Tornado History Map

Oxford County, Maine tornado history

20 tornadoes recorded in or across Oxford County from 1961 to 2020, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Oxford County

The Storm Prediction Center records 20 tornadoes whose paths touched Oxford County, Maine between 1961 and 2020. They killed 1 person and injured 3. The busiest month is July, with 9 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 24 July 2008. The most recent was on 11 July 2020.

  • 20tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 3injuries
  • 96per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Oxford County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0420%
F1 / EF11470%
F2 / EF2210%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Oxford County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in 2000s.1960s21970s41980s11990s22000s62010s42020s1

The 2020s only run to 2020, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s2
1970s4
1980s1
1990s2
2000s6
2010s4
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun6Jul9Aug2Sep0Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun6
Jul9
Aug2
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Oxford County

  • Deadliest and Strongest and Longest path: New Hampshire tornado24 July 2008, EF2, 1 death, 2 injuries, 50.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Maine tornado11 July 2020, EF0, 4.9 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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