Wilmington Weather in 1955

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1955 based on NOAA data.

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1955 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	101 °F	August 6
Lowest temperature	3 °F	February 3
Highest daily low	76 °F	August 2
Lowest daily high	16 °F	February 3
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	August 12
Most daily snow	4.3 inches	November 19
Total annual precipitation	37.1 inches	-
Total annual snow	19.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1955?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1955 was 101 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1955

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	101 °F	Aug 6
1	101 °F	Aug 2
3	100 °F	Jul 22
4	98 °F	Aug 5
4	98 °F	Jul 23
6	97 °F	Jul 17
6	97 °F	Jul 4
8	96 °F	Jul 27
8	96 °F	Jul 18
8	96 °F	Jul 5

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1955?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1955 was 3 °F which happened on Feb 3.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1955

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	February 3
2	8 °F	February 4
3	9 °F	December 22
3	9 °F	February 14
5	10 °F	December 21
5	10 °F	February 12
5	10 °F	January 28
8	11 °F	February 13
8	11 °F	February 5
8	11 °F	January 30

January 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	49	29	0.06	0.0
January 2	58	40	0.17	0.0
January 3	47	36	0.00	0.0
January 4	54	32	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	26	0.01	0.0
January 6	46	35	0.04	0.0
January 7	40	32	0.00	0.0
January 8	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 9	35	26	0.02	0.2
January 10	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 11	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 12	36	19	0.00	0.0
January 13	34	26	0.17	1.8
January 14	35	24	0.00	0.0
January 15	40	28	0.03	0.3
January 16	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 17	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 18	39	22	0.00	0.0
January 19	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 20	33	22	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	17	0.00	0.0
January 22	40	26	0.09	1.5
January 23	35	24	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	26	0.00	0.0
January 25	39	19	0.00	0.0
January 26	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 27	41	16	0.00	0.0
January 28	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 29	28	13	0.00	0.0
January 30	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 31	30	13	0.00	0.0

February 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	28	0.04	0.5
February 2	33	14	0.31	3.5
February 3	16	3	0.00	0.0
February 4	32	8	0.00	0.0
February 5	37	11	0.00	0.0
February 6	55	31	0.98	0.0
February 7	50	30	0.11	0.0
February 8	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 9	45	24	0.00	0.0
February 10	57	28	0.00	0.0
February 11	59	21	0.48	2.7
February 12	22	10	0.00	0.0
February 13	25	11	0.00	0.0
February 14	34	9	0.00	0.0
February 15	43	28	0.00	0.0
February 16	52	25	0.00	0.0
February 17	47	33	0.03	0.0
February 18	44	28	0.00	0.0
February 19	49	26	0.00	0.0
February 20	55	28	0.00	0.0
February 21	49	30	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	38	0.11	0.0
February 23	54	35	0.64	0.0
February 24	36	30	0.18	1.8
February 25	52	22	0.00	0.0
February 26	49	27	0.00	0.0
February 27	50	39	0.05	0.0
February 28	62	37	0.00	0.0

March 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	66	45	0.26	0.0
March 2	60	37	0.00	0.0
March 3	52	30	0.05	0.0
March 4	52	37	1.30	0.0
March 5	39	35	0.05	0.0
March 6	42	33	0.75	0.0
March 7	37	23	0.00	0.0
March 8	40	19	0.00	0.0
March 9	64	33	0.00	0.0
March 10	72	44	0.00	0.0
March 11	63	48	0.00	0.0
March 12	63	41	0.02	0.0
March 13	60	41	0.00	0.0
March 14	53	33	0.00	0.0
March 15	49	34	0.30	0.0
March 16	68	40	0.02	0.0
March 17	42	33	0.00	0.0
March 18	45	32	0.25	2.0
March 19	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	53	28	0.00	0.0
March 21	44	39	0.56	0.0
March 22	75	37	1.06	0.0
March 23	56	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	66	36	0.00	0.0
March 25	54	32	0.08	0.0
March 26	48	24	0.16	0.0
March 27	39	23	0.00	0.0
March 28	42	25	0.00	0.0
March 29	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 30	57	35	0.00	0.0
March 31	59	34	0.00	0.0

