NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Dover Foxcroft, ME
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
27 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Dover Foxcroft, Maine since 1851, 2 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Irene in 2011. Since 1950, 10 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 2
- Tropical storms
- 25
- Tornadoes
- 10
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Dover Foxcroft
The strongest storm to pass near Dover Foxcroft was an unnamed storm in 1869, a Category 1 hurricane with 81 mph winds when its centre passed 4 miles away. The record near Dover Foxcroft begins with an unnamed storm in 1858; the most recent system was Irene in 2011, a tropical storm 68 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1890s, with 4 systems. Of the 27 systems, one has come since 2000. Of the 160 Maine cities on this site, 81% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Dover Foxcroft. The strongest of the 10 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F2 on August 20, 1962; its path came within 23 miles. Of the 10, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and one has come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 4. The most recent tornado was on July 15, 2014. Of the 160 Maine cities, 66% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Dover Foxcroft. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 22 times since 1971, with stones up to 1.25 inches (half dollar size). Of the 160 Maine cities, 64% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Dover Foxcroft.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Dover Foxcroft
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | IreneAug 29 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1999 | FloydSep 17 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1996 | BerthaJul 14 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1991 | BobAug 20 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1985 | GloriaSep 28 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1979 | DavidSep 7 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1971 | HeidiSep 14 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1971 | DoriaAug 28 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1960 | DonnaSep 13 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 31 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1952 | Unnamed 1952 stormFeb 5 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1949 | Unnamed 1949 stormAug 29 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormJul 22 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 18 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1908 | Unnamed 1908 stormMay 31 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 17 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormSep 12 | 75 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormNov 1 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1896 | Unnamed 1896 stormSep 11 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormOct 11 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 30 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1880 | Unnamed 1880 stormOct 23 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 30 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormOct 5 | 4 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1869 | Unnamed 1869 stormSep 9 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormSep 28 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1858 | Unnamed 1858 stormSep 16 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Dover Foxcroft: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Dover Foxcroft
By decade
- 2010s1
- 1990s2
- 1970s1
- 1960s3
- 1950s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 1962 | F2 | 23 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 15, 2014 | EF1 | 20 mi | 2.75 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 28, 1991 | F1 | 16 mi | 0.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 3, 1970 | F1 | 22 mi | 9.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 17, 1959 | F1 | 22 mi | 2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 6, 1953 | F1 | 11 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Aug 27, 1997 | F0 | 10 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 15, 1963 | F0 | 16 mi | 17.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 1, 1963 | F0 | 20 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 28, 1959 | F0 | 3 mi | 0.1 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 10 of 10, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Dover Foxcroft
The Storm Prediction Center has 22 hail reports within 10 miles of Dover Foxcroft since 1971, made on 15 separate days. Of these, 14 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.25 inches (half dollar size), was reported on 2 days, most recently June 1, 2011. The most recent report is from July 20, 2017. June and July have the most reports, 8 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Dover Foxcroft
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Dover-Foxcroft Wwtp, ME, in Dover Foxcroft at 370 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 80°F and low of 55°F; January is the coolest, at 26°F and 3°F. October is the wettest at 4.8 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.8 inches; the year adds up to 44.9 inches over 88 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 54% of the year's precipitation (24.1 of 44.9 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 27 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (11); a normal September there has highs of 71°F and 3.7 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 3 days a year, almost all from July. Lows fall below freezing on about 188 nights a year. Snowfall averages 77.3 inches a year, most of it in February. That 44.9 inches is more than at 14 of the 47 Maine stations used on this site (30%). Guilford, 10 miles west, has its own station (Sebec Lake, ME): 48.5 inches a year, 3.6 more than here, and a July average high of 78°F against 80°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26 | 3 | 3.5 | 6 | 18.1 |
| Feb | 29 | 5 | 2.8 | 6 | 19.8 |
| Mar | 38 | 15 | 3.4 | 7 | 15.1 |
| Apr | 51 | 28 | 3.7 | 8 | 4.7 |
| May | 65 | 40 | 3.3 | 9 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 74 | 50 | 4.4 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 80 | 55 | 3.4 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 79 | 53 | 3.7 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 71 | 45 | 3.7 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 57 | 34 | 4.8 | 8 | 0.5 |
| Nov | 44 | 25 | 4.1 | 7 | 3.9 |
| Dec | 32 | 13 | 4.1 | 8 | 15.1 |
| Year | 54 | 30 | 44.9 | 88 | 77.3 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Dover-Foxcroft Wwtp, ME (370 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Dover Foxcroft
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 70 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Dover Foxcroft: 55 thunderstorm wind reports, 10 floods and 5 flash floods. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $627,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 67 mph, on July 6, 2011. June has had the most flash floods, 5 of 5. Of the 154 Maine cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 82 have had fewer than Dover Foxcroft.
June 23, 2012: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Dover Foxcroft — 1 killed, $435,000 damage.
NWS: “00 inches of rain in less than 4 hours in Brownville. These very heavy rains produced severe flash flooding from Brownville to Milo.”
April 29, 2008: flood 3 miles from the centre of Dover Foxcroft — $192,000 damage.
NWS: “00 inches of rain and snowmelt in headwater areas led to flooding of the Piscataquis River at Dover-Foxcroft. 5 feet above flood stage.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in Dover Foxcroft's ZIP code 04426 have filed 11 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $62,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 55% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 61 Maine cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 4 have fewer than Dover Foxcroft.
Piscataquis County, which includes Dover Foxcroft, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1970, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 severe storms, 6 floods, 6 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storm and Flooding, on January 30, 2024. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Piscataquis County a Relatively Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for lightning; Relatively Low for hurricanes and inland flooding; Very Low for tornadoes, hail, strong wind and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $16.5 million a year, the 10th highest of 16 Maine counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $4.0 million (24%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Dover Foxcroft
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- Palmyra, ME26 mi
- Carmel, ME29 mi
- Old Town, ME30 mi
- Pittsfield, ME31 mi
- Orono, ME32 mi
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