Heavy Rain, Delaware Beaches / X E Sussex
- When
- January 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Delaware Beaches / X E Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Delaware, January 31, 1999
January 1999 finally broke a string of unseasonably dry months that prevailed throughout the second half of 1998 in Delaware. 7 inches.
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.
January 1999 finally broke a string of unseasonably dry months that prevailed throughout the second half of 1998 in Delaware. January monthly precipitation was around 150% to 200% of normal and was around 6.7 inches. The monthly precipitation total of 5.42 inches at the New Castle County Airport was the 7th wettest January in this century.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Rain, Inland Sussex
- When
- January 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Inland Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -75.339 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, Kent
- When
- January 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.096, -75.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain, New Castle
- When
- January 31, 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- New Castle forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in Louisiana, January 31, 1999
- Flood in Louisiana, January 31, 1999
- Flooding in Texas, January 31, 1999
- High Wind in Tennessee, January 31, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, January 31, 1999
- Flooding in Louisiana, January 31, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, January 31, 1999
- High Wind in Alabama, January 31, 1999
- Sleet in North Carolina, January 31, 1999
- Sleet in South Carolina, January 31, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, January 31, 1999
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 31, 1999
More
Every storm in Delaware in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, January 1999
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: 5684632, 5684633, 5684634, 5684635.