Maryland

Storms in Maryland in 2016

888 events in 164 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 2016, 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 2016 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
888
Deaths
4
Injuries
21
Damage
$24 million
Episodes
164

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 Wind27203$699,000
Winter Weather10800
Frost/Freeze9000
Heavy Rain6100
Flood5800$1.0 million
Heat4800
Hail4600
Flash Flood4020$23 million
Winter Storm39212
High Wind3306$50,000
Dense Fog2200
Coastal Flood2100
Excessive Heat1000
Blizzard900
Lightning600
Ice Storm500
Tropical Storm500
Funnel Cloud400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Tornado300$75,000
Strong Wind300$1,000
Heavy Snow100
High Surf100

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.