Wilmington Weather in 1960

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1960 based on NOAA data.

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1960 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	91 °F	August 30
Lowest temperature	7 °F	December 23
Highest daily low	73 °F	August 30
Lowest daily high	19 °F	December 13
Most daily precipitation	4.7 inches	September 12
Most daily snow	7.9 inches	March 3
Total annual precipitation	46.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	31.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1960?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1960 was 91 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	91 °F	Aug 30
1	91 °F	Aug 28
3	90 °F	Jul 3
3	90 °F	Jun 30
5	89 °F	Aug 29
5	89 °F	Aug 8
5	89 °F	Aug 3
5	89 °F	Jul 23
5	89 °F	Jul 9
5	89 °F	Apr 25
5	89 °F	Apr 23

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1960?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1960 was 7 °F which happened 2 different times.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1960

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	7 °F	December 23
1	7 °F	December 13
3	9 °F	March 11
4	10 °F	December 24
4	10 °F	December 22
4	10 °F	December 15
7	11 °F	December 28
7	11 °F	March 7
9	12 °F	December 18
9	12 °F	December 14
9	12 °F	December 12
9	12 °F	March 9

January 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	45	22	0.00	0.0
January 2	43	21	0.05	0.0
January 3	58	35	0.75	0.0
January 4	41	31	0.00	0.0
January 5	40	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	30	0.00	0.0
January 7	37	33	0.02	0.0
January 8	49	32	0.00	0.0
January 9	38	27	0.00	0.0
January 10	41	28	0.00	0.0
January 11	39	25	0.00	0.0
January 12	33	22	0.07	0.2
January 13	40	31	0.44	0.0
January 14	47	29	0.00	0.0
January 15	46	37	0.60	0.0
January 16	40	29	0.00	0.0
January 17	40	27	0.00	0.0
January 18	39	33	0.30	0.0
January 19	41	31	0.00	0.0
January 20	36	26	0.00	0.0
January 21	33	23	0.00	0.0
January 22	32	23	0.00	0.0
January 23	38	24	0.00	0.0
January 24	38	21	0.00	0.0
January 25	39	18	0.00	0.0
January 26	49	25	0.00	0.0
January 27	54	28	0.42	0.0
January 28	45	40	0.21	0.0
January 29	48	38	0.00	0.0
January 30	44	30	0.00	0.0
January 31	43	33	0.00	0.0

February 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	39	29	0.00	0.0
February 2	37	21	0.00	0.0
February 3	41	19	0.00	0.0
February 4	52	23	0.00	0.0
February 5	47	28	0.22	0.0
February 6	57	43	0.32	0.0
February 7	44	31	0.00	0.0
February 8	41	26	0.00	0.0
February 9	56	35	0.00	0.0
February 10	60	43	0.26	0.0
February 11	66	40	0.44	0.0
February 12	41	30	0.00	0.0
February 13	34	24	0.33	2.2
February 14	31	21	0.18	1.3
February 15	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 16	42	17	0.00	0.0
February 17	48	30	0.00	0.0
February 18	52	32	1.04	0.0
February 19	43	28	0.02	0.0
February 20	39	28	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	25	0.02	0.3
February 22	43	26	0.00	0.0
February 23	41	27	0.00	0.0
February 24	41	25	0.00	0.0
February 25	43	31	0.83	1.3
February 26	46	32	0.03	0.0
February 27	40	28	0.00	0.0
February 28	42	24	0.00	0.0
February 29	38	24	0.00	0.0

March 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	34	22	0.00	0.0
March 2	34	20	0.00	0.0
March 3	31	19	0.72	7.9
March 4	26	18	0.00	0.1
March 5	25	18	0.01	0.3
March 6	29	19	0.00	0.0
March 7	28	11	0.01	0.2
March 8	29	13	0.00	0.0
March 9	32	12	0.00	0.0
March 10	34	20	0.05	1.4
March 11	29	9	0.00	0.0
March 12	34	16	0.00	0.0
March 13	34	19	0.00	0.0
March 14	36	19	0.00	0.0
March 15	38	21	0.00	0.0
March 16	40	24	0.08	0.6
March 17	41	33	0.44	0.4
March 18	48	34	0.00	0.0
March 19	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 20	39	30	0.10	1.7
March 21	39	27	0.00	0.0
March 22	42	27	0.03	0.8
March 23	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 24	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	35	25	0.00	0.0
March 26	41	23	0.00	0.0
March 27	58	26	0.00	0.0
March 28	79	39	0.00	0.0
March 29	66	45	0.03	0.0
March 30	59	45	0.08	0.0
March 31	69	51	0.16	0.0

