Storms Through the Years

I seem to remember Ernesto made a heck of a mess in Ocean City...only 50 mph winds?

Hurricanes that hit Maryland the hardest

Baltimore Business Journal

Date: Friday, October 26, 2012, 2:11pm EDT - Last Modified: Friday, October 26, 2012, 2:35pm EDT

Already out buying your milk, water and toilet paper to get ready for Hurricane Sandy’s potential arrival? If you’ve lived in Maryland for a while, you’ve been there before.

• 1960 – Hurricane Donna, winds 100 mph in Ocean City, two deaths
• 1961 – Hurricane Esther, winds 45 mph in Ocean City.
• 1964 – Tropical Storm Cleo, 5.8 inches of rain in Westernport (Allegany County)
• 1968 – Tropical Depression Abby, 3.83 inches of rain in Centreville
• 1968 – Tropical Depression Fourteen, 4.68 inches of rain in Parkton
• 1968 – Hurricane Gladys, flooded Ocean City.
• 1972 – Tropical Storm Agnes, flooding throughout Maryland, 19 deaths
• 1975 – Hurricane Eloise, 14.23 inches of rain and flooding in Westminster
• 1976 – Hurricane Belle, winds 70 mph in Ocean City.
• 1979 – Tropical Storm David, 9.4 inches of rain in Western Maryland and seven tornadoes throughout the state
• 1985 – Hurricane Danny, 7 inches of rain in Delmarva Peninsula
• 1985 – Hurricane Gloria, 7 inches of rain in eastern Maryland, winds 40 mph on coast
• 1986 – Hurricane Charley, winds 35 mph and 4.5 inches of rain along shore
• 1987 – Tropical Depression Nine, 5 inches of rain in Maryland
• 1991 – Hurricane Bob, waves 12 feet high along shore.
• 1992 – Hurricane Andrew, 2.7 inches of rain in Western Maryland
• 1992 – Tropical Storm Danielle, winds 53 mph in Ocean City, 3 inches of rain on Eastern Shore
• 1995 – Hurricane Erin, 4.53 inches of rain in Chestertown
• 1995 – Hurricane Opal, numerous tornadoes in Maryland, winds 150 mph
• 1996 – Tropical Storm Bertha, winds 63 mph in Ocean City, tornado in Dorchester, 5 inches of rain
• 1996 – Tropical Storm Fran, winds 55 mph, Potomac River floods, one death
• 1996 – Tropical Storm Josephine, winds 77 mph in Ocean City
• 1997 – Tropical Storm Danny, 5 inches of rain in Southern Maryland
• 1999 – Hurricane Dennis, 4 inches of rain in Maryland.
• 1999 – Hurricane Floyd, 14 inches of rain in Chestertown, 250,000 lose power, $7.9 million in damage in Maryland, one death
• 2000 – Hurricane Gordon, 2.17 inches of rain on Delmarva Peninsula
• 2001 – Tropical Storm Allison, 7.5 inches of rain in Denton
• 2002 – Hurricane Gustav, winds 44 mph at Tolchester Beach, 3,000 lose power
• 2002 – Hurricane Kyle, 4.03 inches of rain in Salisbury
• 2003 – Tropical Storm Bill, 4 inches of rain in Dorchester County
• 2003 – Tropical Storm Grace, 5 inches of rain in Western Maryland
• 2003 – Hurricane Isabel, winds 66 mph in Cambridge, 1.4 million lose power, one death
• 2004 – Hurricane Frances, 6 inches of rain in Maryland.
• 2004 – Hurricane Ivan, 3.83 inches of rain in Western Maryland, several tornadoes, two deaths
• 2004 – Hurricane Jeanne, 4 inches of rain and widespread flooding in Maryland
• 2005 – Hurricane Cindy, 7 inches of rain in Maryland, one tornado
• 2005 – Tropical Storm Tammy combined with Subtropical Depression Twenty-Two, 9 inches of rain and flooding statewide
• 2006 – Hurricane Ernesto, winds 50 mph, 44,000 lose power, flooding in Anne Arundel County
• 2007 – Tropical Storm Barry, 2.3 inches of rain in Columbia
• 2008 – Tropical Storm Hanna, 4 inches of rain and winds 50 mph in Southern Maryland
• 2011 - Hurricane Irene, winds 80 mph, $151 million in damage, two deaths.
• 2012 - June 'derecho', $19 million in damage, massive power outages, four deaths.

Sources: National Hurricane Center, National Climatic Data Center, U.S. Weather Bureau, NOAA, media reports

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