12:45 0 0 1 44.40 -069.75 00.00 0 11 317 JLY 1, 1963 5 15:10 0 0 ? 44.60 -069.60 00.00 0 11 402 JLY 13, 1966 1 16:20 0 0 1 44.40 -070.03 00.00 0 11 520 JUN 17, 1967 1 14:00 0 0 1 44.52 -069.98 00.00 0 11 424 JLY 1, 1968 2 14:11 0 0 1 44.23 -069.77 44.18 -069.75 11 682 JLY 31, 1971 5 14:00 0 0 2 44.40 -069.98 00.00 0 11 494 JLY 10, 1972 1 16:30 0 0 1 44.75 -070.83 00.00 0 11 1080 JLY 8, 1996 1 16:00 0 0 2 44.28 -069.97 44.18 -069.95 11 626 JUN 21, 1997 1 15:00 0 0 1 44.58 -069.85 44.58 -069.85 11 Knox County Tornadoes
492 AUG 8, 1969 1 22:00 0 0 ? 44.00 -069.10 00.00 0 13
Lincoln County Tornadoes
455 AUG 8, 1958 6 14:30 0 0 ? 44.10 -069.60 00.00 0 15 447 OCT 29, 1963 7 16:00 0 0 1 44.10 -069.80 00.00 0 15
Oxford County Tornadoes
436 JUN 13, 1961 2 17:00 0 0 1 44.17 -070.98 44.12 -070.88 17 584 JUN 21, 1965 2 16:00 0 0 ? 44.50 -070.40 00.00 0 17 551 JLY 24, 1972 2 17:00 0 0 1 43.83 -070.63 00.00 0 17 191 MAY 6, 1978 1 11:15 0 0 0 44.55 -070.53 00.00 0 17 378 JUN 6, 1981 1 12:45 0 0 1 44.32 -070.57 00.00 0 17 1392 OCT 1, 1998 1 7:21 0 0 1 44.25 -070.45 44.23 -070.45 17 619 AUG 13, 1999 1 21:30 0 0 1 44.13 -070.82 44.13 -070.82 17 441 JLY 18, 2000 1 12:00 0 0 1 44.52 -070.68 44.52 -070.68 17 273 JUN 17, 2001 1 8:00 0 0 1 44.48 -070.78 44.48 -070.78 17 133 MAY 31, 2002 1 14:30 0 0 1 44.32 -070.57 44.32 -070.57 17 902 JLY 18, 2009 17:05 0 0 0 44.47 -070.74 44.48 -070.72 17 1041 AUG 21, 2009 14:22 0 0 1 44.24 -070.60 44.37 -070.32 17 532 JUN 5, 2010 2 15:19 0 0 1 44.21 -070.46 44.17 -070.39 17 329350 JUN 1, 2011 1 13:35 0 0 1 44.40 -070.68 44.41 -070.68 17
Penobscot County Tornadoes
230 JUN 6, 1953 1 14:15 0 1 1 45.05 -069.30 00.00 0 19 327 JLY 2, 1958 2 16:00 0 0 1 44.88 -068.67 44.93 -068.63 19 480 AUG 16, 1959 2 12:00 0 0 2 45.05 -068.60 00.00 0 19 484 AUG 17, 1959 5 16:00 0 0 1 44.87 -069.17 00.00 0 19 485 AUG 17, 1959 4 19:00 0 1 1 44.83 -068.40 00.00 0 19 581 JUN 30, 1971 1 16:20 0 0 2 45.87 -068.60 45.87 -068.32 19 827 NOV 7, 1971 10 11:00 0 0 2 45.40 -068.50 45.47 -068.43 19 828 NOV 7, 1971 11 12:00 0 0 2 45.40 -068.13 00.00 0 19 941 JUN 28, 1991 1 16:40 0 0 1 44.97 -069.08 00.00 0 19 628 AUG 27, 1997 3 12:45 0 0 0 45.08 -069.05 45.08 -069.05 19 1031 JLY 24, 2001 2 18:45 0 1 1 46.15 -068.68 46.10 -068.07 19,3 515 JUN 2, 2010 1 15:06 0 0 0 46.15 -068.66 46.15 -068.60 19
