On this date in 2012, nine confirmed tornadoes touched down in the D.C.-Baltimore region, all of them in Maryland.
Three struck Montgomery County and one each in Anne Arundel, Howard and Prince George’s counties, The Washington Post’s Martin Weil reported. Two were in Carroll County, and another occurred in Harford County.
“These tornadoes mainly produced tree damage though there were a few reports of minor damage to homes/buildings,” Jason Samenow wrote at the time.
In addition, a pair of tornadoes hit southeast Virginia.
Here are other notables from this day:
- Average high: 81
- Average low: 63
- Record high: 98 (2011)
- Record low: 45 (1938)
- Record rainfall: 2.49 inches (2015)
