Delaware Hurricane History

Of Delaware's 3 counties, 3 have recorded at least 10 tropical cyclones within 50 miles since 1851 — 68 passes in all. The most exposed is Sussex County with 31.

counties published

Storm passes

At hurricane strength

Most in one county

Every track near Delaware

TS / TDCat 1Cat 2Cat 3Cat 4Cat 5

Every HURDAT2 track crossing this window since 1851, coloured by the strongest category the storm reached anywhere within 50 miles of a published county. Hairlines are a five-degree graticule.

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All published counties, A–Z

County	Storms	Hurricanes	Most recent
K
Kent County	20	2	Elsa (2021)
N
New Castle County	17	1	Isaias (2020)
S
Sussex County	31	4	Elsa (2021)

About this data. Computed from NOAA HURDAT2, 1851–2025. Tracks are interpolated to one-hour steps before distances are measured. Counties with fewer than 10 recorded storms are not published — see Methodology.