Drought, Delaware Beaches
- When
- June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware Beaches forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Delaware, June 30, 1997
June 1997 was drier than normal throughout Delaware. On a county weighted average, deficits averaged between 1 and 2 inches in New Castle and Sussex Counties.
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.
June 1997 was drier than normal throughout Delaware. On a county weighted average, deficits averaged between 1 and 2 inches in New Castle and Sussex Counties. Only Kent County was within an inch of normal. Coupled with the hot weather from June 21st onward, the lack of rain started to stress growing areas. The monthly precipitation total at the New Castle County Airport was 1.75 inches, about 49 percent of normal.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Inland Sussex
- When
- June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Inland Sussex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Kent
- When
- June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.096, -75.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, New Castle
- When
- June 30, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- New Castle forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strikes and Heavy Rain in Wisconsin, June 30, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, June 30, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, June 30, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 30, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 30, 1997
- High Wind in Utah, June 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 30, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alabama, June 30, 1997
- Drought in New Jersey, June 30, 1997
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, June 30, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 30, 1997
- Drought in Pennsylvania, June 30, 1997
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, June 1997
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: 5612061, 5612062, 5612063, 5612064.