Did You Hear the Loud 'Booms' in Madison Wednesday Night?

If you live in the Madison/Fairfield area and heard a series of loud BOOMS on Wednesday night, you are not alone.

A quick look at the Madison Community Matters... Maine Facebook page shows several posts about the loud booms that were heard in the area on Wednesday night.

One commenter joked that they thought it was a cannon going off. Another commenter said they heard somewhere that a resident of the town occasionally fires off a cannon. Even that is true, it seems unlikely that the cannon owner would be shooting it off on a random Wednesday night in April.

One of the other commenters said that they saw a flash before the boom. This is a pretty good indication of a weather event.

Is it possible that, because of the wild temperature swings we have experienced in the last few days, that there was a minor thunderstorm rolling through Central Maine on Wednesday?

Earlier this week, the meteorology teams at WMTW were reporting there was a chance that parts of Maine could see severe thunderstorms. Even though, toward the end of the day on Wednesday, the weather was really nice, that does not mean thunderstorms were not a possibility.

Did you hear the booms last night? Do you live in Madison or close to Madison? What do you think caused them? Let us know by sending us a message in our app.