Delaware Storm Activity by County

Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 180 days · Updated Sep 11, 2026

Tracking hail, high-wind, and tornado reports across Delaware? This page aggregates 81 severe weather events recorded in 3 Delaware counties over the last 180 days and wind gusts up to 73 mph — every one sourced directly from official National Weather Service alerts and Storm Prediction Center verified reports. Pick a county for its day-by-day storm log, radar snapshots, and official warning excerpts.

⚡ Haily's Briefing

No hail or wind alerts are active in DE, and there are no notable local events to flag. SPC’s broader analysis is focused well outside Delaware, with severe storms expected in the Upper Midwest and parts of the central Plains, where they note large hail up to 2+ inches, damaging winds, and a couple of tornadoes; elsewhere, SPC mentions isolated pockets of locally damaging wind gusts around 55–70 mph in other regions, but no specific DE corridor is highlighted.

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Events (180d)

Counties w/ activity

73 mph

Peak wind gust · 6 mo

NWS severe threshold: 58 mph · hurricane force: 74 mph

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Largest hail · 6 mo

1" quarter · 1.75" golf ball · 2.75" baseball

Tornado reports · 6 mo

Across 1 county

Statewide maxima from SPC verified reports and NWS warnings, last 180 days. Tornado EF ratings are assigned by NWS survey teams after ground surveys and published in NOAA's final storm records.

Live radar across Delaware

Current NEXRAD radar across Delaware with recent storm report locations — Current radar across Delaware, with storm reports from the past 7 days plotted. Refreshes throughout the day. Imagery courtesy of the Iowa Environmental Mesonet, Iowa State University; radar data via NOAA/NWS.

Top 5 wind gusts in Delaware · last 6 months

173 mphnear 1 NE Magnolia, Kent CountyMar 15, 2026
268 mphNew Castle CountyAugust 2026
368 mphnear Bethel, Sussex CountyMar 15, 2026
466 mphnear 1 WSW Cheswold, Kent CountyMar 15, 2026
564 mphnear 1 S Odessa, New Castle CountyJul 3, 2026

SPC verified reports only. Events inside the last 30 days show county and month — exact locations and dates are available in the app with a free account.

How Delaware compares nationally

41stmost active storm state by report frequency · 40th by severity-weighted index · rolling 12 months

Wind: 41st — 81 reports Hail: 46th — 0 reports Tornado: 35th — 5 reports

#1 Illinois 1,751

#2 Missouri 1,617

#3 Kansas 1,529

#4 Texas 1,501

#5 Pennsylvania 1,363

#6 Virginia 1,237

#7 North Carolina 1,185

#8 Nebraska 1,139

#9 Ohio 1,130

#10 Indiana 1,059

#41 Delaware 86

Ranked by SPC verified storm reports (wind, hail, tornado) across all 50 states over the last 12 months. Severity-weighted index scores each report by hazard (tornado ×20, hail ×4, wind ×1) so a single derecho's flood of wind reports doesn't outweigh tornado outbreaks. Recalculated daily as of Sep 11, 2026.

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Counties with recent storm activity

County	Events	Wind	Tornado	Max hail	Max wind	Latest
Sussex	33	33	0	—	68 mph	September 2026
Kent	31	26	5	—	73 mph	August 2026
New Castle	17	17	0	—	68 mph	August 2026

Today's severe weather outlook

Storm Prediction Center Day 1 convective outlook — national severe weather risk map for today — Storm Prediction Center Day 1 convective outlook: categorical severe weather risk for today, updated several times daily. Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

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