Storms in Maryland in 1970
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 33 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1970
April 1970
May 1970
June 1970
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 6, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 12, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 21, 1970
July 1970
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 2, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 15, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 20, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 28, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 29, 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.