Tornadoes · United States · Delaware
1970 tornadoes in Delaware
No tornado was recorded in Delaware in 1970. The state averages 2.0 a year over the 37 years it has any in the record.
What Delaware usually sees
The record has 74 tornadoes in Delaware since 1950, 3 deaths. Every year in Delaware.
Nearby
Every tornado in Delaware since 1950Warnings in force in DelawareThe live radar over Delaware
What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.