Androscoggin County, Maine

What hazards hit Androscoggin County most?

The most frequent records are winter storm records: 198 since 1996. 51% of its winter storm records since 1996 fell in January and February. The rank column places the county among Maine's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.

How many tornadoes has Androscoggin County had?

NOAA records 4 tornadoes in Androscoggin County from 1971 to 1988, the strongest rated F2, with 0 deaths and 1 injury recorded in the county. That is 6th of 16 Maine counties by days with tornadoes per 1,000 square miles since 1950. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.

Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 4 tornadoes whose track touched Androscoggin County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 4, the same count); along their whole tracks they killed 0 people.

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Maine.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.

When was the last damaging storm in Androscoggin County?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the December 19, 2023 flood ($542,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).

The Androscoggin River reached moderate flood stage on December 18th and remained in flood stage through the 20th. The flooding was the result of heavy rain and snowmelt, driven mostly by routed water from the western Maine Mountains where runoff was 8 to 10 inches between rainfall and snowmelt. Major flooding unfolded upstream in Rumford, with a dampening of the floodwave as it moved into Auburn. The flooding reached Center Street in Auburn, cutting off a main thruway. There were businesses impacted along North River Road near Center Street and along Riverside Drive. Flooding also occurred in Lewiston, where people were evacuated along Tall Pines Drive, Avon Street, Winter Street, Lincoln Street, North River Road between Stetson Road and Center Street, and Switzerland Road. Another primary thruway, Route 136 from Auburn to Durham flooded. …
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 1152177)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.

The deadliest and costliest records

A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.

Is it getting more frequent?

Records per decade for Androscoggin County's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).

What time of year?

51% of its winter storm records since 1996 fell in January and February. The two busiest months are in violet.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.

Federal disaster declarations for Androscoggin County

FEMA's register lists 31 declarations that include Androscoggin County: 22 major disasters, 9 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for severe storm (11) and snowstorm (7).

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.

How many floods has Androscoggin County had?

NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 79 flood or flash flood records for Androscoggin County from 1996 to 2024, on 50 days, with 0 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Androscoggin County ranks 1098th of 2,942 U.S. counties.

The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $1.1 million on 147 claims filed in Androscoggin County; the most in one year was 66 in 1987. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, as of September 8, 2026; claims by year of loss, payments in the dollars of the year paid. OpenFEMA dataset page.

FEMA's modeled risk for Androscoggin County

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Androscoggin County Relatively Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $22.7 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

Counties that share a border with Androscoggin County

1. Cumberland County 1,360
2. Oxford County 1,192
3. Franklin County 903
4. Kennebec County 700
5. Androscoggin County 588
6. Sagadahoc County 403

Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.

Next

• Tornadoes in MaineEvery Maine tornado since 1950 and the counties with the most per square mile
• Winter storms in MaineThe state's winter storm records, by county, year and month
• The Maine recordEvery hazard in the state, its deadliest events and its federal declarations
• FEMA's risk rating for each hazard in Androscoggin CountyThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
• Download Androscoggin County's FEMA declarations (CSV)31 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis