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Delaware: Weather Emergency Declarations

Original state weather-emergency declarations, compared with federal FEMA declarations and nearby NOAA/NWS Storm Events evidence.

Coverage: October 2025-present structured Governor declaration archive; earlier emergency declarations backfill pending. Absence from this page must not be interpreted as absence of a state emergency.

26federal FEMA declarations

2original state weather declarations

8matched NOAA event rows

Federal declaration overview · Official state source

State weather declarations

Original weather-related declarations only. Administrative orders, public-health orders, extensions, amendments, and terminations are excluded from this incident list.

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2026-02-22		Declaration of a State of Emergency Due to a Severe Winter Storm	declaration	Matthew Meyer
2026-01-23		Declaration of a State of Emergency Due to a Severe Winter Storm	declaration	Matthew Meyer

Combined event crosswalk

Each state action, its matched NOAA evidence, and the closest federal declaration within 21 days of its incident window, if one exists. A federal match is an automated date-proximity candidate, not a confirmed legal link.

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2026-02-22 · Declaration of a State of Emergency Due to a Severe Winter Storm	4	DELAWARE BEACHES, INLAND SUSSEX, KENT, NEW CASTLE	4916
2026-01-23 · Declaration of a State of Emergency Due to a Severe Winter Storm	4	DELAWARE BEACHES, INLAND SUSSEX, KENT, NEW CASTLE	No corresponding federal declaration found

Federal FEMA declarations26 records

DR, EM, and FM declarations for Delaware from the site's national FEMA dataset.

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2026-05-29	4916	DR	SEVERE WINTER STORM	Winter Storm	2026-02-22 to 2026-02-23
2021-10-24	4627	DR	REMNANTS OF HURRICANE IDA	Hurricane	2021-09-01 to 2021-09-07
2020-10-02	4566	DR	TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS	Hurricane	2020-08-04 to 2020-08-07
2020-04-05	4526	DR	COVID-19 PANDEMIC	Biological	2020-01-20 to 2023-05-11
2020-03-13	3449	EM	COVID-19	Biological	2020-01-20 to 2023-05-11
2016-03-16	4265	DR	SEVERE WINTER STORM AND SNOWSTORM	Snowstorm	2016-01-22 to 2016-01-23
2012-11-16	4090	DR	HURRICANE SANDY	Hurricane	2012-10-27 to 2012-11-08
2012-10-29	3357	EM	HURRICANE SANDY	Hurricane	2012-10-27 to 2012-11-08
2011-09-30	4037	DR	HURRICANE IRENE	Hurricane	2011-08-25 to 2011-08-31
2011-08-28	3336	EM	HURRICANE IRENE	Hurricane	2011-08-26 to 2011-08-31
2010-03-31	1896	DR	SEVERE WINTER STORMS AND SNOWSTORMS	Snowstorm	2010-02-05 to 2010-02-11
2006-07-05	1654	DR	SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING	Severe Storm	2006-06-23 to 2006-07-14
2005-09-30	3263	EM	HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION	Hurricane	2005-08-29 to 2005-10-01
2004-11-15	1572	DR	SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING FROM THE REMNANTS OF	Severe Storm	2004-09-28 to 2004-10-02
2003-09-23	1495	DR	TROPICAL STORM HENRI	Hurricane	2003-09-15 to 2003-09-15
2003-09-20	1494	DR	HURRICANE ISABEL	Hurricane	2003-09-18 to 2003-09-29
2003-03-20	3183	EM	SNOW	Snowstorm	2003-02-14 to 2003-02-19
1999-09-21	1297	DR	HURRICANE FLOYD MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATIONS	Hurricane	1999-09-15 to 1999-09-17
1998-02-13	1205	DR	SEVERE WINTER STORMS, HIGH WINDS, AND FLOODING	Severe Storm	1998-01-28 to 1998-02-06
1996-01-12	1082	DR	BLIZZARD OF 96 (SEVERE SNOW STORM)	Snowstorm	1996-01-06 to 1996-01-12
1994-03-16	1017	DR	SEVERE ICE STORMS AND FLOODING	Severe Storm	1994-02-08 to 1994-02-18
1993-03-18	3111	EM	SEVERE SNOWFALL & WINTER STORM	Snowstorm	1993-03-13 to 1993-03-17
1993-01-15	976	DR	SEVERE COASTAL STORM & FLOODING	Coastal Storm	1992-12-11 to 1992-12-14
1992-02-06	933	DR	SEVERE COASTAL STORM	Flood	1992-01-04 to 1992-01-05
1965-08-18	207	DR	WATER SHORTAGE	Drought	1965-08-18 to 1965-08-18
1962-03-09	126	DR	SEVERE STORMS, HIGH TIDES & FLOODING	Flood	1962-03-09 to 1962-03-09

NOAA/NWS matched event details8 rows

Storm Events matched within the configured date window of a state declaration's signing date. This is temporal and geographic evidence, not proof of causation or operational impact.

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2026-01-25 01:30:00	DELAWARE BEACHES	NWS forecast zone	Winter Weather	0 / 0	0.00K
2026-01-25 01:30:00	INLAND SUSSEX	NWS forecast zone	Winter Weather	0 / 0	0.00K
2026-01-25 02:00:00	KENT	NWS forecast zone	Winter Storm	0 / 0	0.00K
2026-01-25 02:30:00	NEW CASTLE	NWS forecast zone	Winter Storm	0 / 0	0.00K
2026-02-23 02:00:00	DELAWARE BEACHES	NWS forecast zone	Blizzard	0 / 0	0.00K
2026-02-23 02:00:00	INLAND SUSSEX	NWS forecast zone	Blizzard	0 / 0	0.00K
2026-02-22 14:00:00	KENT	NWS forecast zone	Winter Storm	0 / 0	0.00K
2026-02-22 15:00:00	NEW CASTLE	NWS forecast zone	Winter Storm	0 / 0	0.00K

Methodology and coverage

Federal declarations are sourced from OpenFEMA via this site's national build. State declarations are limited by the coverage statement above. NOAA proximity matches identify potentially related observed events within a configured window of each state declaration's signing date; they do not independently prove operational impacts or legal causation. The federal crosswalk match uses a wider 21 day window than the NOAA match, since a federal declaration is often filed weeks after the state action that preceded it.