Wilmington Weather in 1938

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1938 based on NOAA data.

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1938 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 15
Lowest temperature	7 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 16
Lowest daily high	25 °F	January 28
Most daily precipitation	4.8 inches	June 27
Most daily snow	5.5 inches	November 25

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1938?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1938 was 94 °F which happened on August 15.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 15
2	93 °F	Aug 17
2	93 °F	Aug 16
2	93 °F	Jul 10
5	92 °F	Jul 11
6	90 °F	Aug 3
6	90 °F	Aug 2
6	90 °F	Jul 17
6	90 °F	Jul 8
6	90 °F	Jul 7
6	90 °F	Jun 24

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1938?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1938 was 7 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1938

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	7 °F	January 19
2	8 °F	March 4
3	12 °F	November 26
4	14 °F	December 29
4	14 °F	January 28
6	15 °F	February 28
7	16 °F	March 1
7	16 °F	February 16
7	16 °F	January 29
7	16 °F	January 27

January 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	45	36	0.18	n/a
January 2	42	29	0.10	n/a
January 3	40	24	n/a	n/a
January 4	41	26	n/a	n/a
January 5	48	28	n/a	n/a
January 6	51	27	n/a	n/a
January 7	49	40	0.75	n/a
January 8	44	29	n/a	n/a
January 9	33	18	n/a	n/a
January 10	33	17	n/a	n/a
January 11	31	26	0.04	n/a
January 12	33	24	0.01	0.7
January 13	38	30	0.08	0.0
January 14	35	26	n/a	n/a
January 15	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 16	38	23	n/a	n/a
January 17	36	n/a	0.01	n/a
January 18	33	19	n/a	n/a
January 19	25	7	0.00	0.0
January 20	43	20	0.02	0.2
January 21	37	25	0.16	0.0
January 22	38	32	0.08	n/a
January 23	49	30	n/a	n/a
January 24	50	31	n/a	n/a
January 25	59	41	0.61	n/a
January 26	44	23	n/a	n/a
January 27	25	16	n/a	n/a
January 28	25	14	n/a	n/a
January 29	37	16	n/a	n/a
January 30	56	28	n/a	n/a
January 31	53	33	0.36	0.0

February 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	19	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	19	0.00	0.0
February 3	46	30	0.00	0.0
February 4	48	34	0.06	0.0
February 5	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 6	63	35	0.00	0.0
February 7	62	41	0.11	0.0
February 8	47	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	47	30	0.00	0.0
February 10	56	39	0.00	0.0
February 11	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 12	40	25	0.06	0.5
February 13	46	35	0.00	0.0
February 14	62	41	0.00	0.0
February 15	49	22	0.00	0.0
February 16	34	16	0.00	0.0
February 17	39	19	0.00	0.0
February 18	67	30	0.00	0.0
February 19	63	40	0.90	0.0
February 20	42	28	0.64	3.0
February 21	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 22	37	21	0.10	0.0
February 23	40	34	0.63	0.0
February 24	39	32	0.02	0.0
February 25	35	25	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 27	41	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	39	15	0.00	0.0

March 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	50	16	0.00	0.0
March 2	56	34	0.00	0.0
March 3	52	24	0.18	0.5
March 4	31	8	0.00	0.0
March 5	54	27	0.26	0.0
March 6	57	38	0.10	0.0
March 7	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 8	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 9	45	27	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	26	0.23	2.5
March 11	41	17	0.00	0.0
March 12	53	32	0.02	0.0
March 13	59	37	0.00	0.0
March 14	57	41	0.61	0.0
March 15	42	31	0.27	0.0
March 16	48	34	0.21	0.0
March 17	50	42	0.10	0.0
March 18	58	36	0.07	0.0
March 19	66	36	0.00	0.0
March 20	67	45	0.09	0.0
March 21	76	46	0.00	0.0
March 22	77	49	0.00	0.0
March 23	77	48	0.00	0.0
March 24	73	51	0.00	0.0
March 25	55	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	59	36	0.11	0.0
March 27	58	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	56	27	0.00	0.0
March 29	58	34	0.00	0.0
March 30	58	42	0.03	0.0
March 31	56	45	0.13	0.0

April 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	64	50	0.00
April 2	60	37	0.03
April 3	48	33	0.00
April 4	54	33	0.00
April 5	54	32	0.00
April 6	48	28	0.00
April 7	37	30	0.07
April 8	38	34	0.50
April 9	55	37	0.46
April 10	48	34	0.00
April 11	59	38	0.00
April 12	69	39	0.00
April 13	72	44	0.00
April 14	79	46	0.00
April 15	82	52	0.00
April 16	79	51	0.00
April 17	73	40	0.00
April 18	69	52	0.48
April 19	73	54	0.17
April 20	84	51	0.00
April 21	81	n/a	0.00
April 22	69	50	0.20
April 23	63	37	0.00
April 24	65	36	0.00
April 25	71	37	0.00
April 26	71	42	0.00
April 27	75	45	0.00
April 28	81	55	0.00
April 29	82	60	0.00
April 30	75	47	0.11

