Friday, Oct 9: Delaware has no severe risk in the outlook. Saturday: No severe risk. Sunday: Marginal Risk.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for Delaware over the next three days, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
SPC outlook for Delaware
Day 1 (Friday, October 9): No severe risk
Day 2 (Saturday, October 10): No severe risk
Day 3 (Sunday, October 11): Marginal Risk
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Severe weather in Delaware, by the numbers
Delaware gets a tornado about once a year (1996–2025). One rated EF2 or stronger comes about once every 10 years.
68% of them touch down between June and August, and August alone accounts for 32%. The busiest year on record in that span was 2020, with 4.
Storm reports average about 5 for large hail a year (hail 2 inches or larger is reported about once every 5 years) and 46 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov