Wilmington Weather in 1948

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1948 based on NOAA data.

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1948 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	August 28
Lowest temperature	2 °F	February 7
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 29
Lowest daily high	16 °F	January 24
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	June 19
Most daily snow	9.7 inches	February 4
Total annual precipitation	45.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	36.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1948?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1948 was 99 °F which happened on August 28.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Aug 28
2	98 °F	Aug 27
2	98 °F	Aug 26
4	96 °F	Aug 29
5	95 °F	Jun 29
5	95 °F	Jun 24
7	93 °F	Aug 25
8	92 °F	Aug 30
9	91 °F	Jul 30
9	91 °F	Jul 21
9	91 °F	Jul 12
9	91 °F	Jul 5
9	91 °F	Jun 28

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1948?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1948 was 2 °F which happened on Feb 7.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1948

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	2 °F	February 7
2	3 °F	January 31
3	4 °F	February 9
4	6 °F	February 10
5	7 °F	December 27
5	7 °F	December 26
5	7 °F	January 19
8	8 °F	January 15
9	9 °F	January 30
9	9 °F	January 29
9	9 °F	January 26
9	9 °F	January 24
9	9 °F	January 20

January 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	37	32	1.42	0.0
January 2	39	33	0.15	0.0
January 3	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 4	36	23	0.07	1.1
January 5	37	31	0.04	0.4
January 6	35	26	0.04	0.7
January 7	34	23	0.00	0.0
January 8	35	20	0.00	0.0
January 9	48	29	0.00	0.0
January 10	39	25	0.00	0.0
January 11	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 12	39	17	0.27	0.0
January 13	35	32	1.06	2.7
January 14	34	17	0.00	0.0
January 15	22	8	0.00	0.0
January 16	37	14	0.00	0.0
January 17	36	25	0.06	0.9
January 18	28	11	0.08	0.7
January 19	23	7	0.00	0.0
January 20	35	9	0.13	1.5
January 21	39	30	0.37	0.0
January 22	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 23	24	10	0.03	0.9
January 24	16	9	0.33	4.0
January 25	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 26	28	9	0.00	0.0
January 27	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 28	25	10	0.00	0.0
January 29	34	9	0.00	0.0
January 30	25	9	0.00	0.0
January 31	24	3	0.00	0.0

February 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	28	12	0.00	0.0
February 2	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 3	35	23	0.00	0.0
February 4	27	19	0.74	9.7
February 5	30	13	0.02	0.0
February 6	33	13	0.03	0.6
February 7	31	2	0.03	0.4
February 8	36	15	0.00	0.0
February 9	18	4	0.00	0.0
February 10	22	6	0.00	0.0
February 11	33	10	0.13	0.0
February 12	42	28	0.06	0.0
February 13	36	27	0.21	0.0
February 14	51	33	0.46	0.0
February 15	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	46	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	58	33	0.00	0.0
February 18	62	29	0.00	0.0
February 19	67	37	0.00	0.0
February 20	55	24	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 22	31	24	0.24	4.1
February 23	32	18	0.00	0.0
February 24	39	15	0.00	0.0
February 25	51	32	0.00	0.0
February 26	51	36	0.14	0.0
February 27	56	29	0.02	0.0
February 28	42	36	0.58	0.0
February 29	45	27	0.00	0.0

March 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	36	22	0.00	0.0
March 2	38	28	0.60	0.0
March 3	48	33	0.02	0.0
March 4	36	20	0.33	1.6
March 5	30	12	0.00	0.0
March 6	40	13	0.00	0.0
March 7	41	30	0.54	0.0
March 8	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	27	0.37	0.0
March 10	52	35	0.20	0.0
March 11	39	24	0.22	0.0
March 12	34	18	0.00	0.0
March 13	38	20	0.00	0.0
March 14	46	21	0.00	0.0
March 15	66	32	0.00	0.0
March 16	69	53	0.15	0.0
March 17	58	36	0.00	0.0
March 18	55	31	0.00	0.0
March 19	64	32	0.16	0.0
March 20	75	51	0.00	0.0
March 21	86	52	0.00	0.0
March 22	82	62	0.00	0.0
March 23	64	40	0.47	0.0
March 24	68	40	0.17	0.0
March 25	59	34	0.00	0.0
March 26	65	32	0.20	0.0
March 27	72	49	0.23	0.0
March 28	49	29	0.00	0.0
March 29	47	24	0.00	0.0
March 30	69	35	0.00	0.0
March 31	69	42	0.10	0.0

