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Maryland Weather Records

11 official all-time records

The official all-time extremes for Maryland, as NOAA’s State Climate Extremes Committee lists them: from 109°F at Cumberland to -40°F at Oakland.

Maximum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
109°FJuly 10, 1936Cumberland182280E3
109°FJuly 10, 1936Frederick183348E3
109°FAugust 7, 1918Cumberland182280E3
109°FAugust 6, 1918Cumberland182280E3
109°FAugust 6, 1918Keedysville184780E3
109°FJuly 3, 1898Boettcherville180960E3

Minimum Temperature

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
-40°FJanuary 13, 1912Oakland186620E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Greatest 24-Hour Precipitation

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
14.75 inchesJuly 26, 1897 to July 27, 1897Jewell (nr. Friendship)184650E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum Annual Precipitation Total

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
84.56 inchesJanuary 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018Catonsville 1.2 NWCoCoRaHS MD-BL-39NS

Maximum 24-Hour Snowfall

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
31 inchesMarch 29, 1942Clear Spring 1ENE181890E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

Maximum Snow Depth

RecordDateWhereStationStatus
54 inchesMarch 15, 1993Frostburg 2183415E: Value is unchanged from previous extremes tables last updated by NCEI (formerly NCDC) between 1998 and 2006. Value exceeds all other valid values.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, State Climate Extremes Committee records.