Cold/Wind Chill in Maryland

Events

325

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

$118,000

• Cold in Maryland, February 16, 2015$100,000 · 5 eventsThe near arrival of the center of the arctic air mass brought some of the lowest wind chills and temperatures of the winter season to the Eastern Shore on the 16th.
• Cold in Maryland, March 11 to 13, 1998$18,000 · 14 eventsA series of cold fronts ushered in only the second arctic air mass of the winter of 1997/98. The unseasonably cold air, arriving on the heels of a mild and wet February, may have caused some damage to peach crops in Maryland orchards, especially on the coastal plain.
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Maryland, January 4 to 6, 201820 eventsArctic air and gusty winds caused low wind chills to develop.
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Maryland, January 20 to 23, 202519 eventsArctic air moved in behind a departing low pressure system on January 20. This Arctic air remained overhead as high pressure dominated through January 23.
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Maryland, January 21, 201918 eventsA low pressure system moved up the eastern seaboard of the United States on January 20th, with cold temperatures and strong northwest winds funneling behind the system from the night of the 20th into the morning of the 21st.
• Cold in Maryland, December 23 to 24, 202218 eventsA cold northwest wind behind an arctic cold front caused wind chills to drop to around -5 near the Chesapeake Bay to -20 degrees in western Maryland the day of the 23rd through the early afternoon of the 24th.
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Maryland, February 7 to 9, 202618 eventsAnother shot of Arctic Air spilled in February 7th through February 9th. For the mountains, minimum wind chills of -20 to -30F were observed. For the central Maryland, minimum wind chills of -5 to -20F were observed.
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Maryland, February 1 to 2, 202618 eventsA rather anomalous Arctic Outbreak continued into the first couple days of February. The remarkable aspect of this outbreak was the duration, as it extends well back into January. For portions of western Maryland, minimum wind chills of -20 to -30F were observed.
• Extreme Cold and Cold in Maryland, January 30 to 31, 201915 eventsA low pressure system moved into southeastern Canada on January 30th, with a cold front crossing through the Mid-Atlantic states. Cold temperatures and strong northwest winds followed behind the front on the night of the 30th and into the morning of the 31st.
• Cold in Maryland, December 7, 200214 eventsLong standing low temperature records were set on the morning of the 7th as a fresh snow pack, calm winds, and clear skies allowed temperatures to plummet around 20 to 30 degrees below normal overnight.
• Cold in Maryland, February 5 to 6, 200710 eventsAn arctic air mass that originated near the North Pole invaded the Maryland Eastern Shore on the 5th and 6th.
• Cold in Maryland, January 10, 20048 eventsVery cold Arctic air settled over Western Maryland, North Central Maryland and the Baltimore Metropolitan area. The minimum temperatures ranged from the single digits to the lower teens, and north winds measured 10 to 15 mph.
• Cold in Maryland, January 15 to 16, 20048 eventsA fast moving storm system brought light snow to the region on the 14th and 15th. Western Maryland counties received one to two inches of snow, while only a trace of snowfall was reported in North Central Maryland, the Baltimore Metropolitan area, and Lower Southern Maryland.
• Cold in Maryland, January 31, 20046 eventsVery cold arctic air combined with strong Northwest winds to produce dangerous wind chills. Minimum temperatures were in the lower teens. Wind speeds averaged 20 mph. Gusts of 30 mph were observed. This produced wind chill values of five to ten degrees below zero.
• Cold in Maryland, February 4 to 6, 19965 eventsThe coldest air mass of the winter season moved into the area behind the February 2nd-3rd snow storm. Some schools along the Eastern Shore were closed on Monday the 5th, the result of both the dangerously cold wind chill and the ongoing snow removal.
• Cold in Maryland, February 5 to 7, 19965 eventsAN ARCTIC AIRMASS SETTLED OVER THE MID ATLANTIC STATES RESULTING IN RECORD BREAKING COLD ACROSS THE LOWER MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE. THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO 1 BELOW ZERO AT THE SALISBURY AIRPORT ON THE MORNING OF THE 5TH, AND 2 BELOW ZERO O
• Cold in Maryland, May 31, 19975 eventsMay 1997 was an unseasonably cool month. For most locations, it was the coolest May since 1967. Monthly departures averaged 3 to 4 degrees below normal.
• Cold in Maryland, April 9 to 11, 19975 eventsAn unseasonably cold air mass from Canada moved across the Maryland Eastern Shore from April 9th through the 11th. Low temperatures those three mornings were below the freezing mark in most areas.
• Cold in Maryland, January 17 to 20, 19975 eventsThe coldest air mass of the winter season moved into the Maryland Eastern Shore on Friday the 17th. The high pressure system came straight from the arctic tundra and moved southeast reaching the Middle and South Atlantic States on the 19th and 20th.
• Cold in Maryland, July 31, 20005 eventsJuly 2000 was one of the coolest and wettest Julys on record for the Maryland Eastern Shore. In both Chestertown (Kent County) and Royal Oak (Talbot County), it was the coolest July on record for both stations. The July monthly mean temperature for Chestertown was 73.0 degrees.
• Cold in Maryland, July 31, 20015 eventsJuly 2001 was an unseasonably cool month for the state of Maryland. The preliminary monthly state mean temperature was 71.7 degrees, the 3rd coolest July on record since 1895.
• Cold in Maryland, January 14 to 28, 20035 eventsA cold frontal passage on the 13th initiated about a two week run of unseasonably cold weather, even by January standards across the Delmarva Peninsula. The coldest morning was the morning of the 18th as low temperatures dipped into the single numbers.
• Cold in Maryland, January 9 to 11, 20045 eventsAn arctic air mass brought some of the coldest weather in years to the Delmarva Peninsula from the evening of the 9th through the morning of the 11th. What made this even more unusual was that the brutally cold air mass occurred with no snow cover.
• Cold in Maryland, January 15 to 16, 20045 eventsFollowing the departing Alberta Clipper low pressure system, another arctic air mass invaded Maryland. While temperatures were slightly higher than the previous outbreak on the 10th and 11th, winds were stronger and the wind chill factors were lower.
• Cold in Maryland, December 20, 20045 eventsA high pressure system of arctic origin built into the Eastern Shore on the 20th. This was one of the coldest air masses of the entire winter season.

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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.