Storms in Maryland in 1997
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 1997, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Maryland in 1997 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
- 377
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 189
- Damage
- $49 million
- Episodes
- 117
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | 69 | 3 | 150 | |
| Strong Wind | 53 | 0 | 0 | $305,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 53 | 1 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Winter Weather | 37 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 25 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Hail | 25 | 0 | 3 | $556,000 |
| Drought | 25 | 0 | 0 | $44 million |
| Heavy Rain | 16 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Lightning | 9 | 0 | 6 | $1.0 million |
| Dense Fog | 9 | 1 | 30 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Flash Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $525,000 |
| Sleet | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 4 | 0 | 0 | $290,000 |
| High Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterspout | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Devil | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1997
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 24, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, January 3 to 6, 1997
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maryland, January 9, 1997
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 9, 1997
- Sleet in Maryland, January 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maryland, January 9, 1997
- Winter Weather in Maryland, January 11, 1997
- Cold in Maryland, January 17 to 20, 1997
February 1997
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 8, 1997
- Winter Storm in Maryland, February 8 to 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 8, 1997
- Ice Storm in Maryland, February 13 to 14, 1997
- Winter Weather in Maryland, February 13 to 14, 1997
- Winter Weather in Maryland, February 13 to 14, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, February 19 to 22, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, February 26 to 28, 1997
- High Wind in Maryland, February 27, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, February 27, 1997
- High Wind in Maryland, February 27, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, February 28, 1997
March 1997
- Heat in Maryland, March 1 to 2, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 6, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 6, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Tornado in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Tornado in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, March 29, 1997
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Maryland, March 31, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, March 31, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, March 31, 1997
April 1997
- Heavy Snow and Strong Wind in Maryland, April 1, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, April 1, 1997
- Cold in Maryland, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Frost and Freeze in Maryland, April 10, 1997
May 1997
- Hail in Maryland, May 1, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, May 1, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, May 1, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, May 1, 1997
- High Wind in Maryland, May 3, 1997
- Hail and Waterspout in Maryland, May 6, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, May 9, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, May 25 to 26, 1997
- Tornado in Maryland, May 25, 1997
- Flash Flood in Maryland, May 25, 1997
- Cold in Maryland, May 31, 1997
June 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 13, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, June 18, 1997
- Tornado in Maryland, June 18, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 18, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, June 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 18, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, June 21 to 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 22, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, June 25 to 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 26, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, June 26, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, June 26, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1997
- Drought in Maryland, June 30, 1997
July 1997
- Drought in Maryland, July 1 to 31, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, July 7, 1997
- Hail in Maryland, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 9, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, July 12 to 19, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, July 13 to 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 16, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 18, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, July 23 to 24, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 28, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 28, 1997
- Dust Devil in Maryland, July 30, 1997
August 1997
- Heat in Maryland, August 16 to 17, 1997
- Heat in Maryland, August 16 to 17, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 17, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 17, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maryland, August 17, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 17, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, August 20, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, August 20, 1997
- Drought in Maryland, August 31, 1997
September 1997
- Flash Flood in Maryland, September 10 to 11, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, September 11, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, September 20, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, September 29, 1997
October 1997
- Dense Fog in Maryland, October 31, 1997
- Dense Fog in Maryland, October 31, 1997
- Drought in Maryland, October 31, 1997
November 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, November 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Maryland, November 7 to 8, 1997
- Winter Weather in Maryland, November 13 to 14, 1997
December 1997
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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.