Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Federalsburg, MD

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Greenwood 2NE, DE, 13 miles northeast of Federalsburg at 45 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 44°F and 25°F. September is the wettest at 4.8 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.9 inches; the year adds up to 46.3 inches over 75 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 54% of the year's precipitation (24.9 of 46.3 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 53 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (20); a normal September there has highs of 79°F and 4.8 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 22 days a year, almost all from May to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 96 nights a year. Snowfall averages 12.8 inches a year, most of it in February. That 46.3 inches is more than at 22 of the 41 Maryland stations used on this site (54%). Hurlock, 7 miles southwest, has its own station (Royal Oak 2 SSW, MD): 47.7 inches a year, 1.4 more than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 87°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Cambridge, MD, 18 miles southwest, averaged 83°F in July and 39°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from July to August. Sea level at the Cambridge tide gauge, 18 miles from Federalsburg, has risen 1.59 ± 0.06 inches per decade from 1943 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 15.9 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 97 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 178 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Federalsburg: 122 thunderstorm wind reports, 35 heavy rain events, 12 flash floods, 5 floods and 4 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $1.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on July 18, 1997. July has had the most flash floods, 5 of 12. Of the 239 Maryland cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 29 have had fewer than Federalsburg.

Flood insurance policyholders in Federalsburg's ZIP code 21632 have filed 22 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $180,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 2006, with 12. 9% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 150 Maryland cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 34 have fewer than Federalsburg.