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Germantown storms: live alerts, hail & tornado history

Live watches and warnings for Germantown, MD, the 48-hour thunderstorm outlook, and every hail, damaging-wind and tornado report within 25 miles since 2016.

Live alerts for Germantown, MD

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    Severe weather in Germantown by the numbers

    23.8severe-weather days a year (avg 2016–2025)
    4.7hail days a year
    130storm reports in the last 12 months
    2.75″biggest hail since 2016 (May 2, 2016)
    29tornado reports since 2016 · strongest EF2

    Germantown sits in one of the most active severe-weather areas in the country: since 2016, spotters and emergency managers have filed 1,867 severe-weather reports within 25 miles of the city — 178 hail reports, 1,660 damaging-wind reports and 29 tornado reports. On average that is 23.8 days a year with at least one report.

    Storm season here peaks in June, July, August, when 65% of all reports were filed.

    In the last 12 months there were 0 hail reports, 128 wind reports and 2 tornado reports around Germantown.

    Latest storm reports near Germantown

    DateReportWhere
    Sep 3, 2026Damaging wind13 mi SE · Montgomery Co.
    Sep 2, 2026Damaging wind9 mi NE · Montgomery Co.
    Aug 27, 2026Damaging wind7 mi NW · Montgomery Co.
    Aug 20, 2026Damaging wind20 mi NW · Frederick Co.
    Aug 10, 2026Damaging wind6 mi SW · Montgomery Co.
    Aug 7, 2026Damaging wind24 mi E · Prince Georges Co.
    Aug 6, 2026Damaging wind19 mi SW · Loudoun Co.
    Jul 28, 2026Damaging wind7 mi N · Montgomery Co.
    Jul 21, 2026Damaging wind7 mi W · Montgomery Co.
    Jul 18, 2026Damaging wind9 mi W · Montgomery Co.

    One line per day and type — the closest report that day. Distance and direction from the city centre. The latest SPC reports are preliminary until NOAA finalises them.

    Storm reports by year

    07214421728916: 34 hail16: 123 damaging wind16: 1 tornado1617: 21 hail17: 195 damaging wind17: 3 tornado1718: 9 hail18: 63 damaging wind18: 1 tornado1819: 39 hail19: 246 damaging wind19: 4 tornado1920: 6 hail20: 178 damaging wind20: 4 tornado2021: 8 hail21: 208 damaging wind21: 5 tornado2122: 6 hail22: 145 damaging wind22: 3 tornado2223: 19 hail23: 152 damaging wind23: 1 tornado2324: 30 hail24: 79 damaging wind24: 5 tornado2425: 6 hail25: 146 damaging wind2526: 125 damaging wind26: 2 tornado26
    HailDamaging windTornado

    Storm season in Germantown

    0137274410547Jan: 0JanFeb: 56FebMar: 94MarApr: 138AprMay: 206MayJun: 322JunJul: 547JulAug: 338AugSep: 105SepOct: 26OctNov: 26NovDec: 9Dec

    All hail, wind and tornado reports within 25 miles, 2016–2026, by month.

    Hail in Germantown

    Germantown averages 4.7 days a year with hail reported nearby. The biggest stone on record since 2016 was 2.75 inches — about the size of a baseball — reported 9 miles from the city centre on May 2, 2016. Hail of 1 inch (quarter size) or larger is what makes a thunderstorm severe; see the hail size chart.

    Tornadoes near Germantown

    There have been 29 tornado reports within 25 miles of Germantown since 2016; the strongest was rated EF2 (Nov 2, 2018, 13 miles from the city centre). A tornado warning means a tornado is occurring or imminent — take shelter immediately.

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    Questions about storms in Germantown

    Does Germantown get a lot of severe storms?

    Germantown averages 23.8 days a year with at least one hail, damaging-wind or tornado report within 25 miles, based on NOAA Storm Prediction Center reports 2016–2025.

    When is storm season in Germantown?

    Most severe-weather reports around Germantown come in June, July, August.

    What is the biggest hail recorded near Germantown?

    2.75 inches (baseball size) on May 2, 2016, 9 miles from the city centre.

    Have tornadoes hit near Germantown?

    Yes — 29 tornado reports within 25 miles since 2016, the strongest rated EF2 on Nov 2, 2018.

    How do I get storm alerts for Germantown?

    The live panel on this page shows every active National Weather Service watch and warning for Germantown, MD. For alerts on your phone, Lightning Tracker for iPhone shows storm risk and warnings for your location.

    How this page works: storm reports are NOAA Storm Prediction Center local storm reports (final database 2016–2025, preliminary daily reports after that) within 25 miles of Germantown, MD. They are reports of hail, damaging wind and tornadoes — not lightning strike counts, which no free public dataset provides at city level. Live alerts come from the National Weather Service API, the outlook from Open-Meteo forecast models. Updated Oct 27, 2026.