Storms in Delaware in 1983
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Delaware in 1983, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Delaware in 1983 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 16
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $250,000
- Episodes
- 9
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 2 | 9 | $250,000 |
Every episode, month by month
May 1983
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, May 15, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, May 21, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, May 22, 1983
July 1983
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 17, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 19, 1983
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Delaware, July 21, 1983
August 1983
November 1983
More
Every year in DelawareEvery state in 1983Tornadoes in Delaware in 198319821984
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.