amounts of snowfall are infrequent, but recent significant snowstorms include of snowfall on February 24, 1989, of snowfall on February 3, 1996, and of snowfall on December 26, 2010. Ecology According to the A. W. Kuchler U.S. potential natural vegetation types, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware has a dominant vegetation type of Oak/Hickory/Pine (111) with a dominant vegetation form of Southern Mixed Forest (26). Notable people Sarah Aldridge, writer of mainly lesbian fiction under pen name Anyda Marchant Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States (2021–present), 47th Vice President of the United States (2009–2017), United States Senator from Delaware (1973–2009), and Jill Biden, educator and First Lady of the United States (2021–present), Second Lady of the United States (2009–2017) own a beach house in the North Shores neighborhood, just north of the Rehoboth Beach city limits Tony Coelho, United States Representative for California's 15th congressional district (1979–1989) John Delaney, United States Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district (2013–2019) and candidate for President of the United States in 2020, owns a beach house in the North Shores neighborhood, just north of the Rehoboth Beach city limits A. Felix du Pont, member of the du Pont family who served as vice president and director of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., owned a summer home in Rehoboth Beach Mary Beth Ellis, long-distance triathlete Robert Gover, journalist and novelist Aurelio Grisanty, artist who painted the Beach Town Posters series Robert Cutler Hinckley, artist who painted portraits Tony Kornheiser, co-host of Pardon the Interruption on ESPN and former sportswriter Kathy McGuiness, Delaware State Auditor (2019–present) Robert McG. Thomas Jr., journalist, owned a summer home in Rehoboth Beach William H. Vernon, member of the Delaware House of Representatives (1977–1981) References Further reading ADC Sussex County, Delaware Street Map Book, 1st Edition. Alexandria, Virginia: Alexandria Drafting Company, 2005. Meehan, James D. From Saints to Sinners...Rehoboth Beach Memoirs. Bethany Beach, Delaware: Harold E. Dukes, Jr., 2000.m . External links Rehoboth Beach Main Street – Nonprofit Downtown Organization Beaches of Delaware Gay villages in the United States Seaside resorts in Delaware Populated places established in 1873 Cities in Sussex County, Delaware 1873 establishments in Delaware Cities in Delaware Salisbury metropolitan area Landforms of Sussex County, Delaware Populated coastal places in Delaware LGBT culture in the United States LGBT history in the United States