May 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
May 1	64	44	0.00	n/a
May 2	81	45	0.00	n/a
May 3	80	56	0.00	n/a
May 4	74	51	0.08	n/a
May 5	75	51	0.00	n/a
May 6	78	58	0.00	n/a
May 7	80	47	0.00	n/a
May 8	79	50	0.00	n/a
May 9	72	53	0.06	n/a
May 10	66	50	0.24	n/a
May 11	64	47	0.00	n/a
May 12	63	40	0.47	n/a
May 13	62	40	0.00	n/a
May 14	60	44	0.20	n/a
May 15	56	45	0.75	n/a
May 16	68	49	0.21	n/a
May 17	74	50	0.00	n/a
May 18	74	53	0.07	n/a
May 19	67	52	0.00	n/a
May 20	69	56	0.05	n/a
May 21	77	64	0.00	n/a
May 22	78	61	0.45	n/a
May 23	76	54	0.01	n/a
May 24	78	59	0.06	n/a
May 25	72	43	0.46	n/a
May 26	66	47	0.42	n/a
May 27	67	55	0.52	n/a
May 28	78	60	0.00	n/a
May 29	78	55	0.00	n/a
May 30	64	48	0.00	n/a
May 31	68	41	0.00	n/a

June 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
June 1	70	41	0.00	n/a
June 2	73	49	0.00	n/a
June 3	78	63	0.00	n/a
June 4	75	59	0.03	n/a
June 5	77	58	0.00	n/a
June 6	79	53	0.00	n/a
June 7	89	61	0.00	n/a
June 8	87	61	1.00	n/a
June 9	80	58	0.00	n/a
June 10	79	56	0.00	n/a
June 11	87	64	0.02	n/a
June 12	n/a	66	0.00	n/a
June 13	87	57	0.41	n/a
June 14	79	55	0.00	n/a
June 15	78	58	0.00	n/a
June 16	74	53	0.00	n/a
June 17	76	57	0.00	n/a
June 18	84	65	0.00	n/a
June 19	83	68	0.00	n/a
June 20	82	61	0.00	n/a
June 21	89	61	0.00	n/a
June 22	84	64	0.00	n/a
June 23	82	65	1.77	n/a
June 24	90	63	0.00	n/a
June 25	88	68	0.00	n/a
June 26	88	73	0.00	n/a
June 27	87	63	4.77	n/a
June 28	65	57	0.35	n/a
June 29	77	55	0.02	n/a
June 30	79	57	0.00	n/a

July 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
July 1	79	60	0.00	n/a
July 2	83	66	0.15	n/a
July 3	84	58	0.00	n/a
July 4	82	54	0.00	n/a
July 5	83	60	0.00	n/a
July 6	86	62	0.00	n/a
July 7	90	61	0.00	n/a
July 8	90	64	0.00	n/a
July 9	88	68	0.00	n/a
July 10	93	67	0.00	n/a
July 11	92	71	0.00	n/a
July 12	n/a	65	0.80	n/a
July 13	89	67	0.00	n/a
July 14	87	72	0.12	n/a
July 15	87	64	0.30	n/a
July 16	87	65	0.00	n/a
July 17	90	67	0.00	n/a
July 18	89	68	0.04	n/a
July 19	85	70	0.02	n/a
July 20	84	69	0.94	n/a
July 21	82	68	1.51	n/a
July 22	79	68	1.39	n/a
July 23	79	71	0.30	n/a
July 24	75	65	0.90	n/a
July 25	83	67	0.35	n/a
July 26	82	69	0.00	n/a
July 27	88	65	0.00	n/a
July 28	89	69	0.00	n/a
July 29	89	70	0.00	n/a
July 30	87	69	0.12	n/a
July 31	87	72	0.00	n/a

August 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
August 1	88	71	0.00	n/a
August 2	90	70	1.12	n/a
August 3	90	70	0.00	n/a
August 4	89	71	0.11	n/a
August 5	89	74	0.00	n/a
August 6	86	73	0.00	n/a
August 7	n/a	70	2.08	n/a
August 8	86	70	1.50	n/a
August 9	87	70	0.00	n/a
August 10	87	67	0.00	n/a
August 11	87	71	0.15	n/a
August 12	85	65	0.00	n/a
August 13	84	61	0.00	n/a
August 14	88	63	0.00	n/a
August 15	94	71	0.00	n/a
August 16	93	76	0.00	n/a
August 17	93	72	0.00	n/a
August 18	81	70	0.25	n/a
August 19	85	60	0.00	n/a
August 20	88	60	0.00	n/a
August 21	89	62	0.00	n/a
August 22	87	63	0.00	n/a
August 23	89	63	0.03	n/a
August 24	85	69	0.00	n/a
August 25	80	58	0.00	n/a
August 26	81	54	0.00	n/a
August 27	87	64	0.00	n/a
August 28	88	62	0.00	n/a
August 29	85	57	0.00	n/a
August 30	86	55	0.00	n/a
August 31	85	63	0.00	n/a

