Heavy Rain, Delaware Beaches / X E Sussex
- When
- September 30, 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, September 30, 2000
September 2000 continued the trend of unseasonably wet weather for the state of Delaware. 3 inches in Sussex County.
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.
September 2000 continued the trend of unseasonably wet weather for the state of Delaware. On a county weighted average, September monthly rainfall totals were all above average and ranged from 5.8 inches in New Castle County to 6.0 inches in Kent County to 7.3 inches in Sussex County. Normal monthly rainfall is around 3.7 inches. At the New Castle County Airport, the 6.61 inches of rain was the 11th wettest September on record dating back to 1894.
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
- September 30, 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
- September 30, 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
- September 30, 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 Oregon, September 30, 2000
- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, September 30, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Pennsylvania, September 30, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, September 30, 2000
- Cold in Connecticut, September 30, 2000
- Flood in Florida, September 30, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, September 30, 2000
- Waterspout in Florida, September 30, 2000
- Flood in Hawaii, September 30, 2000
More
Every storm in Delaware in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, September 2000
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: 5156391, 5156392, 5156393, 5156394.