Heavy Rain in Kent County, Delaware

Heavy Rain in Kent County, Delaware: 91 recorded events between 1996 and 2022. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #31 nationally and #2 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for heavy rain in Kent County is the 2010s, when 51 of the county's 91 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Kent County archive, heavy rain makes up 18.2% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #31 for this hazard and #2 within Delaware, putting it in the 98.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Sep is the peak month for heavy rain in Kent County with 37 recorded events, while Apr is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

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How many heavy rain events are on record in Kent County, Delaware?

91 heavy rain events are recorded in Kent County between 1996 and 2022, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in Kent County?

The strongest heavy rain on record in Kent County measured 0.

Where does the heavy rain data for Kent County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.