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Storm History: Cecil County, Maryland

838 episodes, 1,043 events since 1967

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cecil 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
1,043
Deaths
4
Injuries
31
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
838

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 Wind26626$1.9 million
Winter Weather8603
Strong Wind7600$204,000
Hail7301$555,000
Flash Flood6302$6.3 million
Tornado6102$4.5 million
Heat58114
Winter Storm5300$350,000
Drought5200
Heavy Rain4100
Flood3602$1.4 million
Heavy Snow3500
High Wind2700$94,000
Cold/Wind Chill2500
Excessive Heat2310
Dense Fog1800
Lightning1401$636,000
Tropical Storm700$1.2 million
Wildfire500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Sleet400
Coastal Flood400$1,000
Ice Storm400
Blizzard300$1.0 million
Frost/Freeze200
Astronomical Low Tide200

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 Cecil County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Cecil CountyEvery warning in Cecil 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.