Maryland

Storms in Maryland in 2017

851 events in 132 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 2017, 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 2017 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
851
Deaths
1
Injuries
18
Damage
$1.1 million
Episodes
132

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 Wind395013$120,000
Winter Weather10000
Heavy Rain7600
Flash Flood6700$16,000
Hail4714
Flood4200$5,000
Heat2600
Winter Storm1900
Frost/Freeze1900
High Wind1700
Coastal Flood900
Heavy Snow700
Cold/Wind Chill700
Dense Fog500
Lightning500$3,000
Tornado401$950,000
Excessive Heat200
Strong Wind200$10,000
Funnel Cloud100
Freezing Fog100

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.