Maryland

Storms in Maryland in 2008

864 events in 157 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 2008, 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 2008 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
864
Deaths
4
Injuries
4
Damage
$6.8 million
Episodes
157

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 Wind35900$250,000
Hail11411$1.7 million
Winter Weather10610
Strong Wind5100$98,000
High Wind3600$204,000
Drought3400
Dense Fog2500
Flood2102$898,000
Flash Flood1600$46,000
Lightning1500$100,000
Tropical Storm1500$30,000
Excessive Heat1220
Heavy Snow1000
Ice Storm1000$5,000
Heavy Rain900
Tornado801$3.4 million
Winter Storm600$25,000
Astronomical Low Tide500
Coastal Flood500$50,000
Frost/Freeze300
Storm Surge/Tide200
High Surf100
Funnel Cloud100

Every episode, month by month

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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.