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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Keymar, MD

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

25 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Keymar, Maryland since 1851, 3 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Isaias in 2020. Since 1950, 91 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
3

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
22

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
91

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Keymar

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Keymar, Maryland, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2020IsaiasAug 472 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
2012SandyOct 3031 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 3
2006ErnestoSep 230 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 1
1992DanielleSep 2673 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1979DavidSep 637 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 5
1955DianeAug 1812 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 2
1955ConnieAug 1319 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1954HazelOct 155 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 4
1952AbleSep 111 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2910 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1943Unnamed 1943 stormOct 124 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1926 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1933Unnamed 1933 stormAug 249 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 242 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1928Unnamed 1928 stormSep 2036 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 5
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 428 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 1
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 154 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1896Unnamed 1896 stormSep 3066 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 237 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1893Unnamed 1893 stormOct 1438 miCategory 1 (74 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2920 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2153 miTropical storm (47 mph)Category 3
1885Unnamed 1885 stormOct 1328 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2323 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 2
1876Unnamed 1876 stormSep 1824 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3

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

By decade

  • 2020s10
  • 2010s17
  • 2000s14
  • 1990s24(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s3(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s10
  • 1960s7
  • 1950s6(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Keymar, Maryland
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 19, 1996F316 mi2.2 mi0 / 3
May 22, 1983F38 mi2 mi0 / 0
Apr 5, 1952F321 mi17.5 mi0 / 4
Nov 2, 2018EF215 mi5.45 mi0 / 0
Sep 17, 2004F220 mi3 mi0 / 0
Sep 24, 2001F218 mi5 mi0 / 0
Apr 30, 1994F225 mi6 mi0 / 2
May 23, 1979F214 mi2 mi0 / 0
Aug 28, 1978F219 mi20 mi0 / 0
Jul 31, 1978F222 mi0.8 mi0 / 0
Jul 31, 1978F214 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Mar 21, 1976F224 mi1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 91, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Keymar while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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