Wilmington Weather in 1959

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1959 based on NOAA data.

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1959 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	June 30
Lowest temperature	5 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 17
Lowest daily high	22 °F	January 5
Most daily precipitation	3.2 inches	August 31
Most daily snow	1.8 inches	January 27
Total annual precipitation	38.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	9.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1959?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1959 was 98 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jun 30
1	98 °F	Jun 29
3	93 °F	Aug 22
3	93 °F	Jun 27
5	92 °F	Aug 26
5	92 °F	Aug 21
5	92 °F	Jun 10
5	92 °F	Jun 9
9	91 °F	Aug 17
9	91 °F	Aug 16
9	91 °F	Aug 14
9	91 °F	Jul 24
9	91 °F	Jun 26
9	91 °F	Jun 11
9	91 °F	May 30

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1959?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1959 was 5 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1959

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	5 °F	January 28
2	7 °F	January 18
3	9 °F	February 2
4	10 °F	February 20
4	10 °F	February 3
6	11 °F	January 17
6	11 °F	January 6
8	12 °F	December 23
8	12 °F	January 19
8	12 °F	January 5

January 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	52	22	0.74	0.0
January 2	49	30	0.13	0.0
January 3	46	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	47	22	0.00	0.0
January 5	22	12	0.00	0.0
January 6	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	34	14	0.00	0.0
January 8	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 9	33	17	0.00	0.0
January 10	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 11	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 12	41	25	0.00	0.0
January 13	44	23	0.00	0.0
January 14	41	20	0.00	0.0
January 15	50	33	0.01	0.0
January 16	53	15	0.04	0.2
January 17	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 18	24	7	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	12	0.00	0.0
January 20	40	28	0.26	0.0
January 21	62	36	0.00	0.0
January 22	66	24	0.39	0.0
January 23	33	21	0.00	0.0
January 24	37	19	0.00	0.0
January 25	56	33	0.05	0.0
January 26	41	24	0.10	1.3
January 27	32	15	0.17	1.8
January 28	38	5	0.00	0.0
January 29	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 30	56	35	0.00	0.0
January 31	39	25	0.00	0.0

February 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	28	18	0.00	0.0
February 2	25	9	0.00	0.0
February 3	38	10	0.06	0.0
February 4	40	31	0.59	0.0
February 5	47	30	0.02	0.0
February 6	38	23	0.00	0.0
February 7	43	18	0.00	0.0
February 8	47	31	0.00	0.0
February 9	34	27	0.11	0.4
February 10	55	32	0.30	0.0
February 11	57	26	0.00	0.0
February 12	35	20	0.00	0.0
February 13	53	33	0.24	0.0
February 14	46	38	0.35	0.0
February 15	46	28	0.02	0.0
February 16	43	23	0.00	0.0
February 17	48	29	0.00	0.0
February 18	43	31	0.00	0.0
February 19	32	15	0.00	0.0
February 20	24	10	0.00	0.0
February 21	40	14	0.00	0.0
February 22	46	20	0.00	0.0
February 23	40	26	0.11	0.0
February 24	44	25	0.00	0.0
February 25	40	20	0.00	0.0
February 26	48	23	0.00	0.0
February 27	50	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	51	28	0.00	0.0

March 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	54	34	0.00	0.0
March 2	46	35	0.00	0.0
March 3	53	26	0.03	0.0
March 4	53	33	0.02	0.0
March 5	47	26	0.13	0.0
March 6	67	39	1.03	0.0
March 7	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	44	22	0.00	0.0
March 9	57	34	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	31	0.07	0.0
March 11	41	29	0.08	1.1
March 12	39	29	0.58	0.3
March 13	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 14	50	30	0.02	0.3
March 15	59	36	0.00	0.0
March 16	52	33	0.00	0.0
March 17	49	26	0.00	0.0
March 18	39	26	0.00	0.0
March 19	60	23	0.00	0.0
March 20	70	31	0.00	0.0
March 21	70	36	0.05	0.0
March 22	38	25	0.00	0.0
March 23	49	20	0.00	0.0
March 24	71	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	70	41	0.00	0.0
March 26	60	42	0.07	0.0
March 27	45	35	0.39	0.0
March 28	41	27	0.01	0.2
March 29	44	23	0.00	0.0
March 30	41	35	0.49	0.0
March 31	61	41	0.00	0.0

