Maryland

Storms in Maryland in 2015

878 events in 163 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 2015, 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 2015 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
878
Deaths
8
Injuries
10
Damage
$1.7 million
Episodes
163

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 Wind25100$646,000
Winter Weather23929
Dense Fog6700
Flash Flood6430$142,000
Winter Storm6100
Flood3000
Cold/Wind Chill2600$100,000
Hail2210$146,000
Frost/Freeze2000
Strong Wind1610$20,000
Coastal Flood1600
High Wind1300$60,000
Heat1111
Ice Storm1000
Heavy Snow700
Tornado600$551,000
Lightning500$25,000
Heavy Rain500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Astronomical Low Tide400
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.