When Will Maine See Its First Real Snow of the ’24/’25 Winter Season?

Even though we are still officially still in the summer season, many people are already looking ahead to winter.

Yes, before too long, the temperature will nose dive and the ground will be covered in a mixture of snow and ice.

Whether you love it or hate it, winter is coming.

The big question on many people's minds is: when are we going to get our first real snowstorm of the season?  We're not talking about a few flurries.  We're talking about a 'plowable' amount of snow.

Since none of us are psychics we can't really know for sure.

However, we can look at historical data and make a good guess about when we'll be getting that first storm of the season.

When Will Maine Get Its First Snowstorm of the Winter Season?

The How Much Will It Snow website lets visitors see how much snow fell on a given day in a certain town/city.

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The records, broken down into a calendar-like grid, allow you to quickly see how much snow fell on a given day.  The records go back about six years, so you are able to compare the breakdown year over year.  This also prevents visitors from being thrown off when there is a particularly snowy or dry year.

Central Maine typically gets its first snowfall sometime during the first week of November.  Generally, this snowfall amounts to less than an inch and quickly melts away.  In recent years, the Augusta/Waterville area did not see a decent storm until the middle of December.

Southern Maine, much like Central Maine, does not normally see a decent-sized storm until the middle of December.  However, the Portland area generally does not get the November dustings that Central Maine normally gets.

Western Maine typically gets its first snow of the season by late October.  By November, they are getting smaller storms every few days.  By the end of November, that part of the state has generally seen its first actual snowstorm of the season.

Winter comes early in Northern Maine.  Aroostook County typically sees its first real storm of the season by the first week of November.  Winter lasts longer in that part of the state, too.  It is not uncommon for them to have smaller storms through the end of April.