Storm History: Howard County, Maryland

Events

927

Deaths

4

Injuries

7

Damage

$45 million

Episodes

480

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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• Flash Flood, July 30, 20162 deaths · $22 million · 9 events here
• Flash Flood, May 27, 20181 death · $11 million · 18 events here
• Flash Flood, May 18, 20151 death · $10,000 · 1 event here

• Flash Flood, July 30, 20162 deaths · $22 million · 9 events here
• Flash Flood, May 27, 20181 death · $11 million · 18 events here
• Tornado, June 5, 2024$3.0 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 28, 19922 injured · $2.5 million · F1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 8, 2022$1.0 million · EF0 · 4 events here
• Tornado, September 24, 2001$1.0 million · F3 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 29, 2012$656,000 · 1.75 in hail · 21 events here
• Tornado, March 11, 2026$568,000 · EF1 · 11 events here
• Hail, August 3, 2002$500,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 31, 1978$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 2020$156,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 13, 2002$151,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 24, 2006$150,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 2006$125,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023$115,000 · 74 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, August 7, 2000$110,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 1, 2012$109,000 · EF1 · 7 events here
• Hail, August 7, 2023$102,000 · 4 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 1994$100,000 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, August 11, 2001$100,000 · 2 events here

• Hail, August 7, 2023$102,000 · 4 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 23, 2015$4,000 · 4 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 2, 20162.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 2, 20192 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 4, 2007$1,000 · 2 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 3, 2025$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 26, 2021$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20211.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 17, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 29, 20191.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 21, 2014$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, July 3, 2014$3,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 29, 2012$656,000 · 1.75 in hail · 21 events here
• Hail, April 25, 20101.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 2010$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, September 24, 2001$1.0 million · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 31, 1978$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 18, 1990F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 2, 2018EF2 · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 5, 2024$3.0 million · EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Howard County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2026$17,000 · 57 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 16, 2026$2,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 11, 2026$568,000 · EF1 · 11 events here
• Winter Weather, March 2, 20262 events here
• Winter Storm, February 22, 20262 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 20262 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 20262 events here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20262 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 20262 events here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 20261 event here
• Winter Storm, December 26, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, December 13, 20252 events here
• Winter Weather, December 5, 20252 events here
• Winter Weather, December 5, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 31, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 14, 20252 events here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025$5,000 · 67 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 1, 2025$5,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2025$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025$4,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 2025$2,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 30, 20251 event here
• Tornado, May 16, 2025$7,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 3, 2025$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 16, 202566 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 11, 20252 events here
• Winter Storm, February 8, 20252 events here
• Ice Storm, February 5, 20252 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20252 events here
• Winter Storm, January 19, 20252 events here
• Winter Weather, January 10, 20252 events here
• Winter Storm, January 5, 20252 events here
• Winter Storm, January 3, 20252 events here
• Winter Weather, December 24, 20242 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2024$2,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 17, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2024$28,000 · 56 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 16, 20241 event here
• Tornado, June 5, 2024$3.0 million · EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 27, 2024$6,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20242 events here
• Winter Storm, February 13, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 19, 20242 events here
• Winter Storm, January 15, 20242 events here
• Flood, January 9, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 20241 event here
• Flood, December 18, 20231 event here
• Hail, September 8, 2023$5,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, September 7, 2023$3,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 7, 2023$102,000 · 4 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023$115,000 · 74 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 28, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2023$25,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2023$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2023$38,000 · 56 kt wind · 5 events here
• Tornado, April 22, 2023$1,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 20222 events here
• Winter Weather, December 22, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, December 14, 20222 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022$4,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2022$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 8, 20225 events here
• Tornado, June 8, 2022$1.0 million · EF0 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 27, 2022$2,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 12, 20222 events here
• Ice Storm, February 24, 20222 events here
• Winter Weather, February 13, 20222 events here
• Winter Weather, January 28, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 16, 20222 events here
• Winter Weather, January 9, 20222 events here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 3, 20222 events here
• Flood, October 29, 20212 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2021$7,000 · 55 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 22, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2021$49,000 · 60 kt wind · 6 events here
• Heat, August 12, 20212 events here
• Tornado, July 29, 2021$56,000 · EF0 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021$1,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20211.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2021$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 3, 2021$4,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, May 26, 2021$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 23, 20212 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 21, 20212 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2021$3,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Dense Fog, March 24, 20212 events here
• Dense Fog, February 28, 20212 events here
• Winter Weather, February 22, 20212 events here
• Winter Storm, February 18, 20213 events here
• Ice Storm, February 13, 20212 events here
• Winter Storm, February 10, 20212 events here
