Wilmington Weather in 1896

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1896 based on NOAA data.

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1896 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	103 °F	August 6
Lowest temperature	1 °F	February 17
Highest daily low	79 °F	July 5
Lowest daily high	17 °F	February 20
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	February 6
Most daily snow	3.5 inches	December 16

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1896?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1896 was 103 °F which happened on August 6.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1896

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	103 °F	Aug 6
2	102 °F	Aug 12
2	102 °F	Aug 9
4	101 °F	Aug 7
4	101 °F	Aug 5
6	100 °F	Aug 11
7	99 °F	Aug 13
7	99 °F	Jul 29
9	97 °F	Aug 10
9	97 °F	Jul 13
9	97 °F	Jul 12
9	97 °F	Jul 3
9	97 °F	Jun 8
9	97 °F	Apr 18
9	97 °F	Apr 17

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1896?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1896 was 1 °F which happened on Feb 17.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1896

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	1 °F	February 17
2	8 °F	February 18
2	8 °F	January 6
4	9 °F	January 5
5	11 °F	February 20
6	12 °F	February 21
6	12 °F	January 4
8	13 °F	February 22
9	15 °F	December 24
9	15 °F	February 19

January 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	28	n/a	0.0
January 2	46	25	n/a	0.0
January 3	43	22	0.00	0.0
January 4	22	12	n/a	0.0
January 5	18	9	n/a	0.0
January 6	21	8	n/a	0.0
January 7	27	17	0.00	0.0
January 8	29	17	n/a	0.0
January 9	28	21	0.04	0.2
January 10	35	20	n/a	0.0
January 11	40	28	n/a	0.0
January 12	42	24	n/a	0.0
January 13	40	28	n/a	0.0
January 14	31	21	n/a	0.0
January 15	35	27	n/a	0.0
January 16	36	20	n/a	0.0
January 17	40	25	n/a	0.0
January 18	44	30	n/a	0.0
January 19	44	33	0.30	1.0
January 20	38	30	0.15	0.4
January 21	38	30	n/a	0.0
January 22	42	28	n/a	0.0
January 23	40	33	0.43	0.0
January 24	47	38	1.63	0.0
January 25	49	35	n/a	0.0
January 26	45	35	n/a	0.0
January 27	35	32	n/a	0.0
January 28	41	29	n/a	0.0
January 29	47	28	n/a	0.0
January 30	55	32	n/a	0.0
January 31	44	32	0.05	0.0

February 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	46	36	0.10	0.0
February 2	48	n/a	0.00	0.0
February 3	n/a	30	0.35	0.0
February 4	37	30	0.32	0.0
February 5	40	34	0.61	0.0
February 6	60	34	2.67	0.0
February 7	47	38	0.00	0.0
February 8	42	33	0.11	0.0
February 9	40	34	0.26	0.0
February 10	42	32	0.00	0.0
February 11	46	32	0.00	0.0
February 12	37	26	0.00	0.0
February 13	52	28	0.78	0.0
February 14	39	30	0.00	0.0
February 15	56	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	34	n/a	0.00	0.0
February 17	n/a	1	0.00	0.0
February 18	35	8	0.01	0.2
February 19	43	15	0.03	0.5
February 20	17	11	0.00	0.0
February 21	26	12	0.00	0.0
February 22	40	13	0.00	0.0
February 23	58	28	0.00	0.0
February 24	55	n/a	0.00	0.0
February 25	n/a	25	0.00	0.0
February 26	39	21	0.00	0.0
February 27	48	24	0.00	0.0
February 28	62	31	0.23	0.0
February 29	58	48	0.53	0.0

