Maryland

Storms in Maryland in 2021

1,103 events in 154 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 2021, 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 2021 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
1,103
Deaths
6
Injuries
9
Damage
$11 million
Episodes
154

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 Wind47114$5.5 million
Flood20300
Winter Weather14300$95,000
Flash Flood5314$1.2 million
Dense Fog4000
Winter Storm3400
Heat3000
Hail2901$2.0 million
Frost/Freeze2400
Heavy Rain2200
Coastal Flood1600$1.6 million
Lightning1000
Tornado800$868,000
Ice Storm600
Tropical Storm500$105,000
Rip Current440
High Wind300
Funnel Cloud100
Excessive Heat100

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.