Maryland

Storms in Maryland in 2001

561 events in 130 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 2001, 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 2001 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

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The year

Events
561
Deaths
7
Injuries
66
Damage
$107 million
Episodes
130

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 Wind11302$3.7 million
Heat7750
Heavy Rain6801$110,000
Strong Wind4300
Hail3504$107,000
Winter Storm3300
Lightning2900$174,000
Winter Weather2700
Drought2600
Flash Flood2602$981,000
Heavy Snow2100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
Tornado12257$102 million
Sleet800
High Wind800$15,000
Funnel Cloud600
Excessive Heat500
Cold/Wind Chill500
Wildfire400
Flood100
Waterspout100

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

February 2001

March 2001

April 2001

May 2001

June 2001

July 2001

August 2001

September 2001

October 2001

November 2001

December 2001

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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.