Delaware

Storms in Delaware in 2004

143 events in 89 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Delaware in 2004, 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 2004 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

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The year

Events
143
Deaths
1
Injuries
5
Damage
$2.5 million
Episodes
89

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
Winter Weather2200
Thunderstorm Wind2100$75,000
Strong Wind1811$117,000
Flash Flood1801$625,000
Lightning1400$652,000
Cold/Wind Chill1200
Storm Surge/Tide700
Flood600
Heavy Rain600
Heavy Snow400
Dense Fog400
Funnel Cloud300
Hail200
Tornado200$1.0 million
High Surf203
Wildfire100
Rip Current100

Every episode, month by month

January 2004

February 2004

March 2004

April 2004

May 2004

June 2004

July 2004

August 2004

September 2004

October 2004

November 2004

December 2004

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.