Many of these storms also affect the country's capital, Washington, D.C., since the city is located on territory ceded by Maryland.
[1] Central and Western Maryland, as well as Washington, D.C., commonly receive rainfall from the remnants of storms that make landfall elsewhere and track northward.
[2] On rare occasions, the area experiences the effects of Pacific storms; one such example of this is Hurricane Tico, which made landfall on Mexico and moved inland.
Hurricane Agnes of the 1972 season was the deadliest storm, killing 19 people as a result of heavy flooding.
The following table includes all storms since 1950 that have caused reported fatalities in Maryland and Washington, D.C.