March 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	47	n/a	0.00	0.0
March 2	n/a	29	n/a	0.0
March 3	39	23	n/a	0.0
March 4	41	21	n/a	0.0
March 5	48	20	n/a	0.0
March 6	51	27	n/a	0.0
March 7	60	36	0.03	0.0
March 8	43	31	n/a	0.0
March 9	42	28	n/a	0.0
March 10	41	32	0.04	0.0
March 11	38	28	0.97	1.5
March 12	31	23	n/a	0.0
March 13	33	17	n/a	0.0
March 14	35	17	n/a	0.0
March 15	35	25	0.46	1.5
March 16	36	25	0.97	0.0
March 17	42	27	n/a	0.0
March 18	52	24	n/a	0.0
March 19	59	36	2.02	0.0
March 20	46	31	n/a	0.0
March 21	49	22	n/a	0.0
March 22	58	34	0.03	0.0
March 23	35	23	0.33	3.5
March 24	38	16	n/a	0.0
March 25	50	20	n/a	0.0
March 26	67	40	0.11	0.0
March 27	48	25	n/a	0.0
March 28	58	28	n/a	0.0
March 29	61	41	0.73	0.0
March 30	74	52	0.21	0.0
March 31	64	47	n/a	0.0

April 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	55	47	0.40
April 2	53	40	0.00
April 3	44	29	0.00
April 4	43	29	0.00
April 5	55	31	0.00
April 6	57	35	0.06
April 7	45	34	n/a
April 8	57	33	n/a
April 9	60	31	0.06
April 10	45	36	0.14
April 11	49	38	0.08
April 12	74	41	0.00
April 13	80	43	0.00
April 14	82	55	0.00
April 15	86	56	0.00
April 16	92	56	0.00
April 17	97	73	0.00
April 18	97	72	0.00
April 19	94	74	0.05
April 20	88	65	0.35
April 21	83	61	0.00
April 22	68	53	0.00
April 23	70	42	0.00
April 24	63	52	0.23
April 25	68	49	0.00
April 26	63	47	0.00
April 27	70	45	0.00
April 28	70	50	0.00
April 29	80	56	0.00
April 30	76	49	0.00

May 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	58	49	0.00	n/a
May 2	60	50	0.06	n/a
May 3	70	53	1.20	n/a
May 4	84	60	n/a	n/a
May 5	85	57	0.00	n/a
May 6	79	55	n/a	n/a
May 7	74	48	n/a	n/a
May 8	72	44	0.00	n/a
May 9	94	50	n/a	n/a
May 10	95	68	n/a	n/a
May 11	96	70	0.35	n/a
May 12	91	65	0.00	n/a
May 13	87	62	n/a	n/a
May 14	82	59	n/a	n/a
May 15	87	65	n/a	n/a
May 16	86	57	n/a	n/a
May 17	94	64	n/a	n/a
May 18	91	65	0.12	n/a
May 19	86	65	0.20	n/a
May 20	69	53	0.06	n/a
May 21	64	54	0.12	n/a
May 22	85	62	0.00	n/a
May 23	83	69	0.00	n/a
May 24	82	58	n/a	n/a
May 25	73	56	0.00	n/a
May 26	86	60	0.00	n/a
May 27	85	66	n/a	n/a
May 28	83	63	0.04	n/a
May 29	79	61	n/a	n/a
May 30	77	54	n/a	n/a
May 31	81	65	n/a	n/a

June 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
June 1	74	55	0.00	n/a
June 2	81	52	0.00	n/a
June 3	89	53	0.00	n/a
June 4	78	60	0.02	n/a
June 5	90	65	0.00	n/a
June 6	87	60	0.00	n/a
June 7	91	63	0.00	n/a
June 8	97	62	0.17	n/a
June 9	91	68	0.86	n/a
June 10	79	64	0.09	n/a
June 11	83	55	0.00	n/a
June 12	88	58	0.00	n/a
June 13	83	59	0.11	n/a
June 14	67	56	1.27	n/a
June 15	82	42	0.00	n/a
June 16	66	59	0.93	n/a
June 17	83	63	0.12	n/a
June 18	88	65	0.00	n/a
June 19	92	66	0.00	n/a
June 20	96	69	0.00	n/a
June 21	93	72	0.00	n/a
June 22	93	71	0.00	n/a
June 23	94	64	0.00	n/a
June 24	67	60	0.37	n/a
June 25	67	57	0.15	n/a
June 26	88	64	0.00	n/a
June 27	86	58	0.00	n/a
June 28	82	65	0.32	n/a
June 29	87	62	0.00	n/a
June 30	88	57	0.00	n/a