April 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	66	47	0.00
April 2	55	40	0.00
April 3	57	40	1.07
April 4	75	51	0.61
April 5	52	38	0.66
April 6	47	34	0.00
April 7	56	36	0.00
April 8	59	39	0.00
April 9	50	34	0.08
April 10	50	29	0.00
April 11	53	29	0.03
April 12	74	45	0.00
April 13	71	42	0.00
April 14	83	48	0.00
April 15	83	54	0.00
April 16	82	50	0.00
April 17	81	46	0.00
April 18	72	41	0.26
April 19	59	34	0.00
April 20	64	37	0.00
April 21	75	44	0.00
April 22	80	55	0.00
April 23	89	53	0.00
April 24	79	48	0.00
April 25	89	59	0.00
April 26	81	57	0.20
April 27	72	56	0.02
April 28	62	48	0.00
April 29	70	47	0.00
April 30	65	49	0.00

May 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	63	42	0.38
May 2	64	35	0.00
May 3	67	39	0.00
May 4	70	39	0.00
May 5	71	44	0.00
May 6	73	45	0.00
May 7	74	49	0.00
May 8	72	58	0.73
May 9	63	42	0.23
May 10	68	41	0.00
May 11	66	54	0.00
May 12	62	53	0.34
May 13	65	49	0.00
May 14	61	45	0.10
May 15	74	42	0.00
May 16	82	55	0.02
May 17	79	53	0.23
May 18	72	55	0.12
May 19	78	53	0.00
May 20	79	55	0.32
May 21	77	60	0.81
May 22	64	57	0.57
May 23	70	55	0.37
May 24	77	52	0.00
May 25	74	53	0.17
May 26	75	55	0.00
May 27	77	52	0.00
May 28	68	56	0.06
May 29	62	55	0.67
May 30	70	58	0.00
May 31	78	59	0.00

June 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	57	0.00
June 2	84	59	0.00
June 3	83	69	0.00
June 4	77	66	0.15
June 5	82	64	0.00
June 6	81	64	0.00
June 7	76	56	0.00
June 8	75	56	0.00
June 9	77	53	0.00
June 10	75	51	0.00
June 11	82	51	0.00
June 12	80	63	0.62
June 13	77	61	0.00
June 14	74	65	0.07
June 15	82	63	0.40
June 16	82	58	0.00
June 17	87	67	0.01
June 18	78	61	0.00
June 19	79	54	0.00
June 20	81	60	0.00
June 21	80	60	0.00
June 22	74	64	0.00
June 23	83	68	0.00
June 24	88	69	0.10
June 25	83	60	0.00
June 26	86	57	0.00
June 27	85	60	0.00
June 28	84	62	0.00
June 29	85	65	0.02
June 30	90	64	0.00

July 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	75	67	0.05
July 2	84	64	0.00
July 3	90	65	0.00
July 4	82	65	0.00
July 5	82	62	0.00
July 6	82	57	0.00
July 7	81	60	0.00
July 8	83	54	0.00
July 9	89	60	0.00
July 10	87	64	0.02
July 11	77	64	1.67
July 12	84	62	0.00
July 13	85	67	0.28
July 14	78	62	0.79
July 15	79	60	0.00
July 16	80	57	0.00
July 17	83	64	0.08
July 18	83	65	0.00
July 19	84	69	0.00
July 20	84	65	0.00
July 21	80	58	0.00
July 22	85	60	0.00
July 23	89	66	0.00
July 24	87	66	0.00
July 25	86	62	0.00
July 26	82	64	0.00
July 27	78	68	0.78
July 28	86	68	0.00
July 29	82	66	0.06
July 30	80	64	2.45
July 31	84	67	0.00

August 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	69	0.00
August 2	87	69	0.00
August 3	89	70	0.45
August 4	85	67	0.11
August 5	85	67	0.58
August 6	83	67	0.00
August 7	82	68	0.25
August 8	89	71	0.00
August 9	81	68	0.00
August 10	86	70	0.24
August 11	80	69	0.00
August 12	78	67	0.00
August 13	70	64	1.20
August 14	81	63	0.04
August 15	86	67	0.54
August 16	80	67	0.00
August 17	81	64	0.00
August 18	84	62	0.00
August 19	74	63	0.32
August 20	86	61	0.00
August 21	88	68	0.00
August 22	84	70	0.11
August 23	85	67	0.00
August 24	79	63	0.00
August 25	78	58	0.00
August 26	79	55	0.00
August 27	86	62	0.00
August 28	91	68	0.00
August 29	89	71	0.00
August 30	91	73	0.00
August 31	85	67	1.24

