Maryland

Storm History: Prince George's County, Maryland

845 episodes, 1,352 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Prince George's 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
1,352
Deaths
19
Injuries
137
Damage
$134 million
Episodes
845

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
Hail28605$3.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind26724$3.8 million
Flash Flood20104$4.4 million
Tornado168263$112 million
Winter Storm7209$1.0 million
Dense Fog5510
Heat531040
Winter Weather4900
Flood4600$243,000
Frost/Freeze2800$10,000
High Wind2005$3.3 million
Excessive Heat2020$15,000
Strong Wind1610$112,000
Heavy Snow1200$20,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Drought1100$1.7 million
Ice Storm900$35,000
Heavy Rain800
Blizzard516$35,000
Cold/Wind Chill500$3,000
Tropical Storm401$4.4 million
Lightning300$20,000
Storm Surge/Tide100
Wildfire100

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 Prince George's County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Prince George's CountyEvery warning in Prince George's 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.