Indiana

Storm History: Delaware County, Indiana

386 episodes, 561 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Delaware County, Indiana: 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
561
Deaths
2
Injuries
7
Damage
$42 million
Episodes
386

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
Tornado12601$14 million
Hail11212$15 million
Flash Flood8701$3.2 million
Thunderstorm Wind7901$1.3 million
Flood6700$7.6 million
Winter Storm2700$10,000
Heavy Snow1700
High Wind1701$253,000
Drought1400
Ice Storm400$500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Cold/Wind Chill200
Lightning211
Dense Fog100
Heat100
Blizzard100
Excessive Heat100

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 Delaware County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

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

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.