Storms in Maryland in 2005

441 events in 135 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 2005, 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 2005 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: 441
Deaths: 4
Injuries: 41
Damage: $3.7 million
Episodes: 135

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	90	0	0	$57,000
Winter Weather	80	0	0
Winter Storm	54	0	1	$256,000
Heavy Snow	28	0	0	$75,000
Flood	25	1	3	$230,000
Strong Wind	25	0	0	$1.6 million
Frost/Freeze	25	0	0
Flash Flood	19	3	0	$430,000
Heavy Rain	19	0	32	$5,000
Hail	18	0	3	$1.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill	15	0	0
Heat	15	0	0
Lightning	11	0	2
Ice Storm	6	0	0	$8,000
Drought	5	0	0
Dense Fog	3	0	0
Funnel Cloud	2	0	0
High Wind	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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December 2005

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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.