Winter Weather, New Castle
- When
- January 25, 5:00 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- New Castle forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.578, -75.639 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in Delaware, January 25, 2006
Rain and wet snow showers occurred during the late evening of the 24th and skies cleared toward morning with light winds. This permitted black ice to form on roadways.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
Rain and wet snow showers occurred during the late evening of the 24th and skies cleared toward morning with light winds. This permitted black ice to form on roadways. The icy roads led to numerous accidents. State and county police reported between 5 a.m. and 10 a.m. EST there were 91 weather related crashes that caused 10 injuries in New Castle County. In Wilmington, the South Market Street Bridge was closed between 630 a.m. EST and 830 a.m. EST for de-icing after five accidents occurred. The northbound lanes of Delaware State Route 141 were also closed during the morning rush for de-icing. Conditions were not as slippery in Kent County as only eighteen minor weather related crashes occurred.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Kent
- When
- January 25, 5:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Kent forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 39.096, -75.505 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Ice Storm in Arizona, January 25, 2006
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 25 to 26, 2006
- High Wind in North Carolina, January 25, 2006
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2006
- Winter Weather in New York, January 25 to 26, 2006
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2006
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 25 to 26, 2006
- Winter Weather in New York, January 25 to 26, 2006
- Winter Weather in Colorado, January 25 to 26, 2006
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 25 to 26, 2006
- Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 25, 2006
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 25, 2006
More
Every storm in Delaware in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Delaware, January 2006
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5486763, 5486849.