Maryland

Storm History: Anne Arundel County, Maryland

942 episodes, 1,461 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Anne Arundel County, Maryland: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,461
Deaths
16
Injuries
124
Damage
$36 million
Episodes
942

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail306234$3.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind286319$2.2 million
Flash Flood16820$4.0 million
Tornado14603$11 million
Winter Storm8011$2.0 million
Coastal Flood7800$80,000
Dense Fog7100
Winter Weather5610
Heat48361$10,000
Flood3701$158,000
High Wind3320$2.4 million
Frost/Freeze2800
Excessive Heat2520$13,000
Strong Wind1601$698,000
Lightning1202$141,000
Drought1200$1.7 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Heavy Snow900$150,000
Ice Storm900$10,000
Storm Surge/Tide700$1.4 million
Blizzard600$13,000
Heavy Rain600$100,000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Tropical Storm400$6.4 million
Wildfire102

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Anne Arundel County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Anne Arundel CountyEvery warning in Anne Arundel County since 1986Every county in Maryland

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.