Category: Nature & Geography, Weather & Disasters, Storms
Item 20500
Contributed by: Pejepscot History Center Date: 1892 Location: Brunswick Media: Photographic print
Item 27688
Hurricane Damage, Old Orchard Beach, 1954
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1954 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
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The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.
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A Portland newspaper wrote about an ice storm of January 28, 1886 saying, "The city of Portland was visited yesterday by the most inconvenient storm of the season."
