NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 10003MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

NEW CASTLE · DE

Lightning history

NOAA records coded as Lightning in New Castle during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports11NOAA county-coded rows
Population context1.9per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 577,961
Injuries2direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

11 reports in ten years does not mean a 1.1-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20166
20191
20231
20253
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$37Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2025-06-30NOAA 1,271,299Emergency Manager$1K
2025-06-30NOAA 1,271,298Emergency Manager$1K
2025-06-30NOAA 1,271,297Emergency Manager$1K
2023-07-03NOAA 1,113,879State Official$10K
2019-08-01NOAA 836,035Trained Spotter$0
2016-08-21NOAA 647,890Trained Spotter$10
2016-08-21NOAA 647,889911 Call Center$10
2016-07-28NOAA 640,899Emergency Manager$10
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