Storms in Delaware in 2016
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Delaware in 2016, 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 2016 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
- 277
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 30
- Damage
- $35,000
- Episodes
- 39
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Rain | 156 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 43 | 0 | 1 | $1,000 |
| Winter Weather | 18 | 1 | 1 | |
| Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | $20 |
| Coastal Flood | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 3 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Rip Current | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Flash Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 2 | 0 | 24 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 2016
- Winter Weather in Delaware, January 17, 2016
- Winter Storm in Delaware, January 22 to 24, 2016
- High Wind in Delaware, January 23, 2016
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, January 23 to 24, 2016
February 2016
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 5, 2016
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, February 8, 2016
- Coastal Flood in Delaware, February 9, 2016
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 9 to 10, 2016
- Winter Weather in Delaware, February 15 to 16, 2016
- Flood in Delaware, February 16, 2016
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Delaware, February 24 to 25, 2016
March 2016
April 2016
May 2016
June 2016
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, June 5 to 8, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, June 5, 2016
- Rip Current in Delaware, June 21, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, June 21, 2016
- Rip Current in Delaware, June 25, 2016
July 2016
- Funnel Cloud in Delaware, July 9, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 13, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, July 18 to 20, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, July 23, 2016
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Delaware, July 28 to 29, 2016
August 2016
- Damaging Winds in Delaware, August 14, 2016
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, August 17, 2016
- Excessive Heat in Delaware, August 20, 2016
- Flood and Lightning Strikes in Delaware, August 21, 2016
- Rip Current in Delaware, August 27, 2016
September 2016
- Excessive Heat in Delaware, September 10, 2016
- Heavy Rain in Delaware, September 19 to 20, 2016
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Delaware, September 29 to 30, 2016
October 2016
November 2016
December 2016
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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.