Snow is a transformative emotion in Maine’s winter moods. It comes happily on little white parachutes during somber gray days and creates a new, pure land. When the cold winter sky turns blue and the sun shines after a good snowfall, the now-firm crystals seem to be trying to hold everything in place to prevent harmful change. Yet, there’s movement along the plowed and chemicalized roads, and the once-white silk parachutes become soiled mounds of our dirty laundry.
Above you see the snowy south face of the near-mountain called Blue Hill on Friday, as viewed from Beech Hill Road (Route 175). Two views of the face from across Blue Hill Bay, taken the same morning, are shown below We record these iconic views monthly for local records.
Snow in this area typically arrives in November and can continue into March. The snowiest season on record in the Blue Hill area apparently was 2014-2015, in which 150.8 inches of total snowfall were recorded here by the Blue Hill Conservatory & Science Center. During that winter of 2015, a still-held monthly record was set in February, when 79.9 inches of snow were recorded.
(Images taken in Blue Hill, Maine, on February 6, 2026.) GO PATS!