Delaware

Storms in Delaware in 2008

181 events in 68 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Delaware in 2008, 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 2008 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
181
Deaths
4
Injuries
108
Damage
$1.5 million
Episodes
68

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 Wind3530$127,000
Drought3200
Winter Weather25151
Thunderstorm Wind1900$373,000
Astronomical Low Tide800
Lightning802$528,000
High Wind800$120,000
Excessive Heat800
Hail700$100,000
Flash Flood500
Coastal Flood400$210,000
Heavy Rain400
Tropical Storm400
Flood300
High Surf300
Storm Surge/Tide300
Dense Fog200
Funnel Cloud200
Rip Current1055

Every episode, month by month

January 2008

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March 2008

April 2008

May 2008

June 2008

July 2008

August 2008

September 2008

October 2008

November 2008

December 2008

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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.