Maryland, 2015Dense Fog in Maryland, December 22 to 23, 2015
December 22 to 23, 2015 · NWS LWX · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
Saturated grounds from rain during the day combining with light winds and clearing skies let to the development of dense fog.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Saturated grounds from rain during the day combining with light winds and clearing skies let to the development of dense fog.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 22, 2:42 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 2:42 PM EST, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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- When
- December 22, 5:58 PM EST to December 23, 3:53 AM EST
- Where
- Washington forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 39.604, -77.814 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
HGR reported reduced visibilities of one quarter mile or less.
Dense Fog, Carroll
- When
- December 22, 9:55 PM EST to December 23, 11:00 AM EST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 39.563, -77.022 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
RSP reported periods of reduced visibilities of one quarter mile or less.
Dense Fog, Frederick
- When
- December 23, 12:54 AM EST to 3:53 AM EST
- Where
- Frederick forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS
- Coordinates
- 39.472, -77.398 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
RSP reported reduced visibilities of one quarter mile or less.
Dense Fog, Anne Arundel
- When
- December 23, 3:02 AM EST to 12:40 PM EST
- Where
- Anne Arundel forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 38.994, -76.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
BWI and NAK reported periods of reduced visibilities of one quarter mile or less.
Dense Fog, Southern Baltimore
- When
- December 23, 8:50 AM EST to 10:45 AM EST
- Where
- Southern Baltimore forecast zone
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 39.367, -76.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
MTN reported periods of reduced visibilities of one quarter mile or less.
- Dense Fog
- Fog reducing visibility to a quarter mile or less, filed where it caused accidents or disruption.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Dense Fog in Kentucky, December 22, 201514 events
- Dense Fog in Illinois, December 22, 201513 events
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, December 22 to 24, 201512 events
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, December 22 to 23, 20159 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in South Carolina, December 22, 2015$11,000 · 6 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Washington, December 22 to 24, 20157 events
- Dense Fog in Virginia, December 22 to 23, 20156 events
- Dense Fog in Missouri, December 22, 20155 events
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, December 22 to 24, 20155 events
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Florida, December 22, 2015$9,000 · 50 kt wind · 4 events
- High Wind in Texas, December 22 to 24, 201567 kt wind · 4 events
- Heavy Snow in North Dakota, December 22 to 23, 20154 events
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 610316, 610318, 610317, 610320, 610319.