Maryland

Storm History: Caroline County, Maryland

649 episodes, 747 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Caroline 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
747
Deaths
3
Injuries
13
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
649

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
Thunderstorm Wind14011$206,000
Strong Wind7600$113,000
Winter Weather7000
Drought6000
Heat5729
Heavy Rain4200
Winter Storm4000$200,000
Dense Fog3500
Heavy Snow3100
Hail2800$78,000
Flash Flood2801$8.4 million
Tornado2601$575,000
Cold/Wind Chill2400
High Wind2300$37,000
Excessive Heat2300
Coastal Flood1100$1,000
Flood900$1.0 million
Tropical Storm800$1.4 million
Lightning501$30,000
Sleet200
Wildfire200
Astronomical Low Tide200
Blizzard200
Funnel Cloud100
Frost/Freeze100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Caroline County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Caroline CountyEvery warning in Caroline 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.