Maryland

Storms in Maryland in 2023

649 events in 126 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Maryland in 2023, 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 2023 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

Open the live radar over Maryland

The year

Events
649
Deaths
2
Injuries
4
Damage
$77 million
Episodes
126

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 Wind39700$34 million
Hail5604$40 million
Winter Weather4200
Flash Flood4200$503,000
Flood2900
Coastal Flood2200
Excessive Heat1400
High Wind1300
Dense Fog900
Heavy Rain600
Winter Storm400
Tornado400$2.2 million
Tropical Storm300$42,000
Cold/Wind Chill200
Ice Storm200
Rip Current220
Lightning200$10,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2023

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April 2023

May 2023

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September 2023

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November 2023

December 2023

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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.