Piscataquis County Tornadoes
500 AUG 28, 1959 6 15:00 0 0 ? 45.17 -069.25 00.00 0 21 745 JLY 25, 1975 2 17:45 0 0 1 45.73 -068.93 00.00 0 21 1028 AUG 31, 1993 2 17:00 0 0 1 46.12 -069.25 00.00 0 21
Somerset County Tornadoes
1256 NOV 24, 2005 1 12:04 0 0 1 43.82 -069.82 43.82 -069.82 23 405895 JLY 24, 2012 17:30 0 0 0 43.99 -069.77 43.99 -069.76 23 592 SEP 4, 1961 5 16:10 0 0 2 44.80 -069.70 00.00 0 25 600 AUG 20, 1962 2 13:50 0 0 2 45.03 -069.60 45.03 -069.63 25,21 315 JLY 1, 1963 3 14:10 0 0 ? 45.00 -069.90 00.00 0 25 316 JLY 1, 1963 4 14:45 0 0 ? 45.20 -069.60 00.00 0 25 343 JLY 15, 1963 6 17:00 0 0 0 44.75 -069.40 45.00 -069.37 25 585 OCT 3, 1970 2 18:30 0 0 1 44.80 -069.40 44.88 -069.23 25 701 AUG 11, 1971 7 12:00 0 0 1 45.07 -069.90 00.00 0 25 826 NOV 7, 1971 9 10:20 0 0 2 44.75 -069.77 44.80 -069.70 25 427 MAY 23, 1984 1 15:20 0 0 1 45.63 -070.27 00.00 0 25 466 AUG 9, 2000 2 17:03 0 0 2 44.83 -069.67 44.83 -069.67 25 329361 JUN 1, 2011 2 15:51 0 0 1 44.91 -070.03 44.90 -069.86 25
Waldo County Tornadoes
412 JLY 7, 1954 1 13:30 0 1 2 45.28 -067.20 45.18 -067.28 27 325 JLY 2, 1958 1 15:00 0 0 1 44.67 -067.63 44.53 -067.60 27 425 JLY 1, 1968 1 15:00 0 2 1 44.30 -068.90 00.00 0 27
Washington County Tornadoes
358 MAY 29, 1961 1 14:00 0 0 0 45.07 -067.30 45.10 -067.40 29 617 SEP 15, 1961 6 9:30 0 1 2 44.50 -067.60 44.73 -067.38 29 547 JUN 10, 1965 1 15:50 0 3 1 44.75 -068.02 00.00 0 29 685 JUN 21, 1973 2 18:15 0 0 0 46.92 -068.08 00.00 0 29
York County Tornadoes 248 JUN 1, 1956 1 15:00 0 0 1 43.42 -070.87 00.00 0 31 365 JLY 11, 1958 4 13:30 0 0 1 43.63 -070.52 00.00 0 31 169 MAY 14, 1963 1 16:15 0 0 2 43.27 -070.83 43.27 -070.83 31, from NH 17 530 OCT 10, 1966 2 15:08 0 0 2 43.43 -070.78 00.00 0 31 869 AUG 28, 1973 3 12:30 0 0 0 43.40 -070.50 00.00 0 31 765 AUG 13, 1976 1 18:00 0 2 ? 43.32 -070.58 00.00 0 31 606 AUG 7, 1986 1 13:15 0 0 1 43.73 -070.98 43.73 -070.93 31, from NH 3 608 AUG 7, 1986 2 13:20 0 0 1 43.53 -070.85 00.00 0 31 919 AUG 2, 1993 1 14:20 0 0 0 43.45 -070.67 00.00 0 31 942 SEP 29, 2006 1 12:54 0 0 1 43.30 -070.75 43.30 -070.75 31 918 JLY 21, 2010 3 16:15 0 0 1 43.65 -070.84 43.66 -070.81 31 919 JLY 21, 2010 4 16:47 0 0 0 43.68 -070.52 43.69 -070.40 31,5 920 JLY 21, 2010 5 17:24 0 0 1 43.50 -070.81 43.49 -070.70 31
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