Winter Storm Watches in Maryland
289 winter storm watches since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 289
- Busiest year
- 201029 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 13over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allegany County99
- Washington County65
- Frederick County62
- Carroll County61
- Baltimore County60
- City of Baltimore43
- Cecil County41
- Anne Arundel County40
- Prince George's County38
- Saint Mary's County38
- Charles County34
- Dorchester County34
- Calvert County33
- Kent County33
- Queen Anne's County33
- Caroline County32
- Talbot County32
- Somerset County31
- Wicomico County31
- Worcester County27
- Harford County25
- Howard County20
- Montgomery County20
- Garrett County7
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2:13 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 22 hr |
| Feb 20, 1:50 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 24 hr |
| Feb 20, 12:04 PM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil, Charles and 8 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 4, 11:26 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Garrett | 26 hr |
| Jan 29, 2:38 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Somerset, Worcester | 35 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:16 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Allegany, Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Carroll, Cecil and 10 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:12 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | PHI | Caroline, Kent, Queen Anne's, Talbot | 34 hr |
| Jan 22, 1:48 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | AKQ | Dorchester, Somerset, Wicomico, Worcester | 36 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.