Delaware

Storms in Delaware in 1999

155 events in 59 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Delaware in 1999, 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 1999 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

Open the live radar over Delaware

The year

Events
155
Deaths
6
Injuries
33
Damage
$38 million
Episodes
59

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Drought2600$29 million
Heavy Rain2100
Heat21425
Dense Fog1800
Strong Wind1600
Winter Weather900
High Wind900
Flash Flood901
Thunderstorm Wind801$200,000
Coastal Flood504
Waterspout300
Lightning300
Heavy Snow200
Hail200
Winter Storm100
Rip Current100
Hurricane (Typhoon)122$8.4 million

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

February 1999

March 1999

April 1999

May 1999

June 1999

July 1999

August 1999

September 1999

October 1999

November 1999

December 1999

More

Every year in DelawareEvery state in 1999Tornadoes in Delaware in 1999Warnings in Delaware in 199919982000

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.