Storm History: New Castle County, Delaware

Events

1,569

Deaths

19

Injuries

349

Damage

$60 million

Episodes

1,157

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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• Hurricane (Typhoon), September 16, 19992 deaths · 1 injured · $8.0 million · 57 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heat, July 4, 19992 deaths · 5 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 25, 20072 deaths · 12 injured · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 27, 20112 deaths · EF1 · 4 events here
• Blizzard, February 9, 20101 death · 4 injured · $3.0 million · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, March 8, 20081 death · $23,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 20251 death · 1 injured · $3,000 · EF0 · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 19951 death · 1 event here
• Heat, June 25, 19981 death · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 26, 20071 death · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 20071 death · 1 injured · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 13, 20071 death · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 26, 20111 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20121 death · 8 injured · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 15, 20131 death · 1 event here

• Flash Flood, September 15, 20031 injured · $16 million · 1 event here
• Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003$9.5 million · 50 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hurricane (Typhoon), September 16, 19992 deaths · 1 injured · $8.0 million · 57 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 2021$3.6 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 9, 20101 death · 4 injured · $3.0 million · 2 events here
• Flood, October 28, 2012$2.8 million · 58 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 1988$2.5 million · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 9, 19891 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Storm Surge/Tide, February 16, 2003$1.3 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 7, 1996$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 1999$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 28, 2004$1.0 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Flood, October 1, 2010$600,000 · 1 event here
• Lightning, June 17, 2004$500,000 · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 23, 20081 injured · $500,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2009$500,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 20031 injured · $430,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 9, 2011$425,000 · 1.25 in hail · 9 events here
• Tornado, March 21, 19761 injured · $250,000 · 59 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 10, 1979$250,000 · F1 · 1 event here

• Hail, June 29, 2012$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 24, 19991.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 31, 19801.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 3, 19801.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 19, 19751.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 28, 20191 injured · 1.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 5, 19701.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 1, 2015$40,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 9, 2011$425,000 · 1.25 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, June 22, 20101.25 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20231 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, September 8, 20231 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 12, 20221 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, June 2, 20191 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, June 28, 20191 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, April 28, 1961$25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 1, 2023EF3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, July 1, 1954$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 5, 19795 injured · $250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 21, 1983F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 9, 19891 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 18, 1990$250,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 27, 1993$111,000 · F2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, September 28, 2004$1.0 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 15, 2019EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 4, 2020EF2 · 6 events here