July 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
July 1	92	57	0.00	n/a
July 2	95	n/a	0.00	n/a
July 3	97	70	0.00	n/a
July 4	91	70	0.00	n/a
July 5	90	79	0.00	n/a
July 6	91	70	0.04	n/a
July 7	84	69	0.10	n/a
July 8	74	64	0.00	n/a
July 9	91	68	0.33	n/a
July 10	88	73	0.01	n/a
July 11	93	72	0.00	n/a
July 12	97	76	0.00	n/a
July 13	97	76	0.00	n/a
July 14	92	77	0.00	n/a
July 15	91	74	0.00	n/a
July 16	86	73	0.11	n/a
July 17	84	60	0.00	n/a
July 18	93	61	0.00	n/a
July 19	89	59	0.00	n/a
July 20	93	71	0.00	n/a
July 21	84	78	0.00	n/a
July 22	92	75	0.67	n/a
July 23	85	76	0.00	n/a
July 24	76	67	0.19	n/a
July 25	89	68	0.00	n/a
July 26	88	62	0.00	n/a
July 27	96	70	1.17	n/a
July 28	91	72	0.00	n/a
July 29	99	71	0.00	n/a
July 30	96	73	0.41	n/a
July 31	85	73	0.00	n/a

August 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
August 1	87	62	0.00	n/a
August 2	90	71	0.04	n/a
August 3	95	72	0.00	n/a
August 4	95	73	0.00	n/a
August 5	101	71	0.00	n/a
August 6	103	76	0.00	n/a
August 7	101	75	0.01	n/a
August 8	96	75	0.00	n/a
August 9	102	73	0.00	n/a
August 10	97	78	0.01	n/a
August 11	100	76	0.00	n/a
August 12	102	77	0.00	n/a
August 13	99	77	0.01	n/a
August 14	87	74	0.01	n/a
August 15	93	71	0.00	n/a
August 16	88	70	0.00	n/a
August 17	83	66	0.00	n/a
August 18	83	55	0.00	n/a
August 19	77	55	0.00	n/a
August 20	81	51	0.00	n/a
August 21	83	55	0.00	n/a
August 22	81	64	0.02	n/a
August 23	86	67	0.01	n/a
August 24	79	63	0.33	n/a
August 25	86	58	0.00	n/a
August 26	87	59	0.00	n/a
August 27	82	63	0.00	n/a
August 28	79	55	0.00	n/a
August 29	80	57	0.00	n/a
August 30	82	57	0.00	n/a
August 31	85	60	0.03	n/a

September 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	74	56	0.00	n/a
September 2	80	50	0.00	n/a
September 3	92	64	0.06	n/a
September 4	76	57	0.00	n/a
September 5	73	53	1.36	n/a
September 6	80	65	0.39	n/a
September 7	75	56	0.00	n/a
September 8	75	60	0.00	n/a
September 9	81	59	0.00	n/a
September 10	90	64	0.00	n/a
September 11	90	69	0.00	n/a
September 12	82	65	0.10	n/a
September 13	82	70	0.00	n/a
September 14	73	65	0.00	n/a
September 15	73	69	0.81	n/a
September 16	77	62	0.00	n/a
September 17	81	65	0.09	n/a
September 18	76	67	0.35	n/a
September 19	93	65	1.01	n/a
September 20	67	42	0.00	n/a
September 21	72	48	0.00	n/a
September 22	68	58	0.05	n/a
September 23	60	44	0.00	n/a
September 24	71	45	0.00	n/a
September 25	77	48	0.00	n/a
September 26	79	60	0.00	n/a
September 27	80	59	0.00	n/a
September 28	75	63	0.01	n/a
September 29	79	66	0.64	n/a
September 30	74	64	0.00	n/a

