Maryland

Storm History: Somerset County, Maryland

239 episodes, 293 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Somerset 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
293
Deaths
0
Injuries
6
Damage
$12 million
Episodes
239

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 Wind8005$352,000
Winter Storm3800
Winter Weather3300$30,000
Hail3000$12,000
Heavy Rain2800
Coastal Flood2300$5.5 million
Tornado1101$380,000
Flash Flood1000
Flood800$500,000
Tropical Storm700$1.7 million
High Wind500$1.1 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$750,000
Frost/Freeze300
Heavy Snow300$1,000
Heat200
Blizzard200
Excessive Heat200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Drought100$2.0 million
Ice Storm100
Lightning100$3,000
Strong Wind100$2,000

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.

Every episode, newest first

More

Tornadoes in Somerset CountyEvery warning in Somerset 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.