Storms in Delaware in 2012
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Delaware in 2012, 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 2012 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
- 208
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 18
- Damage
- $7.4 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 event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind | 61 | 0 | 0 | $90,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 29 | 0 | 0 | $268,000 |
| Drought | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 15 | 1 | 11 | |
| Hail | 9 | 0 | 4 | $375,000 |
| Lightning | 9 | 0 | 0 | $430,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 7 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Flood | 6 | 0 | 0 | $5.5 million |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $600,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Surf | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rip Current | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Tornado | 1 | 0 | 2 | $100,000 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, January 2, 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, January 3, 2012
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 4 to 5, 2012
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 9, 2012
- Flood in Delaware, January 12, 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, January 13, 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, January 18, 2012
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 21, 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, January 27, 2012
February 2012
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 11, 2012
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 11 to 12, 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, February 12, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Delaware, February 24, 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, February 24 to 25, 2012
- Astronomical Low Tide in Delaware, February 25 to 26, 2012
March 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, March 8, 2012
- Astronomical Low Tide in Delaware, March 9, 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, March 26, 2012
April 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, April 2, 2012
- Wildfire in Delaware, April 8 to 10, 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, April 9, 2012
- Drought in Delaware, April 10 to 30, 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, April 22, 2012
May 2012
June 2012
- Drought in Delaware, June 1 to 30, 2012
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, June 4 to 5, 2012
- Flood in Delaware, June 12 to 13, 2012
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Delaware, June 20 to 22, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 22, 2012
- Flash Flood in Delaware, June 22, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, June 25, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 29, 2012
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Delaware, June 29, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Delaware, June 29 to 30, 2012
July 2012
- Drought in Delaware, July 1 to 31, 2012
- Heat in Delaware, July 1, 2012
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Delaware, July 4 to 8, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Delaware, July 8, 2012
- Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 15, 2012
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Delaware, July 17 to 18, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, July 18, 2012
- Heat in Delaware, July 24, 2012
- Heat in Delaware, July 26, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, July 28, 2012
August 2012
- Drought in Delaware, August 1 to 31, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 3, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 4, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 9, 2012
- Lightning Strikes in Delaware, August 25 to 26, 2012
- Flash Flooding in Delaware, August 25 to 26, 2012
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Delaware, August 26, 2012
September 2012
- Drought in Delaware, September 1 to 30, 2012
- Flash Flood in Delaware, September 2, 2012
- Flash Flood in Delaware, September 3, 2012
- Tornado in Delaware, September 3, 2012
- Rip Current in Delaware, September 5 to 6, 2012
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, September 8, 2012
- Rip Current in Delaware, September 16, 2012
- Strong Wind in Delaware, September 18, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, September 18, 2012
October 2012
- Drought in Delaware, October 1 to 30, 2012
- Flooding and Coastal Flood in Delaware, October 28 to 30, 2012
November 2012
December 2012
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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.