Maryland

Storms in Maryland in 2012

1,073 events in 205 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 2012, 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 2012 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
1,073
Deaths
8
Injuries
17
Damage
$48 million
Episodes
205

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 Wind38502$2.1 million
Dense Fog13300
Heat8620
Winter Weather8300
Flash Flood7203$575,000
Frost/Freeze6400
Hail4400$1.2 million
Strong Wind3800$46,000
Flood3400$5.1 million
Drought3000
Coastal Flood2500$11 million
High Wind2429$27 million
Tornado1602$942,000
Excessive Heat1440$24,000
Heavy Snow600
Astronomical Low Tide400
Lightning400$80,000
Winter Storm400
Blizzard300
Ice Storm100
Wildfire101
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100

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.