Wilmington Weather in 1956

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1956 based on NOAA data.

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1956 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	June 14
Lowest temperature	14 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	74 °F	August 19
Lowest daily high	27 °F	December 30
Most daily precipitation	2.6 inches	July 21
Most daily snow	6.5 inches	March 18
Total annual precipitation	47.9 inches	-
Total annual snow	22.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1956?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1956 was 96 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Jun 14
1	96 °F	Jun 13
3	95 °F	Jun 15
4	94 °F	Jul 2
5	93 °F	Aug 28
5	93 °F	May 14
7	92 °F	Aug 18
7	92 °F	May 31
9	91 °F	Aug 19
9	91 °F	Jun 27
9	91 °F	Jun 23

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1956?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1956 was 14 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1956

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	14 °F	January 28
1	14 °F	January 25
3	15 °F	January 27
4	16 °F	November 24
4	16 °F	January 24
4	16 °F	January 1
7	17 °F	February 24
7	17 °F	February 22
9	18 °F	December 30
9	18 °F	February 1
9	18 °F	January 26
9	18 °F	January 8

January 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	16	0.00	0.0
January 2	39	19	0.00	0.0
January 3	42	32	0.00	0.0
January 4	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 5	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 6	47	26	0.00	0.0
January 7	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 8	28	18	0.00	0.0
January 9	44	19	0.09	0.0
January 10	48	44	0.18	0.0
January 11	44	40	0.29	0.0
January 12	44	37	0.12	0.0
January 13	39	33	0.06	0.0
January 14	39	29	0.00	0.0
January 15	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 16	42	27	0.01	0.1
January 17	34	27	0.13	1.3
January 18	39	25	0.00	0.0
January 19	32	23	0.42	5.4
January 20	33	26	0.15	1.9
January 21	33	21	0.00	0.0
January 22	42	20	0.00	0.0
January 23	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 24	29	16	0.00	0.0
January 25	31	14	0.00	0.0
January 26	30	18	0.00	0.0
January 27	32	15	0.00	0.0
January 28	36	14	0.00	0.0
January 29	36	29	0.48	0.0
January 30	52	34	0.68	0.0
January 31	37	25	0.00	0.0

February 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	18	0.00	0.0
February 2	38	31	0.84	0.0
February 3	42	30	0.00	0.0
February 4	34	28	0.36	0.0
February 5	46	31	0.00	0.0
February 6	40	28	0.75	0.0
February 7	48	35	0.06	0.0
February 8	53	29	0.00	0.0
February 9	53	32	0.01	0.0
February 10	54	33	0.01	0.0
February 11	44	37	0.23	0.0
February 12	49	39	0.00	0.0
February 13	46	31	0.00	0.0
February 14	51	25	0.00	0.0
February 15	54	35	0.22	0.0
February 16	47	26	0.00	0.0
February 17	35	29	0.20	0.6
February 18	54	35	1.08	0.0
February 19	48	32	0.00	0.0
February 20	47	33	0.00	0.0
February 21	36	24	0.00	0.0
February 22	32	17	0.00	0.0
February 23	35	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	40	17	0.13	0.5
February 25	63	39	0.25	0.0
February 26	52	36	0.00	0.0
February 27	57	35	0.00	0.0
February 28	46	27	0.07	0.0
February 29	38	22	0.00	0.0

March 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	48	21	0.00	0.0
March 2	56	40	0.13	0.0
March 3	63	34	0.02	0.0
March 4	50	31	0.02	0.0
March 5	66	29	0.00	0.0
March 6	47	39	0.02	0.0
March 7	50	39	0.19	0.0
March 8	48	31	0.44	0.0
March 9	50	29	0.00	0.0
March 10	59	32	0.00	0.0
March 11	58	40	0.20	0.0
March 12	49	33	0.10	0.0
March 13	39	32	0.20	1.8
March 14	48	36	1.65	0.0
March 15	44	33	0.00	0.0
March 16	38	25	0.79	1.6
March 17	33	24	0.00	0.0
March 18	30	24	0.81	6.5
March 19	31	21	0.21	1.5
March 20	40	20	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	23	0.00	0.0
March 22	52	24	0.00	0.0
March 23	54	35	0.00	0.0
March 24	45	25	0.05	0.0
March 25	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 26	53	32	0.00	0.0
March 27	52	31	0.00	0.0
March 28	39	31	0.09	0.9
March 29	38	32	0.25	0.0
March 30	48	35	0.01	0.0
March 31	47	33	0.00	0.0