September 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
September 1	82	67	0.83	n/a
September 2	77	60	0.00	n/a
September 3	76	54	0.00	n/a
September 4	n/a	62	0.01	n/a
September 5	85	62	0.00	n/a
September 6	76	53	0.00	n/a
September 7	81	59	0.00	n/a
September 8	78	60	0.05	n/a
September 9	73	49	0.00	n/a
September 10	69	42	0.00	n/a
September 11	69	55	0.00	n/a
September 12	73	60	0.00	n/a
September 13	83	64	0.00	n/a
September 14	82	58	0.08	n/a
September 15	86	69	0.03	n/a
September 16	85	61	0.29	n/a
September 17	73	53	0.07	n/a
September 18	70	60	0.09	n/a
September 19	71	68	0.68	n/a
September 20	70	60	2.49	n/a
September 21	65	52	2.30	n/a
September 22	66	46	0.00	n/a
September 23	78	53	0.03	n/a
September 24	83	55	0.00	n/a
September 25	82	45	0.00	n/a
September 26	73	42	0.00	n/a
September 27	79	53	0.00	n/a
September 28	78	49	0.00	n/a
September 29	69	55	0.69	n/a
September 30	60	53	0.46	n/a

October 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	n/a	46	n/a	n/a
October 2	63	41	n/a	n/a
October 3	63	41	n/a	n/a
October 4	66	n/a	n/a	n/a
October 5	71	43	n/a	n/a
October 6	68	n/a	0.48	n/a
October 7	n/a	40	0.25	n/a
October 8	63	36	n/a	n/a
October 9	66	43	n/a	n/a
October 10	66	41	n/a	n/a
October 11	78	47	n/a	n/a
October 12	74	33	n/a	n/a
October 13	72	48	n/a	n/a
October 14	74	63	0.00	n/a
October 15	69	n/a	n/a	n/a
October 16	81	54	n/a	n/a
October 17	85	n/a	n/a	n/a
October 18	81	n/a	n/a	n/a
October 19	78	55	n/a	n/a
October 20	76	56	n/a	n/a
October 21	67	44	0.27	n/a
October 22	66	41	n/a	n/a
October 23	66	42	n/a	n/a
October 24	65	56	0.58	n/a
October 25	n/a	41	0.02	n/a
October 26	68	43	n/a	n/a
October 27	66	46	0.00	n/a
October 28	n/a	46	0.22	n/a
October 29	66	52	0.03	n/a
October 30	65	47	n/a	n/a
October 31	60	39	n/a	n/a

November 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	62	36	0.00	0.0
November 2	72	36	0.00	0.0
November 3	63	44	0.00	0.0
November 4	63	44	0.00	0.0
November 5	71	59	0.08	0.0
November 6	71	60	0.16	0.0
November 7	75	59	0.00	0.0
November 8	73	57	0.00	0.0
November 9	65	35	0.16	0.0
November 10	58	34	0.00	0.0
November 11	64	38	0.00	0.0
November 12	70	34	0.00	0.0
November 13	68	50	0.00	0.0
November 14	n/a	42	0.24	0.0
November 15	52	35	0.00	0.0
November 16	49	29	0.00	0.0
November 17	57	34	0.08	0.0
November 18	68	42	0.00	0.0
November 19	68	57	0.47	0.0
November 20	65	39	0.35	0.0
November 21	57	33	0.00	0.0
November 22	n/a	40	0.00	0.0
November 23	55	40	0.03	0.0
November 24	n/a	24	0.04	0.0
November 25	n/a	19	0.89	5.5
November 26	n/a	12	0.00	0.0
November 27	n/a	19	0.30	3.0
November 28	n/a	18	0.00	0.0
November 29	41	19	0.00	0.0
November 30	51	31	0.00	0.0

December 1938 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 2	34	19	0.00	0.0
December 3	46	24	0.00	0.0
December 4	53	41	0.39	0.0
December 5	57	35	0.32	0.0
December 6	55	42	1.17	0.0
December 7	51	31	0.00	0.0
December 8	56	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	52	45	0.11	0.0
December 10	50	41	0.13	0.0
December 11	47	31	0.00	0.0
December 12	47	34	0.00	0.0
December 13	45	27	0.00	0.0
December 14	46	23	0.00	0.0
December 15	38	21	0.00	0.0
December 16	35	17	0.00	0.0
December 17	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 18	40	34	0.00	0.0
December 19	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 20	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 21	41	27	0.00	0.0
December 22	39	26	0.01	0.1
December 23	31	19	0.02	0.2
December 24	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 25	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 26	39	26	0.00	0.0
December 27	52	33	1.33	0.0
December 28	34	17	0.00	0.0
December 29	36	14	0.00	0.0
December 30	36	22	0.00	0.0
December 31	37	24	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