Wilmington Weather in 1953

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1953 based on NOAA data.

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1953 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	August 31
Lowest temperature	13 °F	December 18
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 30
Lowest daily high	29 °F	December 18
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	October 29
Most daily snow	6.6 inches	November 6
Total annual precipitation	45.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	23.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1953?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1953 was 101 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1953

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Aug 31
1	101 °F	Aug 30
3	100 °F	Sep 3
3	100 °F	Sep 2
3	100 °F	Jul 18
6	98 °F	Aug 29
6	98 °F	Aug 28
8	97 °F	Sep 1
8	97 °F	Jul 19
8	97 °F	Jul 2

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1953?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1953 was 13 °F which happened on Dec 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1953

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	13 °F	December 18
2	17 °F	December 17
2	17 °F	February 2
4	18 °F	December 19
4	18 °F	March 9
6	20 °F	March 8
7	21 °F	December 24
7	21 °F	November 8
7	21 °F	February 18
7	21 °F	February 1

January 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	43	26	0.00	0.0
January 2	46	24	0.19	0.0
January 3	42	34	0.09	0.0
January 4	40	31	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 6	36	26	0.25	2.7
January 7	35	29	0.22	2.2
January 8	40	29	0.75	0.3
January 9	41	33	0.93	0.0
January 10	40	35	0.30	0.0
January 11	40	36	0.16	0.0
January 12	38	28	0.02	0.0
January 13	45	27	0.00	0.0
January 14	55	30	0.00	0.0
January 15	59	33	0.00	0.0
January 16	60	33	0.00	0.0
January 17	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 18	45	36	0.37	0.0
January 19	48	30	0.00	0.0
January 20	49	36	0.00	0.0
January 21	43	35	0.23	0.0
January 22	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 23	52	30	0.00	0.0
January 24	60	40	1.49	0.0
January 25	41	31	0.01	0.0
January 26	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 27	42	26	0.00	0.0
January 28	52	31	0.13	0.0
January 29	42	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 31	58	36	0.00	0.0

February 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	53	21	0.09	0.0
February 2	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 3	44	27	0.00	0.0
February 4	39	26	0.00	0.0
February 5	45	22	0.00	0.0
February 6	52	26	0.00	0.0
February 7	50	38	0.41	0.0
February 8	47	35	0.00	0.0
February 9	48	33	0.00	0.0
February 10	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 11	34	25	0.30	1.0
February 12	45	33	0.04	0.0
February 13	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 14	48	26	0.00	0.0
February 15	46	34	1.06	0.0
February 16	44	30	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 18	38	21	0.00	0.0
February 19	57	25	0.00	0.0
February 20	58	31	0.00	0.0
February 21	70	40	0.79	0.0
February 22	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 23	47	26	0.00	0.0
February 24	55	27	0.00	0.0
February 25	52	39	0.00	0.0
February 26	58	36	0.00	0.0
February 27	55	38	0.00	0.0
February 28	41	27	0.00	0.0

March 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	38	25	0.00	0.0
March 2	30	23	0.00	0.0
March 3	45	30	0.61	0.0
March 4	51	41	0.70	0.0
March 5	46	34	0.00	0.0
March 6	56	28	0.00	0.0
March 7	42	30	0.00	0.0
March 8	31	20	0.41	5.5
March 9	39	18	0.00	0.0
March 10	44	30	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 12	50	38	0.39	0.0
March 13	66	49	0.48	0.0
March 14	67	47	0.00	0.0
March 15	57	45	1.29	0.0
March 16	57	42	0.00	0.0
March 17	55	36	0.00	0.0
March 18	50	35	0.65	0.0
March 19	60	45	0.18	0.0
March 20	51	36	0.00	0.0
March 21	59	32	0.00	0.0
March 22	59	35	0.00	0.0
March 23	69	45	0.00	0.0
March 24	65	49	0.30	0.0
March 25	57	42	0.69	0.0
March 26	45	41	0.00	0.0
March 27	50	41	0.00	0.0
March 28	61	43	0.01	0.0
March 29	57	43	0.01	0.0
March 30	55	41	0.00	0.0
March 31	62	42	0.00	0.0