April 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	71	41	0.00
April 2	74	42	0.00
April 3	59	43	0.00
April 4	61	39	0.00
April 5	67	39	0.00
April 6	55	44	0.23
April 7	54	36	0.00
April 8	55	32	0.00
April 9	72	36	0.00
April 10	78	42	0.00
April 11	81	46	0.00
April 12	60	43	0.89
April 13	50	43	0.15
April 14	64	48	0.42
April 15	72	53	0.08
April 16	69	45	0.00
April 17	51	42	0.04
April 18	67	48	0.00
April 19	76	52	0.02
April 20	67	47	0.00
April 21	64	46	0.21
April 22	77	53	0.08
April 23	76	52	0.00
April 24	66	47	0.03
April 25	53	46	0.11
April 26	52	44	0.16
April 27	55	45	0.01
April 28	62	44	0.00
April 29	65	51	0.12
April 30	77	50	0.00

May 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	71	47	0.00
May 2	73	42	0.00
May 3	72	47	0.00
May 4	79	48	0.00
May 5	88	56	0.00
May 6	73	51	0.00
May 7	74	42	0.00
May 8	74	52	0.00
May 9	65	44	0.00
May 10	57	48	0.01
May 11	69	50	0.02
May 12	78	51	0.00
May 13	69	53	0.04
May 14	74	55	0.08
May 15	74	52	0.00
May 16	76	48	0.00
May 17	66	47	0.00
May 18	73	43	0.00
May 19	80	50	0.00
May 20	81	52	0.00
May 21	84	54	0.00
May 22	77	57	0.01
May 23	86	66	0.04
May 24	90	63	0.00
May 25	87	66	0.00
May 26	81	63	0.00
May 27	75	56	0.00
May 28	77	58	0.00
May 29	93	64	0.75
May 30	81	65	0.08
May 31	72	55	0.15

June 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	71	52	0.00
June 2	70	56	0.00
June 3	74	54	0.00
June 4	74	56	0.00
June 5	88	61	0.02
June 6	80	58	0.00
June 7	83	57	0.00
June 8	61	53	2.56
June 9	58	52	0.23
June 10	74	49	0.00
June 11	68	60	0.89
June 12	80	60	0.43
June 13	75	57	0.00
June 14	71	55	0.00
June 15	79	55	0.00
June 16	85	59	0.00
June 17	89	64	0.00
June 18	85	61	0.00
June 19	70	64	0.61
June 20	86	62	0.03
June 21	86	65	0.00
June 22	91	67	0.00
June 23	89	65	0.44
June 24	84	65	0.06
June 25	72	59	1.07
June 26	75	57	0.00
June 27	80	57	0.00
June 28	84	57	0.00
June 29	88	63	0.00
June 30	89	64	0.00

July 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	73	0.02
July 2	94	73	0.00
July 3	93	72	0.00
July 4	97	70	0.00
July 5	96	74	0.00
July 6	93	71	0.00
July 7	89	70	0.00
July 8	89	68	0.00
July 9	89	70	0.00
July 10	92	73	0.00
July 11	92	73	0.00
July 12	86	67	0.00
July 13	85	61	0.00
July 14	87	60	0.00
July 15	94	68	0.00
July 16	93	75	0.00
July 17	97	75	0.00
July 18	96	76	0.00
July 19	94	73	0.00
July 20	91	70	0.00
July 21	95	71	0.00
July 22	100	73	0.00
July 23	98	75	0.00
July 24	84	73	0.13
July 25	92	70	0.00
July 26	92	73	0.00
July 27	96	71	0.00
July 28	94	73	0.00
July 29	81	69	0.00
July 30	82	68	0.00
July 31	89	69	0.01

August 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	95	72	0.00
August 2	101	76	0.00
August 3	95	70	0.00
August 4	94	72	0.00
August 5	98	75	0.00
August 6	101	74	1.10
August 7	93	74	0.29
August 8	78	66	0.12
August 9	81	65	0.00
August 10	81	66	0.00
August 11	88	70	2.07
August 12	75	69	2.95
August 13	79	70	1.77
August 14	86	73	0.28
August 15	88	73	0.00
August 16	87	72	0.06
August 17	88	75	0.53
August 18	84	74	1.09
August 19	90	72	0.01
August 20	94	69	0.00
August 21	94	71	0.00
August 22	91	69	0.92
August 23	85	68	0.06
August 24	78	58	0.00
August 25	79	60	0.00
August 26	81	57	0.00
August 27	87	63	0.44
August 28	81	63	0.00
August 29	77	64	0.00
August 30	87	67	0.00
August 31	80	67	0.40

