Storms in Maryland in 2018

1,220 events in 174 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 2018, 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 2018 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: 1,220
Deaths: 29
Injuries: 11
Damage: $72 million
Episodes: 174

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 event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Flood	384	0	0	$43,000
Thunderstorm Wind	173	0	8	$35,000
Flash Flood	138	3	0	$71 million
Winter Weather	113	0	0
Dense Fog	104	0	0
Heat	64	14	0
Winter Storm	47	0	0
Frost/Freeze	39	0	0
High Wind	35	1	2	$155,000
Coastal Flood	27	0	0
Hail	27	0	0	$7,000
Cold/Wind Chill	22	0	0
Heavy Rain	22	0	0
Excessive Heat	6	9	0
Blizzard	4	0	0
Strong Wind	4	0	0
Tornado	4	2	1	$915,000
Lightning	3	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	2	0	0
Heavy Snow	2	0	0

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.