Storms in Delaware in 2008
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
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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind | 35 | 3 | 0 | $127,000 |
| Drought | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 25 | 1 | 51 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 19 | 0 | 0 | $373,000 |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 8 | 0 | 2 | $528,000 |
| High Wind | 8 | 0 | 0 | $120,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 7 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Flash Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $210,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 1 | 0 | 55 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2008
- Drought in Delaware, January 1 to 31, 2008
- Astronomical Low Tide in Delaware, January 3, 2008
- Strong Wind in Delaware, January 9, 2008
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 17, 2008
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 22 to 23, 2008
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 24, 2008
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 28, 2008
- Strong Wind in Delaware, January 30, 2008
February 2008
- Drought in Delaware, February 1 to 29, 2008
- Dense Fog in Delaware, February 5, 2008
- Strong Wind in Delaware, February 10, 2008
- Astronomical Low Tide in Delaware, February 10 to 11, 2008
- Astronomical Low Tide in Delaware, February 11, 2008
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 12, 2008
- Flood in Delaware, February 13 to 14, 2008
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 14, 2008
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 20, 2008
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 22, 2008
March 2008
- Drought in Delaware, March 1 to 31, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, March 5, 2008
- Strong Wind in Delaware, March 8, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, March 8, 2008
- Flood in Delaware, March 8, 2008
- Strong Wind in Delaware, March 20, 2008
April 2008
- Drought in Delaware, April 1 to 30, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, April 12, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, April 28, 2008
- Strong Wind in Delaware, April 29, 2008
May 2008
- Drought in Delaware, May 1 to 6, 2008
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Delaware, May 12, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Delaware, May 31, 2008
June 2008
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, June 4, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Delaware, June 7 to 10, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 14, 2008
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 16, 2008
- Flash Flood in Delaware, June 22, 2008
- Hail in Delaware, June 27, 2008
July 2008
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 4, 2008
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 6, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Delaware, July 6, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 8, 2008
- Rip Current and High Surf in Delaware, July 11 to 16, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Delaware, July 16 to 23, 2008
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 23, 2008
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 23, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 27, 2008
August 2008
- Drought in Delaware, August 1 to 31, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 10, 2008
- Lightning Strike and Heavy Rain in Delaware, August 14, 2008
- Hail in Delaware, August 15, 2008
- Flash Flooding in Delaware, August 15, 2008
September 2008
- Drought in Delaware, September 1 to 30, 2008
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Delaware, September 6, 2008
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Delaware, September 9, 2008
- Hail in Delaware, September 30, 2008
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
- Strong Wind in Delaware, December 7, 2008
- Flood and Heavy Rain in Delaware, December 11 to 12, 2008
- Strong Wind in Delaware, December 11 to 12, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, December 12, 2008
- Winter Weather in Delaware, December 21, 2008
- Strong Wind in Delaware, December 21 to 22, 2008
- Strong Wind in Delaware, December 24 to 25, 2008
- High Wind in Delaware, December 31, 2008
- Astronomical Low Tide in Delaware, December 31, 2008
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.