• Winter Storm, February 7, 20212 events here
• Winter Storm, January 31, 20212 events here
• Dense Fog, January 26, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, January 25, 20212 events here
• Flood, December 24, 20202 events here
• Dense Fog, December 21, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, December 16, 20202 events here
• Dense Fog, December 12, 20202 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020$14,000 · 60 kt wind · 10 events here
• Dense Fog, November 9, 20202 events here
• Frost/Freeze, October 31, 20201 event here
• Dense Fog, October 23, 20202 events here
• Dense Fog, October 22, 20202 events here
• Dense Fog, October 21, 20202 events here
• Tornado, September 3, 2020$1,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 2, 2020$2,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2020$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 12, 20202 events here
• Tornado, August 4, 2020$10,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2020$4,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20202 events here
• Heat, July 19, 20202 events here
• Hail, June 22, 2020$156,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Flood, June 22, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, May 9, 20202 events here
• Frost/Freeze, May 8, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 16, 20202 events here
• Flood, April 13, 20201 event here
• Hail, April 13, 2020$20,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 10, 20201 event here
• Dense Fog, March 29, 20202 events here
• Dense Fog, March 20, 20202 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2020$22,000 · 61 kt wind · 5 events here
• Dense Fog, February 7, 20202 events here
• Tornado, February 7, 2020$13,000 · EF1 · 8 events here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20202 events here
• Dense Fog, January 14, 20202 events here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20202 events here
• Dense Fog, January 3, 20202 events here
• Dense Fog, December 17, 20192 events here
• Ice Storm, December 16, 20192 events here
• Dense Fog, December 13, 20192 events here
• Winter Weather, December 11, 20191 event here
• Frost/Freeze, November 2, 20192 events here
• Flood, November 1, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, October 31, 20193 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 201970 kt wind · 7 events here
• Dense Fog, October 22, 20191 event here
• Hail, August 18, 201970 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 201978 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20192 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20192 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20192 events here
• Heat, July 17, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, July 8, 20192 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 201961 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 29, 20191.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 17, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 2, 20192 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 30, 2019EF1 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 201961 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 23, 20191 injured · EF1 · 7 events here
• Hail, May 18, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, May 2, 20192 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 201961 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 1, 20192 events here
• High Wind, February 24, 201956 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 20, 20192 events here
• Winter Weather, February 17, 20192 events here
• Winter Storm, February 10, 20192 events here
• Dense Fog, February 7, 20192 events here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 20193 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20192 events here
• Winter Weather, January 29, 20192 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 21, 20192 events here
• Dense Fog, January 18, 20192 events here
• Winter Weather, January 17, 20193 events here
• Winter Storm, January 12, 20192 events here
• Dense Fog, December 28, 20182 events here
• Flood, December 15, 20184 events here
• Dense Fog, December 14, 20182 events here
• Dense Fog, December 2, 20182 events here
• Dense Fog, December 2, 20181 event here
• Flood, November 24, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, November 15, 20182 events here
• Tornado, November 2, 2018EF2 · 4 events here
• Frost/Freeze, October 21, 20181 event here
• Dense Fog, October 8, 20182 events here
• Dense Fog, October 3, 20182 events here
• Flood, September 28, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, September 18, 20181 event here
• Dense Fog, September 11, 20182 events here
• Flood, September 9, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, September 7, 20182 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 31, 20182 events here
• Heat, August 29, 20181 event here
• Heat, August 28, 20181 event here
• Hail, August 13, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 27, 20181.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 3, 20182 events here
• Heat, July 2, 20182 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 201852 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, June 3, 20184 events here
• Flood, May 31, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, May 27, 20181 death · $11 million · 18 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 30, 20181 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 21, 20182 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 20, 20181 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 17, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, March 20, 20182 events here
• High Wind, March 2, 201860 kt wind · 2 events here
• Dense Fog, February 25, 20182 events here
• Dense Fog, February 23, 20182 events here
• Winter Weather, February 17, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, February 7, 20182 events here
• Winter Weather, February 4, 20182 events here
• Winter Weather, January 16, 20182 events here
• Winter Weather, January 8, 20182 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, January 3, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20172 events here
• Frost/Freeze, November 10, 20172 events here
• Heat, August 18, 20171 event here
• Flash Flood, August 18, 20171 event here
• Hail, August 12, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 28, 20174 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 201750 kt wind · 2 events here
• Heat, July 14, 20171 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 201750 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 5, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, March 13, 20172 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 201761 kt wind · 7 events here
• High Wind, February 12, 201763 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 12, 201763 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, January 13, 20172 events here
• Winter Weather, January 5, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, December 17, 20162 events here
• Frost/Freeze, November 13, 20161 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 26, 20161 event here
• Dense Fog, October 13, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 15, 20161 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 201658 kt wind · 5 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 13, 20162 events here
• Heat, August 12, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, July 30, 20162 deaths · $22 million · 9 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20162 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 201653 kt wind · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 21, 2016EF0 · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 201650 kt wind · 6 events here
• Hail, May 2, 20162.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 14, 20161 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 9, 20161 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 8, 20161 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 5, 20162 events here

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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.