April 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	55	30	0.00
April 2	59	39	0.01
April 3	55	43	0.14
April 4	71	45	0.04
April 5	68	43	0.00
April 6	71	42	0.56
April 7	51	35	0.88
April 8	40	35	0.04
April 9	56	34	0.00
April 10	59	31	0.00
April 11	52	38	0.00
April 12	59	36	0.00
April 13	60	35	0.02
April 14	59	36	0.00
April 15	63	45	0.16
April 16	72	43	0.38
April 17	55	41	0.00
April 18	53	35	0.03
April 19	53	36	0.00
April 20	53	38	0.00
April 21	58	31	0.00
April 22	65	44	0.00
April 23	53	38	0.00
April 24	43	35	0.14
April 25	56	33	0.00
April 26	62	43	0.38
April 27	62	42	0.00
April 28	85	49	0.00
April 29	85	60	0.00
April 30	76	48	0.02

May 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	44	0.00
May 2	60	40	0.43
May 3	68	49	0.00
May 4	76	45	0.27
May 5	65	38	0.00
May 6	79	48	0.21
May 7	57	45	0.03
May 8	60	38	0.00
May 9	65	38	0.00
May 10	77	57	0.01
May 11	64	52	0.01
May 12	80	51	0.03
May 13	88	65	0.04
May 14	93	64	0.00
May 15	72	56	0.00
May 16	72	43	0.00
May 17	57	35	0.00
May 18	66	45	0.00
May 19	80	42	0.12
May 20	67	49	0.01
May 21	74	46	0.00
May 22	85	52	0.05
May 23	76	51	0.02
May 24	61	40	0.00
May 25	66	39	0.00
May 26	71	43	0.00
May 27	66	55	0.25
May 28	75	51	0.00
May 29	71	45	0.00
May 30	79	53	0.00
May 31	92	65	0.64

June 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	83	63	0.12
June 2	64	55	0.40
June 3	71	59	0.04
June 4	72	55	0.00
June 5	79	52	0.00
June 6	80	58	0.00
June 7	82	54	0.00
June 8	89	55	0.00
June 9	67	60	0.00
June 10	75	59	0.64
June 11	83	60	0.00
June 12	88	57	0.00
June 13	96	67	0.00
June 14	96	71	0.00
June 15	95	68	0.00
June 16	87	65	0.78
June 17	87	70	0.02
June 18	74	59	0.00
June 19	74	54	0.00
June 20	71	48	0.00
June 21	75	62	0.21
June 22	90	65	0.08
June 23	91	69	0.51
June 24	88	68	0.21
June 25	86	67	0.00
June 26	86	64	0.00
June 27	91	70	0.20
June 28	83	63	0.37
June 29	80	56	0.00
June 30	85	58	0.00

July 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	90	63	0.00
July 2	94	69	0.47
July 3	87	68	0.18
July 4	82	68	0.03
July 5	69	59	0.22
July 6	70	59	0.07
July 7	83	63	0.00
July 8	86	67	0.75
July 9	84	70	0.48
July 10	81	64	0.00
July 11	85	60	0.00
July 12	86	62	0.00
July 13	85	67	0.00
July 14	85	66	0.00
July 15	82	62	0.00
July 16	82	66	0.01
July 17	79	65	0.00
July 18	80	65	0.00
July 19	81	65	0.00
July 20	78	66	0.91
July 21	81	66	2.61
July 22	80	63	0.01
July 23	87	66	0.04
July 24	74	64	0.08
July 25	85	61	0.00
July 26	87	66	0.00
July 27	88	70	1.07
July 28	90	71	0.46
July 29	76	63	0.00
July 30	75	55	0.00
July 31	80	58	0.00

