Storms in Delaware in 1996
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Delaware in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.
Delaware in 1996 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
- 92
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Damage
- $4.3 million
- Episodes
- 55
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rain | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 16 | 0 | 0 | $300,000 |
| High Wind | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Coastal Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $2.0 million |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 5 | 0 | 8 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1996
- Winter Storm in Delaware, January 6 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in Delaware, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, January 7 to 8, 1996
- High Wind in Delaware, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Delaware, January 12, 1996
- High Wind in Delaware, January 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, January 19, 1996
- Flood in Delaware, January 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Delaware, January 24, 1996
- High Wind in Delaware, January 27, 1996
February 1996
- Winter Storm in Delaware, February 2 to 3, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Delaware, February 2 to 3, 1996
- Cold in Delaware, February 4 to 6, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Delaware, February 16 to 17, 1996
- High Wind in Delaware, February 24, 1996
March 1996
- Winter Weather in Delaware, March 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Delaware, March 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, March 19 to 20, 1996
- High Wind in Delaware, March 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, March 19 to 20, 1996
April 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, April 1 to 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, April 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, April 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, April 30, 1996
May 1996
June 1996
- Heat in Delaware, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, June 11, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, June 19 to 20, 1996
July 1996
August 1996
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, August 12 to 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, August 13, 1996
- Strong Wind in Delaware, August 13, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, August 13, 1996
- High Surf in Delaware, August 29 to 31, 1996
September 1996
October 1996
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, October 8, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, October 8, 1996
- High Wind in Delaware, October 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, October 8, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, October 18 to 19, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, October 18 to 19, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, October 19, 1996
- Flood in Delaware, October 19 to 20, 1996
November 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, November 8 to 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, November 26, 1996
- Winter Weather in Delaware, November 28, 1996
December 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, December 2, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, December 6, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, December 8, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, December 12 to 14, 1996
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, December 13 to 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Delaware, December 13 to 14, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, December 31, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, December 31, 1996
More
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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.