Storm History: Sussex County, Delaware

Events

2,155

Deaths

15

Injuries

314

Damage

$101 million

Episodes

1,096

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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• Heat, July 4, 19992 deaths · 5 injured · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 20072 deaths · 2 injured · 4 events here
• Blizzard, February 9, 20101 death · $3.0 million · 4 events here
• Strong Wind, December 1, 20041 death · 1 injured · $10,000 · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, March 8, 20081 death · $2,000 · 2 events here
• Rip Current, August 23, 19981 death · 1 event here
• Rip Current, August 25, 20011 death · 1 event here
• Rip Current, September 29, 20021 death · 1 event here
• Rip Current, September 5, 20051 death · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 28, 20081 death · 3 injured · 1 event here
• Heat, June 18, 20141 death · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 1, 20231 death · EF3 · 4 events here
• Rip Current, September 3, 20231 death · 1 event here

• Coastal Flood, November 11, 2009$45 million · 52 kt wind · 5 events here
• Drought, September 1, 1999$20 million · 2 events here
• Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003$9.3 million · 50 kt wind · 6 events here
• Blizzard, February 9, 20101 death · $3.0 million · 4 events here
• Storm Surge/Tide, February 16, 2003$2.9 million · 6 events here
• Coastal Flood, January 7, 1996$2.0 million · 2 events here
• Flood, October 28, 2012$1.9 million · 58 kt wind · 7 events here
• Coastal Flood, February 4, 19985 injured · $1.7 million · 70 kt wind · 5 events here
• Coastal Flood, January 28, 1998$1.3 million · 71 kt wind · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, August 11, 2001$1.1 million · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, November 11, 1995$1.0 million · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2006$1.0 million · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 5, 20102 injured · $1.0 million · 2 events here
• Lightning, August 30, 2003$800,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 25, 2012$600,000 · 2 events here
• Flood, September 1, 2006$550,000 · 54 kt wind · 10 events here
• Tornado, May 8, 198410 injured · $500,000 · F1 · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 1996$500,000 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 13, 2009$500,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Lightning, August 25, 2012$405,000 · 6 events here

• Hail, May 16, 20222.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 29, 2012$100,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 20021.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, April 24, 19911.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 27, 19881.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 11, 19831.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 3, 19801.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 26, 19771.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 24, 19741.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 19, 20191.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 22, 20101.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 8, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 8, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 12, 20221 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 21, 20211 in hail · 4 events here

• Tornado, April 1, 20231 death · EF3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 12, 19551 injured · $3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 18, 1984$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 31, 1992F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 15, 20191 injured · EF2 · 5 events here
• Tornado, August 4, 2020EF2 · 3 events here

