Maryland

Storms in Maryland in 2003

793 events in 230 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 2003, 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 2003 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
793
Deaths
10
Injuries
220
Damage
$597 million
Episodes
230

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 Wind20002$242,000
Winter Weather8610
Strong Wind8511$361,000
Flash Flood7841$941,000
Heavy Rain7500
Winter Storm74310$6.6 million
Flood5703$2.2 million
Lightning2702$160,000
Hail2201$880,000
Heavy Snow1900
Tropical Storm171200$583 million
High Wind1300$125,000
Tornado900$1.8 million
Dense Fog700
Cold/Wind Chill500
Heat500
Storm Surge/Tide500
Frost/Freeze500
Funnel Cloud300
Ice Storm100$100,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2003

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March 2003

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July 2003

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November 2003

December 2003

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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.