October 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	67	58	0.00	n/a
October 2	68	55	0.00	n/a
October 3	69	53	0.02	n/a
October 4	63	56	0.14	n/a
October 5	60	54	0.00	n/a
October 6	66	56	0.00	n/a
October 7	60	49	0.01	n/a
October 8	57	42	0.00	n/a
October 9	61	39	0.00	n/a
October 10	58	43	0.00	n/a
October 11	55	47	0.31	n/a
October 12	49	43	0.95	n/a
October 13	53	47	0.03	n/a
October 14	56	47	0.01	n/a
October 15	69	46	0.00	n/a
October 16	74	48	0.00	n/a
October 17	59	48	0.00	n/a
October 18	54	46	0.00	n/a
October 19	55	35	0.00	n/a
October 20	67	43	0.00	n/a
October 21	72	47	0.00	n/a
October 22	58	35	0.00	n/a
October 23	62	48	0.23	n/a
October 24	59	45	0.15	n/a
October 25	55	38	0.00	n/a
October 26	63	34	0.00	n/a
October 27	72	40	0.00	n/a
October 28	69	41	0.00	n/a
October 29	74	51	0.00	n/a
October 30	75	51	0.02	n/a
October 31	77	62	0.00	n/a

November 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	62	52	0.00	n/a
November 2	74	42	n/a	n/a
November 3	70	47	n/a	n/a
November 4	72	53	0.18	n/a
November 5	70	63	0.86	n/a
November 6	64	44	n/a	n/a
November 7	67	38	n/a	n/a
November 8	58	42	0.08	n/a
November 9	46	34	n/a	n/a
November 10	53	33	n/a	n/a
November 11	60	40	0.06	n/a
November 12	58	48	0.05	n/a
November 13	50	36	n/a	0.0
November 14	42	33	n/a	n/a
November 15	55	32	n/a	n/a
November 16	67	38	n/a	n/a
November 17	71	42	n/a	n/a
November 18	74	52	n/a	n/a
November 19	68	43	0.00	n/a
November 20	46	33	n/a	n/a
November 21	57	41	0.06	0.3
November 22	50	37	0.18	0.0
November 23	48	31	n/a	n/a
November 24	63	43	0.00	n/a
November 25	63	48	0.03	n/a
November 26	71	51	0.01	n/a
November 27	73	57	n/a	n/a
November 28	72	n/a	0.72	n/a
November 29	n/a	33	0.30	1.0
November 30	36	29	0.30	n/a

December 1896 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	32	26	0.00	0.0
December 2	30	23	0.00	0.0
December 3	30	22	0.00	0.0
December 4	37	28	0.00	0.0
December 5	54	34	0.00	0.0
December 6	n/a	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 7	n/a	40	0.00	0.0
December 8	n/a	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 9	54	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 10	53	43	0.00	0.0
December 11	48	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 12	55	37	0.00	0.0
December 13	n/a	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 14	52	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 15	n/a	36	0.00	0.0
December 16	36	30	0.35	3.5
December 17	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 18	40	32	0.00	0.0
December 19	40	33	0.00	0.0
December 20	n/a	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 21	37	31	0.00	0.0
December 22	37	30	0.00	0.0
December 23	38	n/a	0.12	1.2
December 24	n/a	15	0.00	0.0
December 25	n/a	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 26	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 27	n/a	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 28	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 29	n/a	28	0.00	0.0
December 30	45	n/a	0.00	0.0
December 31	54	37	0.00	0.0

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Weather Station Details

Years	Station	Coordinates
1948–2024	New Castle Airport	location
1932–1947	Wilmington Porter Research	location
1894–1931	Wilmington City Hall	location