Delaware

Storms in Delaware in 2009

179 events in 69 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Delaware in 2009, 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 2009 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

Open the live radar over Delaware

The year

Events
179
Deaths
0
Injuries
50
Damage
$48 million
Episodes
69

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 Wind4500$54,000
Thunderstorm Wind2900$502,000
Winter Weather14015
Astronomical Low Tide1000
Hail1000$1.1 million
Winter Storm9032$100,000
Coastal Flood900$45 million
Flood901
Lightning800$388,000
High Wind700$175,000
High Surf600
Dense Fog500
Heavy Rain400
Cold/Wind Chill300
Excessive Heat300
Flash Flood300
Funnel Cloud200
Rip Current202
Heavy Snow100

Every episode, month by month

January 2009

February 2009

March 2009

April 2009

May 2009

June 2009

July 2009

August 2009

September 2009

October 2009

November 2009

December 2009

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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.