Delaware

Storm History: Kent County, Delaware

885 episodes, 1,106 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kent County, Delaware: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,106
Deaths
7
Injuries
223
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
885

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind23803$2.1 million
Strong Wind9210$253,000
Winter Weather86156
Flash Flood6500$925,000
Hail6200$460,000
Tornado59259$5.4 million
Drought5300$8.0 million
Heat5023
High Wind4800$259,000
Flood4500$1.0 million
Dense Fog4300
Winter Storm42071$550,000
Heavy Rain3900
Coastal Flood3800$97,000
Heavy Snow31028
Excessive Heat2802
Cold/Wind Chill2300
Astronomical Low Tide1700
Lightning1000$113,000
Storm Surge/Tide900$1.3 million
Tropical Storm600$8.5 million
Blizzard500$1.8 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill411
Sleet300
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$224,000
Wildfire300
Freezing Fog100
Dust Storm100
Frost/Freeze100
Ice Storm100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Kent County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Kent CountyEvery warning in Kent County since 1986Every county in Delaware

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.