April 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	63	42	0.00	0.0
April 2	57	44	0.54	0.0
April 3	65	35	0.08	0.0
April 4	54	39	0.10	0.0
April 5	65	35	0.00	0.0
April 6	58	40	0.00	0.0
April 7	66	33	0.00	0.0
April 8	82	48	0.00	0.0
April 9	85	56	0.02	0.0
April 10	64	48	0.06	0.0
April 11	55	47	0.22	0.0
April 12	48	33	0.46	1.1
April 13	51	34	0.00	0.0
April 14	60	35	0.00	0.0
April 15	72	38	0.00	0.0
April 16	75	42	0.00	0.0
April 17	80	46	0.00	0.0
April 18	81	49	0.00	0.0
April 19	73	55	0.13	0.0
April 20	60	47	0.03	0.0
April 21	55	42	0.15	0.0
April 22	59	41	0.00	0.0
April 23	59	43	0.00	0.0
April 24	70	40	0.00	0.0
April 25	76	48	0.00	0.0
April 26	78	58	0.00	0.0
April 27	64	46	0.05	0.0
April 28	47	44	0.30	0.0
April 29	67	43	0.01	0.0
April 30	69	46	0.00	0.0

May 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	67	51	0.06
May 2	63	48	0.00
May 3	78	51	0.00
May 4	74	48	0.00
May 5	74	45	0.00
May 6	80	47	0.00
May 7	88	55	0.00
May 8	71	51	0.00
May 9	65	42	0.00
May 10	71	49	0.00
May 11	82	59	0.00
May 12	90	61	0.07
May 13	74	59	0.94
May 14	64	50	0.04
May 15	59	42	0.18
May 16	62	38	0.00
May 17	69	39	0.00
May 18	73	52	0.00
May 19	83	59	0.00
May 20	85	65	0.00
May 21	83	65	0.00
May 22	87	68	0.00
May 23	83	59	0.00
May 24	72	59	0.00
May 25	71	47	0.00
May 26	75	50	0.00
May 27	84	64	0.00
May 28	90	65	0.00
May 29	90	69	0.05
May 30	91	67	0.00
May 31	84	59	0.00

June 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	66	59	0.00
June 2	70	63	2.44
June 3	78	62	0.00
June 4	84	59	0.00
June 5	82	61	0.00
June 6	84	58	0.00
June 7	85	61	0.00
June 8	87	61	0.00
June 9	92	65	0.00
June 10	92	67	0.00
June 11	91	63	0.00
June 12	81	63	0.46
June 13	83	61	0.13
June 14	72	51	0.00
June 15	75	51	0.00
June 16	71	51	0.02
June 17	66	51	0.03
June 18	71	49	0.00
June 19	78	54	0.01
June 20	85	56	0.01
June 21	85	61	0.00
June 22	90	65	0.00
June 23	82	65	0.00
June 24	83	61	0.00
June 25	85	66	0.00
June 26	91	70	0.12
June 27	93	70	0.00
June 28	87	69	0.00
June 29	98	71	0.00
June 30	98	68	1.01

July 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	70	0.03
July 2	88	67	0.00
July 3	85	61	0.00
July 4	83	59	0.00
July 5	81	61	0.00
July 6	81	65	0.00
July 7	84	59	0.00
July 8	84	56	0.00
July 9	85	59	0.00
July 10	76	68	0.20
July 11	87	65	0.00
July 12	77	68	0.09
July 13	83	67	0.00
July 14	74	67	1.11
July 15	78	67	0.66
July 16	77	67	0.00
July 17	82	64	0.00
July 18	83	65	0.00
July 19	89	70	0.82
July 20	85	70	1.30
July 21	84	72	0.00
July 22	87	72	0.00
July 23	88	73	0.00
July 24	91	73	0.04
July 25	84	66	0.00
July 26	84	63	0.00
July 27	87	71	0.00
July 28	90	67	0.00
July 29	90	69	0.00
July 30	90	72	0.51
July 31	86	73	0.45

