Maryland

Storm History: Charles County, Maryland

655 episodes, 1,022 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Charles 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
1,022
Deaths
2
Injuries
165
Damage
$139 million
Episodes
655

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 Wind23402$8.0 million
Hail20410$1.6 million
Tornado1471122$117 million
Flash Flood6900$613,000
Winter Storm6300
Heat5700
Dense Fog4200
Winter Weather3700
Flood3600$68,000
Excessive Heat2400$12,000
Frost/Freeze2200
Drought1200$1.7 million
Heavy Rain1000
High Wind1000$1.1 million
Heavy Snow900
Strong Wind900$4,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900
Ice Storm700
Blizzard500$5,000
Storm Surge/Tide400$1.8 million
Tropical Storm4041$7.0 million
Coastal Flood400
Cold/Wind Chill300$3,000
Lightning100$20,000

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 Charles County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Charles CountyEvery warning in Charles 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.