Heat, New Castle
- When
- June 8, 10:00 AM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- New Castle forecast zone
- Injuries
- 8 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in Delaware, June 8, 1996
The combination of high temperatures near 90F and excessive humidity levels caused eight persons to suffer heat exhaustion during a day-long country music festival in Frawley Stadium near Wilmington.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 8
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 combination of high temperatures near 90F and excessive humidity levels caused eight persons to suffer heat exhaustion during a day-long country music festival in Frawley Stadium near Wilmington.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 8, 1996
- Hail in Mississippi, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, June 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: 5567071.