Delaware

Storms in Delaware in 2006

179 events in 88 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Delaware in 2006, 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 2006 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
179
Deaths
2
Injuries
12
Damage
$2.3 million
Episodes
88

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
Strong Wind5500$74,000
Thunderstorm Wind3000$6,000
Coastal Flood2300$20,000
High Wind1100$135,000
Flash Flood800$1.0 million
Dense Fog800
Lightning700$203,000
Heavy Rain700
Flood600$850,000
Hail400
Heat425
Winter Weather300
Winter Storm300
Wildfire301$5,000
Funnel Cloud300
High Surf306
Rip Current100

Every episode, month by month

January 2006

February 2006

March 2006

April 2006

May 2006

June 2006

July 2006

August 2006

September 2006

October 2006

November 2006

December 2006

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.