September 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	82	66	0.00
September 2	79	67	0.50
September 3	76	67	0.00
September 4	82	63	0.00
September 5	85	63	0.00
September 6	85	68	0.00
September 7	84	60	0.00
September 8	73	50	0.00
September 9	75	52	0.00
September 10	80	57	0.00
September 11	83	64	0.00
September 12	72	51	0.00
September 13	71	47	0.00
September 14	77	47	0.00
September 15	82	60	0.00
September 16	81	63	0.00
September 17	81	62	0.00
September 18	80	63	0.00
September 19	75	62	0.04
September 20	86	62	0.27
September 21	72	52	0.00
September 22	65	50	0.00
September 23	70	60	0.13
September 24	74	61	0.76
September 25	72	50	0.00
September 26	68	45	0.00
September 27	72	45	0.00
September 28	79	58	0.32
September 29	75	53	0.00
September 30	75	54	0.25

October 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	72	54	0.00
October 2	69	49	0.00
October 3	73	47	0.00
October 4	73	48	0.00
October 5	76	51	0.09
October 6	75	63	0.39
October 7	84	65	0.01
October 8	72	50	0.82
October 9	69	47	0.00
October 10	75	46	0.00
October 11	79	53	0.00
October 12	81	50	0.00
October 13	79	53	0.01
October 14	70	63	0.23
October 15	68	55	0.20
October 16	58	49	0.00
October 17	63	43	0.00
October 18	62	45	0.00
October 19	63	47	0.00
October 20	65	43	0.00
October 21	70	41	0.02
October 22	57	39	0.00
October 23	64	34	0.00
October 24	72	43	0.17
October 25	52	38	0.00
October 26	65	34	0.00
October 27	62	39	0.00
October 28	72	39	0.00
October 29	70	48	0.21
October 30	71	47	0.47
October 31	61	37	0.00

November 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	58	37	0.00	0.0
November 2	68	38	0.00	0.0
November 3	66	46	0.00	0.0
November 4	49	39	0.00	0.0
November 5	51	37	0.00	0.0
November 6	54	34	0.00	0.0
November 7	50	37	0.09	0.0
November 8	52	31	0.00	0.0
November 9	49	28	0.00	0.0
November 10	49	28	0.66	0.0
November 11	54	39	0.02	0.0
November 12	69	38	0.00	0.0
November 13	73	48	0.00	0.0
November 14	76	50	0.00	0.0
November 15	54	39	0.05	0.0
November 16	64	48	0.01	0.0
November 17	58	33	0.00	0.0
November 18	46	31	0.00	0.0
November 19	37	32	0.53	4.3
November 20	36	30	0.00	0.0
November 21	50	28	0.00	0.0
November 22	51	33	0.00	0.0
November 23	60	33	0.00	0.0
November 24	52	32	0.00	0.0
November 25	40	27	0.00	0.0
November 26	42	28	0.00	0.0
November 27	50	30	0.00	0.0
November 28	54	15	0.00	0.0
November 29	31	14	0.00	0.0
November 30	40	27	0.00	0.0

December 1955 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	39	22	0.00	0.0
December 2	39	25	0.01	0.2
December 3	54	36	0.00	0.0
December 4	55	43	0.00	0.0
December 5	54	32	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 7	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 8	44	27	0.00	0.0
December 9	38	27	0.16	0.7
December 10	31	23	0.00	0.0
December 11	34	20	0.00	0.0
December 12	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 13	36	18	0.00	0.0
December 14	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 15	44	19	0.00	0.0
December 16	31	15	0.00	0.0
December 17	39	18	0.00	0.0
December 18	42	21	0.00	0.0
December 19	36	24	0.00	0.0
December 20	25	15	0.00	0.0
December 21	23	10	0.00	0.0
December 22	30	9	0.00	0.0
December 23	31	24	0.00	0.0
December 24	45	31	0.00	0.0
December 25	57	32	0.00	0.0
December 26	37	21	0.00	0.0
December 27	31	16	0.00	0.0
December 28	32	13	0.00	0.0
December 29	34	15	0.02	0.0
December 30	35	20	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	14	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