August 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	89	71	0.00
August 2	78	58	0.00
August 3	80	55	0.00
August 4	74	62	0.00
August 5	77	65	0.34
August 6	72	62	0.00
August 7	78	63	0.00
August 8	72	67	0.76
August 9	82	70	0.00
August 10	81	63	0.37
August 11	85	64	0.00
August 12	87	62	0.00
August 13	90	68	0.00
August 14	91	70	0.00
August 15	90	70	0.00
August 16	91	73	0.00
August 17	91	73	0.00
August 18	87	71	0.02
August 19	89	69	0.00
August 20	89	64	0.00
August 21	92	67	0.00
August 22	93	72	0.40
August 23	77	68	0.00
August 24	78	68	0.13
August 25	87	70	0.00
August 26	92	69	0.00
August 27	89	72	0.00
August 28	90	72	0.00
August 29	88	69	0.46
August 30	84	69	0.04
August 31	82	71	3.23

September 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	71	0.05
September 2	83	72	1.98
September 3	89	72	0.24
September 4	88	70	0.00
September 5	87	67	0.00
September 6	85	67	0.00
September 7	85	64	0.00
September 8	85	68	0.00
September 9	90	68	0.00
September 10	85	70	0.01
September 11	78	59	0.00
September 12	74	53	0.00
September 13	77	54	0.00
September 14	75	56	0.00
September 15	80	56	0.00
September 16	66	51	0.00
September 17	62	44	0.00
September 18	67	40	0.00
September 19	68	43	0.00
September 20	72	48	0.00
September 21	79	52	0.00
September 22	86	57	0.00
September 23	86	60	0.00
September 24	87	62	0.00
September 25	80	62	0.00
September 26	76	60	0.00
September 27	79	64	0.00
September 28	83	69	0.00
September 29	84	70	0.01
September 30	83	68	0.00

October 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	81	68	0.76
October 2	75	65	0.00
October 3	72	60	0.00
October 4	85	58	0.00
October 5	89	66	0.00
October 6	87	66	0.00
October 7	83	68	0.00
October 8	82	62	0.31
October 9	84	71	0.57
October 10	78	66	0.00
October 11	81	58	0.15
October 12	64	47	0.00
October 13	63	41	0.17
October 14	51	46	0.88
October 15	59	42	0.03
October 16	63	39	0.00
October 17	71	45	0.00
October 18	63	42	0.00
October 19	53	34	0.00
October 20	68	37	0.00
October 21	56	46	0.00
October 22	57	48	0.18
October 23	75	57	0.00
October 24	72	58	0.70
October 25	62	46	0.04
October 26	57	40	0.01
October 27	57	44	0.15
October 28	51	35	0.00
October 29	56	30	0.00
October 30	61	34	0.00
October 31	60	50	0.16

November 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	64	47	0.03
November 2	55	39	0.02
November 3	48	28	0.00
November 4	63	47	0.00
November 5	76	55	0.00
November 6	74	46	0.88
November 7	47	37	0.64
November 8	46	36	0.00
November 9	53	32	0.00
November 10	54	32	0.00
November 11	56	32	0.00
November 12	57	35	0.00
November 13	61	36	0.00
November 14	70	53	0.03
November 15	55	42	0.00
November 16	48	41	0.00
November 17	52	25	0.19
November 18	31	21	0.00
November 19	44	22	0.00
November 20	45	23	0.00
November 21	46	34	0.00
November 22	53	33	0.00
November 23	53	32	0.14
November 24	59	47	0.87
November 25	54	31	0.10
November 26	43	28	0.00
November 27	66	40	0.00
November 28	66	37	0.09
November 29	37	26	0.00
November 30	42	24	0.00

December 1959 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 2	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 3	54	31	0.00	0.0
December 4	53	32	0.00	0.0
December 5	52	31	0.00	0.0
December 6	51	45	0.66	0.0
December 7	49	31	0.30	1.1
December 8	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 9	51	23	0.00	0.0
December 10	47	32	0.00	0.0
December 11	47	28	0.00	0.0
December 12	58	44	1.08	0.0
December 13	58	34	0.00	0.0
December 14	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 15	47	23	0.00	0.0
December 16	60	33	0.00	0.0
December 17	59	37	0.00	0.0
December 18	46	39	0.26	0.0
December 19	43	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 21	38	25	0.13	1.3
December 22	32	19	0.04	0.5
December 23	25	12	0.00	0.0
December 24	34	16	0.00	0.2
December 25	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 26	44	32	0.00	0.0
December 27	46	40	0.01	0.0
December 28	54	40	0.82	0.0
December 29	40	33	0.16	0.0
December 30	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	28	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