Storms in Delaware in 2003
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Delaware in 2003, 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 2003 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
- 181
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Damage
- $51 million
- Episodes
- 94
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind | 30 | 0 | 0 | $23,000 |
| Winter Weather | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 18 | 0 | 0 | $5.5 million |
| Heavy Rain | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 10 | 0 | 0 | $1.2 million |
| Flash Flood | 7 | 0 | 1 | $16 million |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 1 | $500,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $27 million |
| Hail | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2003
- Storm Surge in Delaware, January 2 to 3, 2003
- Storm Surge in Delaware, January 3, 2003
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Delaware, January 5, 2003
- Strong Wind in Delaware, January 11, 2003
- Cold in Delaware, January 14 to 29, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Delaware, January 16 to 17, 2003
- Strong Wind in Delaware, January 20, 2003
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 29, 2003
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 30, 2003
February 2003
- Strong Wind in Delaware, February 4, 2003
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Delaware, February 6 to 7, 2003
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 10, 2003
- Strong Wind in Delaware, February 12, 2003
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 15, 2003
- Storm Surge and Winter Storm in Delaware, February 16 to 17, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, February 22, 2003
- Flash Flood and Flood in Delaware, February 22 to 24, 2003
- Dense Fog in Delaware, February 22 to 23, 2003
- Strong Wind in Delaware, February 23, 2003
- Flood in Delaware, February 23 to 24, 2003
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 26 to 27, 2003
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Delaware, February 27 to 28, 2003
March 2003
- Flood in Delaware, March 6, 2003
- Flood in Delaware, March 20 to 21, 2003
- Storm Surge in Delaware, March 20 to 21, 2003
April 2003
May 2003
- Strong Wind in Delaware, May 12, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, May 16, 2003
- Flood in Delaware, May 26, 2003
June 2003
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, June 7, 2003
- Flood in Delaware, June 7, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 12, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, June 13, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, June 20, 2003
- Flood in Delaware, June 20 to 21, 2003
- Hail in Delaware, June 21, 2003
- Flash Flooding in Delaware, June 21, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, June 21, 2003
- Heat in Delaware, June 24 to 27, 2003
July 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 5, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 5, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 6, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 6, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 6, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 6, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 9, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 9, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 9, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, July 9, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 9, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, July 14, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, July 14, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 21, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 22, 2003
- Hail in Delaware, July 22, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 22, 2003
August 2003
- Flash Flood in Delaware, August 11, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, August 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 16, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 17, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 22, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 22, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 26, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 28, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, August 30, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 30, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 30, 2003
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 30, 2003
September 2003
- Flash Flood in Delaware, September 15 to 16, 2003
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Delaware, September 18 to 20, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, September 23, 2003
- Flood in Delaware, September 23, 2003
- Flash Flood in Delaware, September 28, 2003
October 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, October 14, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, October 14, 2003
- Strong Wind in Delaware, October 15, 2003
- Flood in Delaware, October 27, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, October 27, 2003
- Flood in Delaware, October 29, 2003
November 2003
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, November 6, 2003
- High Wind in Delaware, November 13, 2003
- Dense Fog in Delaware, November 18, 2003
- Strong Wind in Delaware, November 19, 2003
- Flood in Delaware, November 19 to 20, 2003
- Storm Surge in Delaware, November 24, 2003
- Strong Wind in Delaware, November 29, 2003
December 2003
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Delaware, December 5 to 6, 2003
- High Surf in Delaware, December 5 to 6, 2003
- Flood in Delaware, December 10 to 11, 2003
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, December 11, 2003
- Winter Weather in Delaware, December 14, 2003
- Storm Surge in Delaware, December 14, 2003
- Flood in Delaware, December 17, 2003
More
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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.