April 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	65	53	1.39
April 2	59	41	0.06
April 3	50	35	0.00
April 4	60	31	0.00
April 5	73	39	0.00
April 6	68	53	0.00
April 7	66	46	0.00
April 8	53	46	0.00
April 9	53	38	0.00
April 10	55	31	0.00
April 11	61	37	0.32
April 12	72	57	0.08
April 13	58	38	0.58
April 14	44	38	0.24
April 15	58	42	0.00
April 16	61	35	0.00
April 17	54	40	0.00
April 18	54	31	0.00
April 19	62	37	0.00
April 20	80	47	0.00
April 21	70	49	0.00
April 22	62	40	0.00
April 23	66	36	0.00
April 24	65	44	0.20
April 25	71	46	0.04
April 26	62	45	0.00
April 27	59	44	0.09
April 28	49	35	0.07
April 29	56	32	0.00
April 30	69	38	0.00

May 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	44	0.00
May 2	68	47	0.06
May 3	52	48	0.41
May 4	66	40	0.12
May 5	55	48	1.57
May 6	66	46	0.00
May 7	53	47	1.18
May 8	64	42	0.00
May 9	80	39	0.00
May 10	86	60	0.00
May 11	90	57	0.00
May 12	87	62	0.02
May 13	68	52	1.81
May 14	64	50	0.00
May 15	70	47	0.00
May 16	72	51	0.26
May 17	78	57	0.22
May 18	69	53	0.00
May 19	69	47	0.00
May 20	67	46	0.07
May 21	80	50	0.70
May 22	64	44	0.00
May 23	78	47	0.00
May 24	76	54	0.00
May 25	69	60	0.01
May 26	66	59	0.01
May 27	76	59	0.00
May 28	81	58	0.00
May 29	78	62	0.32
May 30	69	65	0.58
May 31	69	62	0.01

June 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	78	61	0.00
June 2	83	58	0.00
June 3	72	55	0.29
June 4	76	56	0.05
June 5	76	56	0.01
June 6	74	47	0.00
June 7	82	62	0.35
June 8	82	59	0.00
June 9	73	59	0.00
June 10	77	54	0.00
June 11	83	56	0.00
June 12	84	63	0.05
June 13	78	60	0.01
June 14	77	56	0.00
June 15	82	60	0.07
June 16	69	54	0.88
June 17	77	51	0.00
June 18	70	59	0.00
June 19	81	62	2.08
June 20	75	61	0.02
June 21	82	58	0.00
June 22	77	62	0.03
June 23	80	62	0.00
June 24	95	63	0.09
June 25	88	68	0.00
June 26	88	69	0.00
June 27	87	68	1.04
June 28	91	71	0.00
June 29	95	71	0.00
June 30	90	70	0.28

July 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	86	65	0.00
July 2	80	60	0.00
July 3	84	64	0.00
July 4	90	66	0.00
July 5	91	69	0.00
July 6	90	71	0.22
July 7	72	59	0.00
July 8	83	56	0.00
July 9	86	59	0.00
July 10	85	60	0.00
July 11	89	64	0.00
July 12	91	65	0.00
July 13	90	73	0.19
July 14	81	69	0.37
July 15	82	63	0.01
July 16	81	57	0.00
July 17	74	63	0.09
July 18	89	71	0.00
July 19	86	67	0.00
July 20	86	68	0.00
July 21	91	68	0.00
July 22	87	71	0.00
July 23	87	71	0.05
July 24	82	65	0.00
July 25	83	61	0.00
July 26	88	61	0.00
July 27	86	73	0.12
July 28	89	72	0.01
July 29	89	69	0.00
July 30	91	69	0.00
July 31	84	71	0.09