April 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	61	42	0.14
April 2	59	47	0.02
April 3	64	39	0.00
April 4	66	44	0.04
April 5	62	41	0.00
April 6	63	37	0.24
April 7	56	47	0.91
April 8	59	45	0.00
April 9	59	42	0.00
April 10	62	50	0.60
April 11	66	47	0.00
April 12	60	43	0.48
April 13	49	40	0.46
April 14	51	38	0.00
April 15	60	37	0.00
April 16	60	43	0.69
April 17	64	38	0.00
April 18	59	44	0.47
April 19	52	37	0.00
April 20	48	32	0.00
April 21	50	34	0.00
April 22	69	32	0.00
April 23	74	50	0.01
April 24	67	46	0.00
April 25	85	50	0.00
April 26	79	52	0.54
April 27	60	46	0.01
April 28	60	46	0.00
April 29	64	48	0.00
April 30	65	46	0.15

May 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	77	51	0.04
May 2	54	47	0.01
May 3	69	47	0.00
May 4	75	50	0.00
May 5	77	58	0.64
May 6	74	61	0.47
May 7	72	61	0.09
May 8	76	54	0.03
May 9	73	50	0.02
May 10	85	50	0.00
May 11	89	56	0.00
May 12	84	57	0.00
May 13	84	63	0.11
May 14	78	62	0.00
May 15	81	66	0.00
May 16	73	61	0.31
May 17	82	61	0.78
May 18	84	61	0.00
May 19	69	60	0.03
May 20	79	58	0.20
May 21	73	59	0.00
May 22	79	58	0.38
May 23	78	55	0.02
May 24	73	52	0.00
May 25	74	54	0.08
May 26	74	58	1.06
May 27	68	54	0.00
May 28	68	49	0.00
May 29	69	45	0.00
May 30	62	51	0.72
May 31	57	50	0.40

June 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	64	49	0.59
June 2	78	49	0.00
June 3	77	57	0.00
June 4	83	57	0.00
June 5	87	65	0.00
June 6	92	67	0.26
June 7	83	66	0.44
June 8	79	65	0.00
June 9	87	67	0.10
June 10	77	63	0.00
June 11	76	57	0.00
June 12	76	54	0.02
June 13	65	58	1.07
June 14	66	54	0.00
June 15	77	50	0.00
June 16	82	53	0.00
June 17	81	56	0.00
June 18	81	60	0.00
June 19	88	62	0.00
June 20	92	67	0.00
June 21	94	70	0.00
June 22	91	66	0.00
June 23	89	64	0.00
June 24	80	57	0.00
June 25	84	60	0.00
June 26	93	65	0.00
June 27	91	72	0.00
June 28	89	73	0.04
June 29	92	71	0.00
June 30	92	67	0.00

July 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	95	69	0.00
July 2	97	73	0.39
July 3	88	67	0.02
July 4	85	59	0.00
July 5	86	62	0.00
July 6	90	70	0.01
July 7	88	71	0.00
July 8	87	68	0.08
July 9	81	64	0.00
July 10	78	59	0.00
July 11	83	57	0.00
July 12	85	57	0.00
July 13	88	61	0.00
July 14	86	60	0.00
July 15	92	61	0.00
July 16	94	68	0.00
July 17	96	69	0.00
July 18	100	72	0.00
July 19	97	70	0.45
July 20	90	71	0.00
July 21	93	69	0.00
July 22	88	71	0.02
July 23	84	69	2.14
July 24	82	65	0.00
July 25	79	56	0.00
July 26	85	57	0.00
July 27	90	63	0.08
July 28	87	66	0.02
July 29	90	62	0.00
July 30	89	75	0.00
July 31	88	71	0.00

August 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	60	0.00
August 2	83	60	0.19
August 3	81	56	0.00
August 4	78	65	0.00
August 5	90	67	0.00
August 6	79	65	0.00
August 7	84	62	0.00
August 8	82	66	0.23
August 9	81	65	0.80
August 10	81	61	0.00
August 11	86	62	0.00
August 12	88	63	0.00
August 13	86	63	0.00
August 14	74	69	0.34
August 15	91	65	0.00
August 16	87	63	0.00
August 17	79	65	0.33
August 18	79	59	0.00
August 19	80	53	0.00
August 20	81	56	0.00
August 21	80	58	0.00
August 22	82	55	0.00
August 23	87	59	0.00
August 24	88	65	0.00
August 25	91	63	0.00
August 26	93	66	0.00
August 27	96	68	0.00
August 28	98	69	0.00
August 29	98	69	0.00
August 30	101	65	0.00
August 31	101	67	0.00