August 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	66	0.00
August 2	80	67	0.00
August 3	80	59	0.00
August 4	79	56	0.00
August 5	71	65	0.98
August 6	73	66	0.24
August 7	82	63	0.00
August 8	84	64	0.00
August 9	88	64	0.00
August 10	89	70	0.00
August 11	87	62	0.00
August 12	88	67	0.00
August 13	85	68	0.08
August 14	85	69	0.00
August 15	88	65	0.00
August 16	88	64	0.00
August 17	90	66	0.00
August 18	92	67	0.00
August 19	91	74	0.00
August 20	76	63	0.63
August 21	69	58	1.01
August 22	79	53	0.00
August 23	76	58	0.00
August 24	77	60	0.00
August 25	78	55	0.00
August 26	79	55	0.00
August 27	84	61	0.00
August 28	93	65	0.00
August 29	89	67	0.00
August 30	84	68	0.00
August 31	86	71	0.64

September 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	90	72	0.13
September 2	87	72	0.00
September 3	82	65	0.00
September 4	85	65	0.00
September 5	86	67	0.00
September 6	82	67	0.73
September 7	73	57	0.01
September 8	71	51	0.00
September 9	70	47	0.00
September 10	68	45	0.00
September 11	74	50	0.00
September 12	79	57	0.00
September 13	83	60	0.00
September 14	89	65	0.00
September 15	71	61	0.33
September 16	79	59	0.01
September 17	85	62	0.03
September 18	69	49	0.00
September 19	71	45	0.00
September 20	63	42	0.14
September 21	62	37	0.00
September 22	70	45	0.00
September 23	86	56	0.23
September 24	69	52	0.23
September 25	71	48	0.00
September 26	61	49	0.00
September 27	58	47	0.87
September 28	56	51	0.06
September 29	64	54	0.00
September 30	66	55	0.00

October 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	67	45	0.00
October 2	68	43	0.00
October 3	75	50	0.00
October 4	66	58	0.33
October 5	69	47	0.00
October 6	65	43	0.18
October 7	66	49	0.00
October 8	67	41	0.00
October 9	68	44	0.00
October 10	58	37	0.00
October 11	59	35	0.00
October 12	61	37	0.00
October 13	66	39	0.00
October 14	73	41	0.00
October 15	78	45	0.00
October 16	76	48	0.00
October 17	74	53	0.01
October 18	73	57	0.51
October 19	60	41	0.00
October 20	67	39	0.00
October 21	67	55	0.00
October 22	66	57	1.34
October 23	70	57	0.57
October 24	69	48	0.01
October 25	52	41	0.00
October 26	54	46	0.09
October 27	62	53	0.03
October 28	63	50	0.00
October 29	64	47	0.00
October 30	63	55	0.21
October 31	71	62	0.30

November 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	69	63	1.44
November 2	72	56	2.48
November 3	57	50	0.08
November 4	70	48	0.00
November 5	65	43	0.00
November 6	66	42	0.00
November 7	66	42	0.00
November 8	59	45	0.07
November 9	49	38	0.00
November 10	43	29	0.00
November 11	54	27	0.00
November 12	67	43	0.01
November 13	49	34	0.00
November 14	62	32	0.00
November 15	71	38	0.00
November 16	70	49	0.01
November 17	52	37	0.90
November 18	49	32	0.24
November 19	53	28	0.00
November 20	52	28	0.00
November 21	66	44	0.58
November 22	46	29	0.01
November 23	33	20	0.00
November 24	35	16	0.00
November 25	44	19	0.12
November 26	45	33	0.00
November 27	43	30	0.00
November 28	43	25	0.00
November 29	49	30	0.00
November 30	37	23	0.00

December 1956 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	38	21	0.00
December 2	44	31	0.00
December 3	64	35	0.00
December 4	59	30	0.00
December 5	52	34	0.00
December 6	58	42	0.00
December 7	68	41	0.00
December 8	66	48	0.01
December 9	50	28	0.27
December 10	45	24	0.00
December 11	52	32	0.01
December 12	55	44	0.19
December 13	60	37	0.36
December 14	44	36	0.99
December 15	41	38	0.92
December 16	58	39	0.16
December 17	47	39	0.00
December 18	50	27	0.01
December 19	44	20	0.00
December 20	55	32	0.20
December 21	53	43	0.04
December 22	52	43	0.46
December 23	46	39	0.27
December 24	47	40	0.20
December 25	45	29	0.00
December 26	35	25	0.00
December 27	41	27	0.00
December 28	48	30	0.00
December 29	41	28	0.00
December 30	27	18	0.00
December 31	51	23	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