Every tornado in New Castle County, with its track

• Flash Flood, June 14, 2026$5,000 · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 11, 20261 event here
• Tornado, March 16, 2026EF1 · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 11, 202652 kt wind · 3 events here
• Dense Fog, March 7, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, March 3, 20261 event here
• Dense Fog, February 27, 20261 event here
• Blizzard, February 22, 20261 event here
• Dense Fog, February 17, 20261 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 202650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 25, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20261 event here
• Dense Fog, January 6, 20261 event here
• Winter Weather, December 26, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, December 14, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 202550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 31, 2025$20,000 · 4 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 17, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 202550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 2025$70,000 · 7 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 8, 20251 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 20251 death · 1 injured · $3,000 · EF0 · 9 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 23, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 20251 injured · 52 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, May 30, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, May 15, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 31, 202551 kt wind · 3 events here
• Dense Fog, March 15, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, February 11, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, February 8, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, February 6, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, February 5, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, January 19, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 20251 event here
• Dense Fog, December 28, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, December 24, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, December 9, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, September 12, 20241 event here
• Tornado, August 8, 2024$50,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 202450 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 202450 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 2, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 20242 injured · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 16, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 9, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 5, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 20241 injured · 50 kt wind · 5 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 22, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, April 11, 20241 event here
• Coastal Flood, March 9, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, February 17, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, February 13, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, January 26, 20241 event here
• Dense Fog, January 24, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 19, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 15, 20241 event here
• Coastal Flood, January 10, 20241 event here
• Flood, January 9, 20241 event here
• High Wind, January 9, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, December 28, 20231 event here
• Coastal Flood, December 18, 20231 event here
• Flood, December 17, 20231 event here
• Dense Fog, December 9, 20231 event here
• Hail, September 8, 20231 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 202370 kt wind · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 202350 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 9, 20231 event here
• Tornado, July 9, 2023EF1 · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2023$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 202350 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 26, 2023$20,000 · 50 kt wind · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20235 events here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 20231 event here
• Hail, June 16, 20231 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 12, 20231 event here
• Dense Fog, April 16, 20231 event here
• Tornado, April 1, 2023EF3 · 5 events here
• Dense Fog, January 5, 20231 event here
• Dense Fog, December 31, 20221 event here
• Coastal Flood, December 23, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, December 23, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, November 4, 20221 event here
• Dense Fog, October 25, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 9, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 12, 20221 in hail · 7 events here
• Winter Weather, February 24, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 18, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 28, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 16, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 6, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 5, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 3, 20221 event here
• Coastal Flood, October 29, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 25, 202150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 202165 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 2021$3.6 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 17, 20213 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 11, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 202150 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 202150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 30, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 202150 kt wind · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 202150 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 202151 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 202150 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 202159 kt wind · 3 events here
• Winter Weather, February 18, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, February 13, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, February 10, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, February 7, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 31, 20211 event here
• High Wind, December 24, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 16, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 202050 kt wind · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 202050 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 23, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 202055 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, August 12, 20201 event here
• Tornado, August 7, 2020EF1 · 21 events here
• Tornado, August 4, 2020EF2 · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 202055 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 202051 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 202051 kt wind · 4 events here
• High Wind, April 30, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 21, 202056 kt wind · 3 events here
• High Wind, April 13, 202069 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 202060 kt wind · 8 events here
• High Wind, February 7, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 202061 kt wind · 12 events here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 201960 kt wind · 7 events here
• Hail, August 1, 20192 injured · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 201968 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 11, 20191 event here
• Hail, June 29, 20191 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 28, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 19, 20194 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 20191 event here
• Hail, June 2, 20191 in hail · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 201955 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, May 28, 20191 injured · 1.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 26, 201961 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 201956 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 15, 2019EF2 · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, March 1, 20191 event here
• High Wind, February 25, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 20, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, February 10, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, February 10, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, February 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, January 12, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, November 15, 20181 event here
• Coastal Flood, September 9, 20182 events here
• Flash Flood, September 7, 20182 events here
• Flash Flood, August 31, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 13, 20183 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 1, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, June 3, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, April 16, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, March 21, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 6, 20181 event here
• Coastal Flood, March 2, 201857 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, February 10, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20171 event here
• Strong Wind, October 30, 2017$10 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, August 18, 20171 event here
• Flash Flood, August 2, 201752 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, July 28, 20171 event here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 201716 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20171 event here
• Flash Flood, July 14, 201752 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 13, 20171 event here
• Flash Flood, July 6, 201712 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 201752 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 20172 injured · 52 kt wind · 6 events here
• Flood, March 31, 20174 events here
• Winter Storm, March 14, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 10, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20171 event here
• Coastal Flood, January 23, 20171 injured · $30 · 55 kt wind · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, January 7, 20171 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 5, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, December 17, 20161 event here
• Astronomical Low Tide, December 15, 20161 event here
• Astronomical Low Tide, November 22, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, September 29, 20162 events here
• Heavy Rain, September 19, 20161 event here
• Excessive Heat, September 10, 201621 injured · 1 event here
• Flood, August 21, 2016$20 · 5 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 20, 20163 injured · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 201656 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2016$10 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 201652 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 201656 kt wind · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, July 13, 2016$4,000 · 3 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 9, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 20161 injured · 56 kt wind · 10 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016$1,000 · 52 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, April 2, 2016$20,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Strong Wind, March 28, 2016$5,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 3, 20161 event here
• Flood, February 24, 201651 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, February 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Weather, February 15, 20161 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20161 event here
• Winter Weather, February 5, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20161 event here
• Strong Wind, November 10, 2015$500 · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, October 2, 2015$1,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20151 event here
• Tornado, July 9, 2015$200,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 201550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 201552 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flood, June 27, 20151 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heat, June 23, 20151 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015$130,000 · 57 kt wind · 13 events here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 20152 events here
• Hail, June 1, 2015$40,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 21, 20151 event here
• Flood, April 20, 20151 event here
• Strong Wind, April 20, 2015$3,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 20, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20159 injured · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, March 3, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, March 1, 20155 injured · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 26, 20151 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 21, 20151 event here
• Astronomical Low Tide, February 20, 20151 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 16, 20151 injured · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20151 event here
• High Wind, February 15, 2015$25,000 · 59 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 20151 event here
• Astronomical Low Tide, February 15, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 14, 20151 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20151 event here
• Strong Wind, February 12, 2015$1,000 · 1 event here

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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.