September 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	87	69	0.01
September 2	85	63	0.00
September 3	75	56	0.00
September 4	82	56	0.01
September 5	82	68	0.00
September 6	81	63	0.00
September 7	80	61	0.00
September 8	83	61	0.00
September 9	86	67	0.61
September 10	81	67	0.09
September 11	72	62	1.13
September 12	70	58	4.65
September 13	76	52	0.00
September 14	69	48	0.00
September 15	75	51	0.00
September 16	81	55	0.00
September 17	74	60	0.00
September 18	76	62	0.07
September 19	79	65	2.33
September 20	75	65	0.00
September 21	72	63	0.00
September 22	75	56	0.00
September 23	74	51	0.00
September 24	76	53	0.00
September 25	70	54	0.00
September 26	70	55	0.00
September 27	77	50	0.00
September 28	71	62	0.00
September 29	68	63	0.47
September 30	77	63	0.16

October 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	63	46	0.00
October 2	66	40	0.02
October 3	71	50	0.00
October 4	65	46	0.00
October 5	67	43	0.00
October 6	71	51	0.00
October 7	66	44	0.00
October 8	67	41	0.00
October 9	69	50	0.00
October 10	75	47	0.00
October 11	80	49	0.00
October 12	70	49	0.00
October 13	72	45	0.00
October 14	78	52	0.00
October 15	81	56	0.00
October 16	77	58	0.00
October 17	71	51	0.00
October 18	72	51	0.00
October 19	69	52	0.02
October 20	67	41	1.41
October 21	53	32	0.00
October 22	56	35	0.00
October 23	56	39	0.01
October 24	52	37	0.02
October 25	56	39	0.00
October 26	54	30	0.00
October 27	57	42	0.03
October 28	58	47	0.64
October 29	53	46	0.64
October 30	58	45	0.00
October 31	58	47	0.06

November 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	61	45	0.18
November 2	65	39	0.02
November 3	55	40	0.09
November 4	59	39	0.00
November 5	51	41	0.16
November 6	49	34	0.00
November 7	43	27	0.02
November 8	47	22	0.00
November 9	56	31	0.10
November 10	57	36	0.91
November 11	48	30	0.00
November 12	53	26	0.00
November 13	56	28	0.00
November 14	62	37	0.00
November 15	62	42	0.00
November 16	70	46	0.00
November 17	60	38	0.00
November 18	60	35	0.00
November 19	58	34	0.00
November 20	58	32	0.00
November 21	60	37	0.00
November 22	62	35	0.00
November 23	56	38	0.05
November 24	51	28	0.00
November 25	53	37	0.00
November 26	59	32	0.00
November 27	65	38	0.00
November 28	61	39	0.00
November 29	65	39	0.51
November 30	40	29	0.00

December 1960 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	37	23	0.00	0.0
December 2	41	21	0.00	0.0
December 3	47	26	0.00	0.0
December 4	55	24	0.00	0.0
December 5	65	41	0.00	0.0
December 6	62	34	0.00	0.0
December 7	51	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	40	23	0.00	0.0
December 9	31	13	0.00	0.0
December 10	45	17	0.00	0.0
December 11	38	22	0.71	6.7
December 12	25	12	0.44	4.4
December 13	19	7	0.00	0.0
December 14	29	12	0.00	0.0
December 15	37	10	0.00	0.0
December 16	39	25	0.01	0.0
December 17	36	16	0.00	0.0
December 18	35	12	0.00	0.0
December 19	33	13	0.00	0.0
December 20	34	13	0.00	0.0
December 21	44	24	0.74	0.2
December 22	25	10	0.00	0.0
December 23	25	7	0.00	0.0
December 24	27	10	0.00	0.2
December 25	40	14	0.00	0.0
December 26	42	18	0.00	0.0
December 27	42	19	0.00	0.0
December 28	29	11	0.00	0.0
December 29	32	24	0.72	1.6
December 30	38	24	0.05	0.1
December 31	37	20	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