Hurricanes that hit Worcester County, Maryland: hurricane history

36 storms have passed within 50 km of Worcester County from 1856 to 2021, coloured by intensity on the map.

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Years1842 to 2026
Ocean basin

Choosing a minimum category hides storms with no wind speed in the record. To see which storms have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • Tropical depression Winds below 34 knots (39 mph)
  • Tropical storm 34 to 63 knots (39 to 73 mph)
  • Category 1 64 to 82 knots (74 to 95 mph)
  • Category 2 83 to 95 knots (96 to 110 mph)
  • Category 3 96 to 112 knots (111 to 129 mph), major
  • Category 4 113 to 136 knots (130 to 156 mph), major
  • Category 5 137 knots (157 mph) or more, major
  • Unknown intensity No wind speed in the record
  • Post-tropical Storm has become post-tropical (dashed line)

How to read the lines. Each line is the track of one storm, drawn through its six-hourly positions and coloured by its intensity at each point (the Saffir-Simpson scale), so a line changes colour as the storm strengthens or weakens. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see which storms have passed nearby. Weaker storms appear as you zoom in. Hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones are the same kind of storm with different names in different oceans.

Storms near Worcester County

The record holds 36 tropical cyclones whose tracks passed within 50 km of Worcester County, Maryland between 1856 and 2021. The busiest month is September, with 17 of them. The strongest, measured where each came closest to the place, reached category 2 strength.

  • 36storms within 50 km
  • 0major (category 3 to 5) near here
  • 7at category 1 strength or more

A storm counts once, however many times it came close. The category is the storm's strongest point within 50 km, which can be weaker than its peak elsewhere.

How strong were the storms near Worcester County?

Category near hereStormsShare
Tropical depression38%
Tropical storm2672%
Category 1514%
Category 226%
Category 300%
Category 400%
Category 500%
Unknown intensity00%

The agency behind most of the intensity figures here is the NOAA National Hurricane Center (HURDAT2, Atlantic).

Worcester County storms over time

Storms by decade
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 7 in 1880s.1850s1870s1890s1940s1960s1980s2000s2020s

The 2020s only run to 2021, so that bar is for a shorter period. This place's record starts in 1856, and records before the satellite era (about the 1960s) are far less complete.

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PeriodCount
1850s2
1860s2
1870s2
1880s7
1890s2
1900s2
1940s2
1950s1
1960s3
1970s1
1980s1
1990s3
2000s4
2010s2
2020s2

Earlier decades hold fewer storms partly because they were harder to see. Before weather satellites (about the 1960s) many storms that stayed at sea went unrecorded, so compare decades with care.

Storms by month
Bar chart of storms by period. The most is 17 in Sep.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May1Jun2Jul6Aug6Sep17Oct4Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun2
Jul6
Aug6
Sep17
Oct4
Nov0
Dec0

Strongest storms near Worcester County

  • Unnamed storm of August 1879 (North Atlantic)12 August 1879 to 20 August 1879, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (100 kt), 971 hPa
  • Gloria (1985)16 September 1985 to 2 October 1985, Category 2 (90 kt) near here, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 920 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1894 (North Atlantic)26 September 1894 to 12 October 1894, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 3 (105 kt)
  • Unnamed storm of September 1903 (North Atlantic)12 September 1903 to 17 September 1903, Category 1 (75 kt) near here, peak Category 2 (85 kt), 990 hPa
  • Unnamed storm of September 1859 (North Atlantic)9 September 1859 to 22 September 1859, peak Category 1 (70 kt)

Most recent storms near Worcester County

  • Elsa (2021)30 June 2021 to 10 July 2021, Tropical storm (50 kt) near here, peak Category 1 (75 kt), 991 hPa
  • Fay (2020)5 July 2020 to 11 July 2020, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 998 hPa
  • Ana (2015)6 May 2015 to 12 May 2015, Tropical depression (30 kt) near here, peak Tropical storm (50 kt), 998 hPa

Many of these storms killed people and destroyed homes. The figures are the official record's, and this page says nothing about their human cost.

A storm that came near several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

Notable storms near Worcester County

  • Floyd (1999)7 September 1999 to 19 September 1999, peak Category 4 (135 kt), 921 hPa
  • Gloria (1985)16 September 1985 to 2 October 1985, peak Category 4 (125 kt), 920 hPa

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