The first snow of the 2004/2005 Winter season fell with not much more than a whimper, in Maine at least.

Like most of the late-season storms last Winter, this storm was held to the south by a High Pressure system nosing down from the Candian Maritimes. The cold air being brought down from Canada made it sufficently cold in southern New England to give some areas in excess of 6 inches of snow. The dome of cold air also worked to keep the storm track south of Maine, resulting in only minimal snow fall totals in the Pine Tree State.