NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Port Republic, MD
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
49 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Port Republic, Maryland since 1851, 3 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Elsa in 2021. Since 1950, 80 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 3
- Tropical storms
- 46
- Tornadoes
- 80
- EF3 or stronger
- 3
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Port Republic
The strongest storm to pass near Port Republic was an unnamed storm in 1878, a Category 1 hurricane with 94 mph winds when its centre passed 35 miles away. The record near Port Republic begins with an unnamed storm in 1856; the most recent system was Elsa in 2021, a tropical storm 45 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1870s, with 5 systems, one of them at hurricane strength. Of the 49 systems, 7 have come since 2000. Port Republic has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 14% of the 239 Maryland cities on this site. The strongest of the 80 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F4 on April 28, 2002; its path passed within a mile of the city centre, and it killed 3 people. Of the 80, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 50 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 18. The most recent tornado was on July 1, 2025. Of the 239 Maryland cities, 67% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Port Republic. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 42 times since 1984, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Of the 239 Maryland cities, 64% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Port Republic.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Port Republic
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ElsaJul 9 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2020 | IsaiasAug 4 | 7 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2013 | AndreaJun 8 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2008 | HannaSep 6 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2006 | ErnestoSep 2 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2004 | GastonAug 31 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1999 | FloydSep 16 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1996 | BerthaJul 13 | 27 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1992 | DanielleSep 26 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1971 | DoriaAug 28 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1963 | Unnamed 1963 stormJun 3 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | Unnamed 1961 stormSep 14 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 30 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | DianeAug 18 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1955 | ConnieAug 13 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1954 | HazelOct 15 | 59 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1952 | AbleSep 1 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (56 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1945 | Unnamed 1945 stormSep 18 | 12 mi | Tropical storm (39 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormOct 21 | 62 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormAug 2 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1943 | Unnamed 1943 stormOct 1 | 2 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 19 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1933 | Unnamed 1933 stormAug 23 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormOct 2 | 20 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormSep 20 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 12 | 38 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1924 | Unnamed 1924 stormSep 30 | 64 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 17 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 4 | 54 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1904 | Unnamed 1904 stormSep 15 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormOct 12 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 16 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormNov 1 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormOct 23 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 29 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 11 | 25 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJul 2 | 56 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 23 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 11 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1878 | Unnamed 1878 stormOct 23 | 35 mi | Category 1 (94 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 4 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1876 | Unnamed 1876 stormSep 18 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 29 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormOct 26 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 18 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormSep 27 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 17 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 20 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Port Republic: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.
Tornadoes within 25 miles of Port Republic
By decade
- 2020s6
- 2010s19(1 EF3+)
- 2000s25(2 EF3+)
- 1990s17
- 1980s4
- 1970s6
- 1960s3
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2002 | F4 | in town | 38 mi | 3 / 122 |
| Feb 24, 2016 | EF3 | 24 mi | 30.34 mi | 0 / 25 |
| Apr 28, 2002 | F3 | 13 mi | 18 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 28, 2002 | F2 | 25 mi | 3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 27, 1994 | F2 | 23 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 27, 1994 | F2 | 14 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Oct 13, 1983 | F2 | 4 mi | 4 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 27, 1978 | F2 | 9 mi | 6.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 1, 2025 | EF1 | 17 mi | 0.98 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 27, 2022 | EF1 | 10 mi | 4.14 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 4, 2020 | EF1 | 9 mi | 3.01 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Feb 25, 2017 | EF1 | 20 mi | 8.44 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 80, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Port Republic
The Storm Prediction Center has 42 hail reports within 10 miles of Port Republic since 1984, made on 30 separate days. Of these, 26 were 1 inch across or larger, and 2 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on May 16, 2022. The most recent report is from September 7, 2023. April has the most reports, 14.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Port Republic
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Mechanicsville 5 NE, MD, 11 miles west of Port Republic at 100 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 85°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 44°F and 25°F. September is the wettest at 4.9 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.0 inches; the year adds up to 48.1 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 54% of the year's precipitation (26.0 of 48.1 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 49 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (18); a normal September there has highs of 77°F and 4.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 16 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 98 nights a year. Snowfall averages 15.1 inches a year, most of it in February. That 48.1 inches is more than at 35 of the 41 Maryland stations used on this site (85%). Saint Leonard, 3 miles southeast, has its own station (Patuxent River NAS, MD): 45.4 inches a year, 2.7 less than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 85°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Solomons Island, MD, 13 miles south, averaged 82°F in July and 41°F in February over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from July to August. Sea level at the Solomons Island tide gauge, 13 miles from Port Republic, has risen 1.62 ± 0.05 inches per decade from 1937 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 16.2 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 99 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 25 | 3.3 | 7 | 5.0 | 42 |
| Feb | 48 | 26 | 3.0 | 6 | 6.2 | 41 |
| Mar | 56 | 33 | 4.2 | 7 | 1.8 | 47 |
| Apr | 67 | 43 | 3.3 | 7 | 0.1 | 56 |
| May | 74 | 52 | 4.3 | 7 | 0.0 | 66 |
| Jun | 82 | 61 | 4.2 | 7 | 0.0 | 75 |
| Jul | 85 | 66 | 4.6 | 7 | 0.0 | 82 |
| Aug | 83 | 64 | 4.8 | 6 | 0.0 | 82 |
| Sep | 77 | 58 | 4.9 | 6 | 0.0 | 78 |
| Oct | 66 | 46 | 4.2 | 5 | 0.0 | 68 |
| Nov | 57 | 36 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 | 58 |
| Dec | 48 | 29 | 4.0 | 6 | 2.0 | 47 |
| Year | 66 | 45 | 48.1 | 77 | 15.1 | 62 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Mechanicsville 5 NE, MD (100 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Solomons Island, MD, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Port Republic
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 194 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Port Republic: 172 thunderstorm wind reports, 14 floods, 6 flash floods and 2 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $957,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 104 mph, on April 21, 2000. August has had the most flash floods, 3 of 6. Of the 239 Maryland cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 5 have had fewer than Port Republic.
October 8, 2005: flood 6 miles from the centre of Port Republic — 1 injured.
March 16, 2026: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Port Republic — $100,000 damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Calvert County, which includes Port Republic, has been named in 24 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1972, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 8 hurricanes, 6 snowstorms, 4 severe storms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Tropical Storm Isaias, on February 4, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Calvert County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hurricanes and lightning; Relatively Low for coastal flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for tornadoes, hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $16.0 million a year, the 17th highest of 24 Maryland counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $5.7 million (36%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Port Republic
- Saint Leonard, MD3 mi
- Prince Frederick, MD4 mi
- Huntingtown, MD9 mi
- Hollywood, MD10 mi
- Lusby, MD10 mi
- Mechanicsville, MD12 mi
- Hughesville, MD12 mi
- Chesapeake Beach, MD13 mi
- Sunderland, MD13 mi
- California, MD13 mi
- Owings, MD15 mi
- North Beach, MD15 mi
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