Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Snow Hill, MD

What the records show for Snow Hill

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Snow Hill

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Snow Hill: 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 Snow Hill

The strongest 12 of 33, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Weather by month in Snow Hill

Averages for 1991–2020 at Snow Hill 4 N, MD (30 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Ocean City Inlet, 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.

Maryland weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Snow Hill

• June 2, 1998: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Snow Hill — $250,000 damage.

  NWS: “Microburst ripped the roof off of a maintenance building, with the roof debris scattered about 200 yards into a neighboring field. Damage also occurred at a nearby car dealership, where a tent was blown down and approximately 18 cars were damaged.”

• May 13, 2002: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of Snow Hill — $200,000 damage.

  NWS: “Trees down and damage to chicken houses and residential homes in central and northern portions of county. Occurred between 845 pm and 930 pm.”

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

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).

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