Storm History: Baltimore County, Maryland
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Baltimore 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
- 2,222
- Deaths
- 96
- Injuries
- 424
- Damage
- $503 million
- Episodes
- 1,036
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 446 | 2 | 0 | $10 million |
| Hail | 347 | 1 | 6 | $2.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 313 | 2 | 8 | $7.2 million |
| Winter Storm | 200 | 2 | 13 | $1.5 million |
| Winter Weather | 167 | 1 | 6 | |
| Tornado | 166 | 0 | 68 | $56 million |
| Dense Fog | 112 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 92 | 72 | 281 | $2,000 |
| Flood | 62 | 0 | 0 | $31,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 50 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| High Wind | 43 | 1 | 8 | $9.2 million |
| Excessive Heat | 42 | 13 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 34 | 0 | 1 | $883,000 |
| Ice Storm | 27 | 0 | 0 | $140,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 19 | 0 | 0 | $5.9 million |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Blizzard | 11 | 1 | 0 | $18,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 8 | 1 | 0 | $408 million |
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 32 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 1 | $10,000 |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
The deadliest
- Heat, July 2, 2002
- Heat, July 4, 1999
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2018
- Heat, August 1, 2002
- Heat, June 25, 2002
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Heat, August 6, 2001
- Heat, August 12, 2002
- Excessive Heat, July 5, 2012
- Heat, July 16, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 19, 1996
- Heat, July 22, 2002
- Heat, July 28, 2002
- Heat, August 22, 2002
- Heat, June 24, 2010
- Heat, July 18, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 17, 2016
- Heat, August 6, 2018
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Blizzard, January 7, 1996
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Tornado, October 18, 1990
- Tornado, June 5, 2024
- Tornado, November 1, 1994
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 1998
- Drought, July 1, 1997
- Tornado, August 26, 1999
- Winter Storm, February 14, 2003
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2001
- Tropical Storm, September 16, 1999
- Tornado, November 8, 1996
- Hail, July 17, 2021
- Strong Wind, November 22, 2005
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2023
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 episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2026
- Tornado, March 16, 2026
- Tornado, March 11, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 22, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, December 26, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 5, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Tornado, July 1, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2025
- Hail, June 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Hail, May 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2025
- Ice Storm, February 5, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2024
- Coastal Flood, August 9, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2024
- Hail, July 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 9, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 5, 2024
- Hail, June 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Tornado, June 5, 2024
- Hail, May 27, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 15, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 9, 2024
- Flood, January 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Flood, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2023
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2023
- Flood, July 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2023
- Hail, June 27, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Tornado, April 22, 2023
- Hail, April 15, 2023
- High Wind, April 1, 2023
- Tornado, April 1, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 14, 2022
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2022
- Hail, July 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2022
- Tornado, June 8, 2022
- Tornado, May 27, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 25, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 22, 2021
- Tornado, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2021
- Heat, August 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Heat, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2021
- Hail, July 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2021
- Hail, July 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Hail, June 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2021
- Tornado, June 3, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- Tornado, May 3, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 23, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, April 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2021
- Dense Fog, March 24, 2021
- Dense Fog, February 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Ice Storm, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Coastal Flood, December 25, 2020
- Flood, December 24, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 21, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 12, 2020
- Flood, November 30, 2020
- Coastal Flood, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Dense Fog, November 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 31, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 23, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 22, 2020
- Dense Fog, October 21, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 3, 2020
- Tornado, September 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2020
- Hail, August 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2020
- Hail, August 7, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2020
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2020
- Heat, July 19, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Hail, July 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2020
- Hail, June 22, 2020
- Flood, June 22, 2020
- Dense Fog, May 26, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 9, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 8, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 30, 2020
- Dense Fog, April 25, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 16, 2020
- Flood, April 13, 2020
- Hail, April 13, 2020
- Coastal Flood, April 13, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2020
- Hail, April 7, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 29, 2020
- Dense Fog, March 20, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 7, 2020
- Dense Fog, February 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 7, 2020
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2020
- Dense Fog, December 30, 2019
- Dense Fog, December 17, 2019
- Ice Storm, December 16, 2019
- Dense Fog, December 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, November 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2019
- Flood, August 22, 2019
- Hail, August 18, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2019
- Hail, August 6, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2019
- Hail, August 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Heat, July 17, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2019
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Baltimore CountyEvery warning in Baltimore 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.