Maryland

Storms in Maryland in 1970

40 events in 16 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 1970, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.

Maryland in 1970 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

Open the live radar over Maryland

The year

Events
40
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
None recorded
Episodes
16

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind3300
Hail700

Every episode, month by month

March 1970

April 1970

May 1970

June 1970

July 1970

August 1970

September 1970

More

Every year in MarylandEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Maryland in 197019691971

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.