Storms in Delaware in 1998
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Delaware in 1998, 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 1998 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
- 161
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 14
- Damage
- $4.7 million
- Episodes
- 63
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heat | 38 | 1 | 8 | |
| Drought | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Strong Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 12 | 0 | 5 | $3.0 million |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 5 | 0 | 1 | $175,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Waterspout | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1998
- Heat in Delaware, January 4 to 9, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, January 23, 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, January 28 to 29, 1998
- Heat in Delaware, January 31, 1998
February 1998
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, February 4 to 9, 1998
- Strong Wind in Delaware, February 4 to 5, 1998
- Strong Wind in Delaware, February 17, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, February 17 to 18, 1998
- Flash Flood and Coastal Flood in Delaware, February 23 to 24, 1998
- Strong Wind in Delaware, February 25, 1998
- Heat in Delaware, February 28, 1998
March 1998
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Delaware, March 8 to 9, 1998
- Strong Wind in Delaware, March 9, 1998
- Flash Flood in Delaware, March 19, 1998
- Flash Flood in Delaware, March 21, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, March 21 to 22, 1998
- Heat in Delaware, March 27 to 31, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, March 31, 1998
May 1998
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, May 6, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, May 8 to 12, 1998
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, May 11 to 12, 1998
June 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 1, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 1, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 2, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, June 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 13, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 13, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 13, 1998
- Hail in Delaware, June 16, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 16, 1998
- Heat in Delaware, June 25 to 26, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 26, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 26, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 26, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 26, 1998
July 1998
- Heat in Delaware, July 20 to 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 21, 1998
- Drought in Delaware, July 31, 1998
August 1998
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 10, 1998
- Flash Flood in Delaware, August 10, 1998
- Tornado and Waterspouts in Delaware, August 13, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, August 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 18, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 18, 1998
- Heat in Delaware, August 22 to 26, 1998
- Rip Current in Delaware, August 23 to 29, 1998
- Drought in Delaware, August 31, 1998
September 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, September 2, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, September 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, September 7, 1998
- Heat in Delaware, September 27, 1998
- Drought in Delaware, September 30, 1998
October 1998
November 1998
December 1998
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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.