September 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	97	72	0.00
September 2	100	71	0.00
September 3	100	73	0.00
September 4	94	74	0.00
September 5	92	69	0.93
September 6	73	64	0.00
September 7	80	64	0.00
September 8	77	59	0.00
September 9	77	53	0.00
September 10	78	51	0.00
September 11	79	50	0.00
September 12	79	58	1.80
September 13	65	51	0.31
September 14	68	45	0.00
September 15	82	55	0.00
September 16	82	60	0.00
September 17	73	51	0.00
September 18	74	47	0.00
September 19	78	55	0.00
September 20	81	63	0.10
September 21	81	54	0.48
September 22	67	47	0.02
September 23	65	44	0.00
September 24	69	42	0.00
September 25	75	47	0.00
September 26	78	57	0.00
September 27	75	60	0.00
September 28	76	54	0.00
September 29	87	51	0.00
September 30	88	60	0.00

October 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	80	53	0.00
October 2	77	46	0.00
October 3	79	47	0.00
October 4	78	48	0.00
October 5	73	55	0.00
October 6	64	48	0.34
October 7	56	39	0.00
October 8	60	34	0.00
October 9	66	36	0.00
October 10	68	39	0.00
October 11	70	43	0.00
October 12	70	48	0.00
October 13	62	40	0.00
October 14	67	36	0.00
October 15	71	41	0.00
October 16	76	46	0.00
October 17	78	46	0.00
October 18	80	43	0.00
October 19	77	49	0.00
October 20	77	50	0.00
October 21	72	54	0.00
October 22	62	47	0.00
October 23	75	52	0.00
October 24	65	45	0.06
October 25	66	50	0.02
October 26	69	45	0.00
October 27	67	45	0.09
October 28	70	58	0.80
October 29	59	51	2.56
October 30	66	46	0.00
October 31	67	46	0.00

November 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	69	43	0.00	0.0
November 2	71	44	0.00	0.0
November 3	73	42	0.00	0.0
November 4	56	40	0.00	0.0
November 5	47	33	0.00	0.0
November 6	37	29	0.65	6.6
November 7	39	28	0.53	5.3
November 8	47	21	0.00	0.0
November 9	54	26	0.00	0.0
November 10	47	35	0.00	0.0
November 11	54	32	0.00	0.0
November 12	53	32	0.00	0.0
November 13	53	31	0.00	0.0
November 14	43	30	0.00	0.0
November 15	59	36	0.00	0.0
November 16	68	38	0.00	0.0
November 17	71	36	0.00	0.0
November 18	70	36	0.00	0.0
November 19	68	34	0.00	0.0
November 20	68	34	0.00	0.0
November 21	63	39	0.00	0.0
November 22	64	53	0.03	0.0
November 23	67	42	0.53	0.0
November 24	56	36	0.00	0.0
November 25	50	36	0.45	0.0
November 26	49	30	0.00	0.0
November 27	41	28	0.00	0.0
November 28	40	32	0.00	0.0
November 29	45	28	0.00	0.0
November 30	49	34	0.00	0.0

December 1953 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	44	33	0.00
December 2	47	30	0.00
December 3	56	25	0.00
December 4	61	33	0.13
December 5	60	34	0.32
December 6	67	32	0.71
December 7	65	35	0.27
December 8	56	30	0.00
December 9	57	33	0.01
December 10	63	36	0.53
December 11	51	32	0.00
December 12	46	39	0.64
December 13	50	37	0.21
December 14	55	40	1.26
December 15	46	32	0.00
December 16	39	27	0.00
December 17	30	17	0.00
December 18	29	13	0.00
December 19	35	18	0.00
December 20	47	27	0.00
December 21	47	27	0.00
December 22	49	39	0.05
December 23	50	26	0.00
December 24	32	21	0.00
December 25	43	25	0.00
December 26	45	25	0.00
December 27	42	29	0.00
December 28	42	31	0.00
December 29	44	31	0.00
December 30	47	29	0.00
December 31	40	24	0.00

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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