Tropical Storm — Maryland Beaches, Maryland

2025-08-21 · Maryland Beaches, Maryland

Event narrative

Although Hurricane Erin passed well offshore on August 21, the wind field was so large that northerly winds gusted to 30 to 40 miles per hour from 9 AM EST through 4 PM EST. The peak gust was 41 mph at the Assateague Island RAWS at 11:31 AM EST and 43 mph at the Ocean City ASOS around 11 AM EST.

Wider weather episode

The center of Hurricane Erin stayed several hundred miles east of the Middle Atlantic coast on August 21, 2025. However, due the extremely large size of the cyclone with an expansive wind field, tropical storm force gusts occurred over the Atlantic and Lower Maryland beaches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1291146. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.