Cold/Wind Chill, New Castle
- When
- February 4, 6:00 PM EST to February 6, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- New Castle forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Delaware, February 4 to 6, 1996
The coldest air mass of the winter season moved into Delaware following the February 2nd-3rd storm. Low temperatures reached close to and in a few places below zero the mornings of the 5th and 6th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
The coldest air mass of the winter season moved into Delaware following the February 2nd-3rd storm. Low temperatures reached close to and in a few places below zero the mornings of the 5th and 6th. Low temperatures the morning of the 5th included 4F in Bridgeville and Georgetown and 2F in Pennyhill and Camden. Calm winds and the fresh snowpack combined to make low temperatures the morning of the 6th even colder in most areas. Low temperatures included 7F in Pennyhill, 5F in Odessa, 3F in Lewes, 2F in Camden, -2F in Bridgeville and -4F in Georgetown. No serious cold related injuries were reported.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Kent
- When
- February 4, 6:00 PM EST to February 6, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.096, -75.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Inland Sussex
- When
- February 4, 6:00 PM EST to February 6, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Inland Sussex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Delaware Beaches
- When
- February 4, 6:00 PM EST to February 6, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Delaware Beaches forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Texas, February 4, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, February 4, 1996
- Cold in North Carolina, February 4, 1996
- Cold in South Carolina, February 4, 1996
- Flood in California, February 4, 1996
- Cold in Iowa, February 4, 1996
- Ice Storm in Arkansas, February 4, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, February 4, 1996
- Cold in West Virginia, February 4 to 5, 1996
- Cold in Ohio, February 4 to 5, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, February 4, 1996
- Cold in Texas, February 4, 1996
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, February 1996
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5551597, 5551598, 5551599, 5551600.