Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Guilford, ME

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Sebec Lake, ME, 7 miles east of Guilford at 380 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 78°F and low of 55°F; January is the coolest, at 24°F and 3°F. October is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.2 inches; the year adds up to 48.5 inches over 90 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (25.8 of 48.5 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 28 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (11); a normal September there has highs of 69°F and 4.0 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 5 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 196 nights a year. Snowfall averages 100.3 inches a year, most of it in February. That 48.5 inches is more than at 27 of the 47 Maine stations used on this site (57%). Dover Foxcroft, 10 miles east, has its own station (Dover-Foxcroft Wwtp, ME): 44.9 inches a year, 3.6 less than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 78°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 78 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Guilford: 56 thunderstorm wind reports, 11 flash floods and 11 floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $207,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 67 mph, on July 6, 2011. Of the 154 Maine cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 122 have had fewer than Guilford.

Flood insurance policyholders in Guilford's ZIP code 04443 have filed 53 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.6 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1987: 21 claims (40% of all) and $1.4 million. 43% 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, 42 have fewer than Guilford.