Maryland

Storm History: Talbot County, Maryland

689 episodes, 814 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Talbot 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
814
Deaths
5
Injuries
49
Damage
$9.7 million
Episodes
689

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 Wind17600$226,000
Strong Wind7800$174,000
Winter Weather6410
Drought5900
Heat5725
Heavy Rain4600
Hail4400$51,000
Winter Storm3900$400,000
Dense Fog36138
Tornado3200$76,000
Heavy Snow3010
Flash Flood2500$4.1 million
Excessive Heat2500
Cold/Wind Chill2400
High Wind2400$40,000
Coastal Flood1300$1,000
Flood1100$1.2 million
Lightning1006$1.2 million
Tropical Storm800$2.3 million
Astronomical Low Tide300
Sleet200
Funnel Cloud200
Wildfire200
Blizzard200
Frost/Freeze100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

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 Talbot County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Talbot CountyEvery warning in Talbot 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.