Every tornado in Sussex County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2026$10,000 · 50 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 202650 kt wind · 2 events here
• Dense Fog, April 10, 20262 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 202655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 16, 2026EF1 · 9 events here
• Dense Fog, March 3, 20262 events here
• Coastal Flood, February 23, 20262 events here
• Blizzard, February 22, 20262 events here
• Dense Fog, February 20, 20262 events here
• High Wind, February 7, 202650 kt wind · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, January 25, 20262 events here
• Winter Storm, December 14, 20251 event here
• Coastal Flood, October 29, 20252 events here
• Coastal Flood, October 12, 20252 events here
• Coastal Flood, October 1, 20252 events here
• Coastal Flood, August 21, 20252 events here
• Flash Flood, July 10, 20252 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 202550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 2025EF0 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 29, 20252 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 202550 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 23, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 202552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 202550 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 202555 kt wind · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 16, 2025$30,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Winter Weather, February 19, 20252 events here
• High Wind, February 16, 202558 kt wind · 4 events here
• Dense Fog, February 13, 20252 events here
• Winter Storm, February 11, 20252 events here
• Winter Weather, February 5, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, January 10, 20252 events here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 20252 events here
• Dense Fog, December 9, 20242 events here
• Coastal Flood, November 15, 20242 events here
• Coastal Flood, September 23, 20242 events here
• Dense Fog, August 27, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 202450 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 16, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 202450 kt wind · 3 events here
• Dense Fog, May 25, 20242 events here
• Coastal Flood, April 11, 20242 events here
• Coastal Flood, February 13, 20242 events here
• Dense Fog, January 26, 20242 events here
• Winter Storm, January 19, 20242 events here
• Winter Weather, January 15, 20241 event here
• Coastal Flood, January 13, 20242 events here
• Coastal Flood, January 10, 20242 events here
• High Wind, January 9, 202456 kt wind · 3 events here
• Coastal Flood, December 18, 20232 events here
• High Wind, December 18, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, October 6, 20232 events here
• Coastal Flood, September 26, 20232 events here
• High Wind, September 23, 202356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, September 23, 20232 events here
• Tornado, September 11, 2023EF0 · 3 events here
• Hail, September 8, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Rip Current, September 3, 20231 death · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 202350 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 20232 events here
• Tornado, July 9, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 202350 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 8, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, June 3, 20232 events here
• Tornado, April 1, 20231 death · EF3 · 4 events here
• Dense Fog, February 6, 20232 events here
• Winter Weather, December 23, 20222 events here
• Dense Fog, November 4, 20222 events here
• Dense Fog, October 25, 20222 events here
• Coastal Flood, October 2, 20224 events here
• High Wind, October 2, 202257 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 202250 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2022$1,000 · 50 kt wind · 8 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 20221 injured · 50 kt wind · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 202255 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, July 12, 20221 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 2, 202255 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 16, 20222.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Coastal Flood, May 7, 20222 events here
• High Wind, May 7, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, April 18, 20222 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 26, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 28, 20222 events here
• Winter Weather, January 6, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, January 5, 20221 event here
• Coastal Flood, January 3, 20222 events here
• Winter Storm, January 3, 20222 events here
• Coastal Flood, October 29, 20212 events here
• Coastal Flood, October 11, 20212 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 26, 202150 kt wind · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 202165 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 11, 20211 event here
• Hail, July 29, 20211 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 1, 2021EF1 · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 20211 injured · 51 kt wind · 9 events here
• Coastal Flood, May 29, 20212 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 202150 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 20211 injured · 50 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, April 21, 20211 in hail · 4 events here
• Winter Weather, February 18, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, February 13, 20212 events here
• Winter Weather, February 7, 20211 event here
• Coastal Flood, February 1, 20212 events here
• Winter Weather, January 31, 20211 event here
• High Wind, December 24, 202055 kt wind · 2 events here
• Coastal Flood, October 30, 20202 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 202055 kt wind · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 202055 kt wind · 5 events here
• Tornado, August 4, 2020EF2 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 202050 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tropical Storm, July 10, 20206 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 202051 kt wind · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 202050 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 11, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 202057 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, April 30, 202050 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 21, 202056 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 202069 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 13, 202069 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 202060 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 202061 kt wind · 17 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 201960 kt wind · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, October 10, 20196 events here
• Hail, September 12, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 19, 20191.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 201955 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 1, 20191 in hail · 7 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 23, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 201968 kt wind · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 201965 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 201950 kt wind · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 2, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, April 19, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 15, 20191 injured · EF2 · 5 events here
• High Wind, February 25, 201952 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, February 10, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, February 1, 20192 events here
• Winter Weather, January 12, 20192 events here
• Coastal Flood, October 27, 201854 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, September 11, 20181 event here
• Coastal Flood, September 9, 20184 events here
• Flash Flood, August 31, 201850 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 201850 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 9, 20186 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 201850 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, March 21, 20182 events here
• Coastal Flood, March 2, 201857 kt wind · 4 events here
• Blizzard, January 4, 20182 events here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20171 event here
• Coastal Flood, September 19, 20172 events here
• Flood, September 6, 20171 event here
• Heavy Rain, August 29, 20171 event here
• Astronomical Low Tide, August 23, 20171 injured · 1 event here
• Rip Current, August 13, 20171 injured · 1 event here
• Flood, August 12, 20173 events here
• Flood, August 7, 20174 events here
• Flash Flood, August 2, 201752 kt wind · 3 events here
• Rip Current, August 1, 20171 event here
• Flood, July 28, 201726 events here
• Flash Flood, July 22, 2017$10 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 14, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 6, 20171 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 2017EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 25, 20170.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, March 31, 20171 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 201766 kt wind · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, January 23, 20171 injured · 55 kt wind · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, January 7, 20172 events here
• Winter Weather, December 17, 20161 event here
• Astronomical Low Tide, December 15, 20162 events here
• Flood, October 9, 201651 kt wind · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, September 29, 201696 events here
• Heavy Rain, September 19, 201623 events here
• Rip Current, August 27, 20161 injured · 1 event here
• Flood, August 21, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 17, 201652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 201655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 201656 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 13, 20165 events here
• Rip Current, June 25, 20162 injured · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 201652 kt wind · 1 event here
• Rip Current, June 21, 20161 injured · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 201656 kt wind · 1 event here
• Coastal Flood, May 5, 20162 events here
• Hail, May 2, 20160.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 2, 2016$5,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Winter Weather, March 3, 20162 events here
• Flood, February 24, 201651 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 15, 20162 events here
• Coastal Flood, February 9, 20162 events here
• Coastal Flood, February 8, 20162 events here
• Winter Weather, February 5, 20161 event here
• High Wind, January 23, 201665 kt wind · 2 events here
• Coastal Flood, January 23, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20162 events here
• Winter Weather, January 17, 20162 events here
• Strong Wind, November 10, 2015$1,000 · 2 events here
• Coastal Flood, October 2, 2015$22,000 · 54 kt wind · 4 events here
• Rip Current, August 22, 20151 event here
• Rip Current, August 9, 20151 event here
• Rip Current, August 8, 20151 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 201550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 21, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, July 20, 20151 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20152 events here
• Rip Current, July 17, 20151 event here
• Tornado, July 9, 2015$5,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Rip Current, June 28, 20154 injured · 1 event here
• Heat, June 23, 20151 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 201557 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 201555 kt wind · 3 events here
• Rip Current, June 7, 20151 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 201550 kt wind · 1 event here
• Strong Wind, March 31, 2015$3,000 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, March 5, 20153 injured · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, March 3, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, March 1, 20156 injured · 2 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 26, 20152 injured · 2 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20152 events here
• Winter Storm, February 21, 20151 injured · 2 events here
• Astronomical Low Tide, February 20, 20152 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 20152 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 16, 20151 injured · 2 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 20152 events here
• High Wind, February 15, 2015$50,000 · 59 kt wind · 2 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 20152 events here
• Winter Weather, February 14, 20151 event here
• Strong Wind, February 12, 2015$3,000 · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20151 injured · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, February 2, 2015$5,000 · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, February 1, 2015$1,000 · 2 events here
• Strong Wind, January 30, 2015$5,000 · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, January 26, 20152 events here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20152 injured · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, January 14, 20152 injured · 2 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 20152 events here
• Strong Wind, January 7, 2015$5,000 · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, January 6, 20152 events here
• Strong Wind, January 4, 2015$5,000 · 2 events here
• Coastal Flood, December 9, 2014$10,000 · 4 events here

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

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.