Maryland

Storm History: Kent County, Maryland

706 episodes, 817 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kent 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
817
Deaths
0
Injuries
13
Damage
$14 million
Episodes
706

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 Wind18900$99,000
Winter Weather7700
Strong Wind7400$105,000
Drought6100
Heat5703
Winter Storm4200$125,000
Hail4003$500
Heavy Rain3600
Heavy Snow3200
Flash Flood2700$1.0 million
Dense Fog2600
Cold/Wind Chill2500
High Wind2500$102,000
Excessive Heat2400
Tornado1900$508,000
Flood1900$1.1 million
Lightning1307$31,000
Coastal Flood1000$1,000
Tropical Storm700$11 million
Sleet300
Astronomical Low Tide300
Wildfire200
Blizzard200
Funnel Cloud100
Frost/Freeze100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Ice Storm100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Kent County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Kent CountyEvery warning in Kent 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.