August 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	72	67	1.48
August 2	85	67	0.02
August 3	81	69	0.45
August 4	72	68	0.43
August 5	80	59	0.66
August 6	77	57	0.00
August 7	78	59	0.00
August 8	81	57	0.00
August 9	82	58	0.02
August 10	81	58	0.00
August 11	82	60	0.79
August 12	83	65	0.06
August 13	84	65	0.00
August 14	80	60	0.00
August 15	84	60	0.00
August 16	85	60	0.00
August 17	81	60	0.00
August 18	80	61	0.43
August 19	81	63	0.02
August 20	78	63	0.20
August 21	83	61	0.00
August 22	81	65	0.02
August 23	84	63	0.00
August 24	86	64	0.00
August 25	93	67	0.00
August 26	98	71	0.00
August 27	98	69	0.00
August 28	99	71	0.00
August 29	96	73	0.00
August 30	92	67	0.00
August 31	80	59	0.00

September 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	76	51	0.00
September 2	79	49	0.00
September 3	80	54	0.00
September 4	74	58	0.20
September 5	84	60	0.00
September 6	82	61	0.00
September 7	82	67	0.63
September 8	84	65	0.15
September 9	89	67	0.01
September 10	72	60	0.54
September 11	79	57	0.00
September 12	85	58	0.00
September 13	90	64	0.00
September 14	81	59	0.00
September 15	74	50	0.00
September 16	73	51	0.00
September 17	76	51	0.00
September 18	85	62	0.00
September 19	85	65	0.00
September 20	86	63	0.00
September 21	74	55	0.00
September 22	70	46	0.00
September 23	68	44	0.00
September 24	64	50	0.00
September 25	68	46	0.00
September 26	73	44	0.00
September 27	78	45	0.00
September 28	79	46	0.00
September 29	79	51	0.00
September 30	73	62	0.34

October 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	79	58	0.00
October 2	77	58	0.00
October 3	63	48	0.00
October 4	60	42	0.00
October 5	55	48	0.59
October 6	65	50	0.00
October 7	70	54	0.03
October 8	63	51	0.19
October 9	65	45	0.00
October 10	73	47	0.00
October 11	65	58	0.02
October 12	67	52	0.00
October 13	64	46	0.01
October 14	58	42	0.01
October 15	63	40	0.00
October 16	66	36	0.00
October 17	76	45	0.00
October 18	53	34	0.21
October 19	53	29	0.00
October 20	55	38	0.00
October 21	53	33	0.00
October 22	57	34	0.00
October 23	62	47	0.10
October 24	58	48	0.09
October 25	62	50	0.00
October 26	69	44	0.00
October 27	70	44	0.00
October 28	64	40	0.00
October 29	73	40	0.00
October 30	67	40	0.00
October 31	60	35	0.00

November 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	63	49	0.00
November 2	60	46	0.00
November 3	61	46	0.25
November 4	71	57	0.05
November 5	66	58	0.00
November 6	79	56	0.22
November 7	63	41	0.37
November 8	63	37	0.00
November 9	64	40	0.00
November 10	67	46	0.14
November 11	55	36	0.00
November 12	58	34	0.00
November 13	58	42	0.23
November 14	52	35	0.00
November 15	57	33	0.00
November 16	56	35	0.00
November 17	64	38	0.16
November 18	62	35	0.00
November 19	63	32	0.25
November 20	72	44	0.13
November 21	58	37	0.00
November 22	51	37	0.35
November 23	52	41	0.00
November 24	55	39	0.10
November 25	51	34	0.46
November 26	56	29	0.00
November 27	61	42	0.60
November 28	42	36	0.83
November 29	40	32	0.68
November 30	49	30	0.00

December 1948 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	53	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	46	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	51	36	0.33	0.0
December 4	62	42	0.14	0.0
December 5	57	38	0.00	0.0
December 6	60	40	0.04	0.0
December 7	55	33	0.00	0.0
December 8	52	34	0.00	0.0
December 9	42	28	0.00	0.0
December 10	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 11	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 12	54	31	0.00	0.0
December 13	62	40	0.02	0.0
December 14	53	36	0.00	0.0
December 15	37	32	1.19	0.0
December 16	40	35	0.42	0.0
December 17	48	31	0.00	0.0
December 18	36	28	0.00	0.0
December 19	31	25	0.57	6.7
December 20	32	17	0.00	0.0
December 21	44	17	0.00	0.0
December 22	44	26	0.00	0.0
December 23	37	25	0.00	0.0
December 24	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 25	31	13	0.00	0.0
December 26	22	7	0.00	0.0
December 27	35	7	0.00	0.0
December 28	44	17	0.00	0.0
December 29	57	29	0.52	0.0
December 30	50	37	1.99	0.0
December 31	37	29	0.03	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