73
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$5K
Property damage
Hail in New Castle County, Delaware: 73 recorded events between 1970 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 2.5. That places the county #1,821 nationally and #1 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in New Castle County, Delaware: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in New Castle County is the 2010s, when 38 of the county's 73 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 New Castle County archive, hail makes up 8.4% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,821 for this hazard and #1 within Delaware, putting it in the 41.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for hail in New Castle County with 28 recorded events, while Jan 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2023 | EDGEMOOR | 1 | $0 |
| Sep 9, 2023 | EDGEMOOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 26, 2023 | MERMAID | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jun 26, 2023 | MEADOWOOD | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | MINQUADALE | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 16, 2023 | BELLEMOOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 12, 2022 | ODESSA | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 21, 2020 | STANTON | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jun 29, 2019 | TALLEYVILLE | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jun 28, 2019 | NEWARK | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from New Castle County
- Thunderstorm Wind 444
- Flash Flood 156
- Flood 70
- Lightning 49
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A complex low pressure system pushed a warm front through the Mid Atlantic region followed by a weak cold front. This lead to widespread severe weather. Thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging wind and three tornadoes. Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and tore up a shed in the northern part of Sussex County near Milford.A thunderstorm produced a tornado which did spotty damage, primarily trees knocked down, from 6 miles southwest of Harrington near the state line to near the Killen Pond State Park. A tornado touched down briefly 1 mile southwest of Bowers Beach destroying a shed, pool and fence. Another tornado cut a 4.5-mile-long damage path near Bridgville. It knocked down trees and blew a McDonalds sign out into a field about 1 mile south of Bridgville.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in New Castle County, Delaware?
73 hail events are recorded in New Castle County between 1970 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in New Castle County?
The strongest hail on record in New Castle County measured 2.5.
Where does the hail data for New Castle 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.
Cite this page
“Hail in New Castle County, Delaware.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/delaware/new-castle-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.