Maryland

Storm History: Montgomery County, Maryland

766 episodes, 1,941 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Montgomery 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
1,941
Deaths
12
Injuries
34
Damage
$53 million
Episodes
766

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.

Open the live radar over Montgomery County

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 Wind47246$24 million
Hail44939$10 million
Flash Flood38537$4.4 million
Tornado21007$14 million
Flood7811$25,000
Winter Storm7800
Winter Weather7200
Dense Fog6000
Frost/Freeze3300
High Wind2204
Heat1800
Excessive Heat1710
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Ice Storm1000
Lightning800$847,000
Heavy Rain400
Tropical Storm300
Blizzard300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Storm Surge/Tide100
Strong Wind100$1,000

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 Montgomery County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Montgomery CountyEvery warning in Montgomery 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.