Seacoast New Hampshire and southern Maine are bracing for the largest snowfall of 2025 to date, expected Sunday night ahead of an Arctic blast.

Presidential inaugurations have been moved indoors several times due to bitter cold. It happened most recently in 1985 as Reagan began his second term.

Moderate” snowfall whitened Caribou, in northern Maine, on Tuesday, January 7, the local National Weather Service (NWS) said.Footage from the NWS in Caribou shows snow falling down in front of the local office.

Winter weather is expected in Maine early next week, followed by frigid temperatures. Forecasters expect snow to accumulate Sunday afternoon into the evening. The Portland area could see anywhere from 4-8 inches,

Portland was forecasted to be about 6 degrees below normal Sunday and Monday, according to the National Weather Service.

An arctic blast is set to bring subzero wind chill temperatures in New Hampshire and Maine. Meteorologists tell us how to prepare.

The NWS has warned of possible snow squalls as Arctic air spreads south and east from the Rockies Friday through next week.

We’re flooding the system,” said one child advocate, arguing that Maine is failing to keep kids safe not because it is investigating too few families but because it is investigating too many.

The NWS has issued storm and extreme cold warnings this weekend as powerful Arctic winds plunge temperatures nationwide.

Much of the U.S. from the Rockies into the Northern Plains will see colder than normal temperatures starting Sunday into the coming week, including forecasted wind chills down to minus 40 degrees F (minus 40 degrees C) or colder in the Dakotas and northern Minnesota, National Weather Service Meteorologist Marc Chenard said.

Low pressure will track a little closer to Maine and could bring accumulating snow to the region Sunday night.