Wilmington Weather in 1961

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1961 based on NOAA data.

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1961 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	93 °F	September 5
Lowest temperature	-4 °F	February 2
Highest daily low	74 °F	September 5
Lowest daily high	15 °F	January 25
Most daily precipitation	2.5 inches	July 13
Most daily snow	8.9 inches	January 19
Total annual precipitation	40.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	40.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1961?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1961 was 93 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	93 °F	Sep 5
1	93 °F	Sep 3
1	93 °F	Jul 23
4	92 °F	Sep 4
4	92 °F	Jul 22
4	92 °F	Jun 13
7	91 °F	Sep 12
7	91 °F	Sep 6
7	91 °F	Sep 2
7	91 °F	Jul 21
7	91 °F	Jul 2

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1961?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1961 was -4 °F which happened on Feb 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1961

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-4 °F	February 2
2	-3 °F	January 22
3	0 °F	January 29
3	0 °F	January 28
5	2 °F	January 26
6	3 °F	February 3
6	3 °F	January 25
6	3 °F	January 24
6	3 °F	January 23
6	3 °F	January 21

January 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	48	34	1.08	0.0
January 2	39	26	0.00	0.0
January 3	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 5	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 6	50	23	0.00	0.0
January 7	55	31	0.00	0.0
January 8	43	27	0.00	0.0
January 9	30	19	0.00	0.0
January 10	37	17	0.00	0.0
January 11	46	21	0.00	0.0
January 12	47	28	0.00	0.0
January 13	47	22	0.00	0.0
January 14	49	35	0.00	0.0
January 15	47	31	0.80	2.3
January 16	33	27	0.01	0.1
January 17	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 18	45	30	0.00	0.0
January 19	33	17	0.66	8.9
January 20	19	9	0.11	2.0
January 21	25	3	0.00	0.0
January 22	19	-3	0.00	0.0
January 23	25	3	0.02	0.8
January 24	30	3	0.00	0.2
January 25	15	3	0.00	0.0
January 26	19	2	0.16	2.1
January 27	20	7	0.00	0.1
January 28	21	0	0.00	0.0
January 29	26	0	0.00	0.0
January 30	24	7	0.00	0.0
January 31	31	9	0.00	0.0

February 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	26	6	0.00	0.1
February 2	17	-4	0.00	0.0
February 3	34	3	0.55	6.7
February 4	36	25	0.58	2.3
February 5	35	17	0.00	0.0
February 6	40	13	0.00	0.0
February 7	39	12	0.00	0.0
February 8	34	23	0.59	1.7
February 9	41	28	0.00	0.0
February 10	41	32	0.00	0.0
February 11	35	25	0.00	0.0
February 12	33	25	0.13	2.2
February 13	37	31	0.00	0.0
February 14	47	33	0.00	0.0
February 15	44	30	0.00	0.0
February 16	43	31	0.00	0.0
February 17	41	26	0.02	0.0
February 18	52	35	0.39	0.0
February 19	64	39	0.00	0.0
February 20	40	32	0.00	0.0
February 21	37	33	0.02	0.0
February 22	42	35	0.61	0.0
February 23	48	37	0.23	0.0
February 24	66	31	0.00	0.0
February 25	60	39	0.36	0.0
February 26	53	33	0.01	0.0
February 27	64	35	0.00	0.0
February 28	49	33	0.25	0.3

March 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	29	0.15	0.0
March 2	52	30	0.00	0.0
March 3	63	35	0.00	0.0
March 4	60	42	0.34	0.0
March 5	69	42	0.00	0.0
March 6	57	42	0.29	0.0
March 7	65	42	0.00	0.0
March 8	47	36	1.16	0.0
March 9	44	33	0.02	0.0
March 10	38	27	0.00	0.0
March 11	47	21	0.00	0.0
March 12	62	29	0.00	0.0
March 13	44	38	0.09	0.0
March 14	43	38	0.74	0.0
March 15	50	38	0.00	0.0
March 16	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 17	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 18	39	20	0.32	0.0
March 19	40	33	0.41	0.0
March 20	52	32	0.00	0.0
March 21	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 22	43	33	0.36	1.1
March 23	40	35	0.43	0.0
March 24	51	36	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	34	0.00	0.0
March 26	60	29	0.00	0.0
March 27	65	40	0.00	0.0
March 28	76	43	0.12	0.0
March 29	61	45	0.00	0.0
March 30	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 31	45	32	0.76	0.0

April 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	48	37	0.02
April 2	46	32	0.00
April 3	53	32	0.00
April 4	52	29	0.00
April 5	55	35	0.00
April 6	55	37	0.00
April 7	55	33	0.00
April 8	51	33	0.00
April 9	51	34	0.07
April 10	49	39	0.94
April 11	53	37	0.00
April 12	52	32	0.31
April 13	46	36	2.26
April 14	60	36	0.00
April 15	66	42	0.07
April 16	63	41	0.28
April 17	61	35	0.00
April 18	50	39	0.00
April 19	56	35	0.00
April 20	59	35	0.00
April 21	64	35	0.00
April 22	73	51	0.20
April 23	70	55	0.00
April 24	81	54	0.00
April 25	85	55	0.26
April 26	71	50	0.23
April 27	58	41	0.00
April 28	60	41	0.19
April 29	59	41	0.05
April 30	60	38	0.00

May 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	58	47	0.32
May 2	60	39	0.04
May 3	61	41	0.00
May 4	64	36	0.00
May 5	66	39	0.00
May 6	57	49	0.14
May 7	69	51	0.20
May 8	78	58	0.00
May 9	84	58	0.24
May 10	68	58	0.00
May 11	62	53	0.37
May 12	70	53	0.05
May 13	70	57	0.03
May 14	76	59	0.00
May 15	75	60	0.00
May 16	77	61	0.14
May 17	71	50	0.00
May 18	68	50	0.00
May 19	61	50	0.01
May 20	67	46	0.00
May 21	70	48	0.01
May 22	66	46	0.00
May 23	69	42	0.00
May 24	73	45	0.00
May 25	82	52	0.00
May 26	77	45	0.79
May 27	54	43	0.01
May 28	74	42	0.00
May 29	71	53	0.10
May 30	66	41	0.00
May 31	74	42	0.00

June 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	80	59	0.00
June 2	89	69	0.00
June 3	73	57	0.05
June 4	77	53	0.00
June 5	81	54	0.00
June 6	82	64	0.05
June 7	82	62	0.00
June 8	84	59	0.06
June 9	81	68	0.32
June 10	84	68	0.32
June 11	88	65	0.00
June 12	90	66	0.00
June 13	92	72	0.00
June 14	88	58	0.69
June 15	69	55	0.01
June 16	72	53	0.00
June 17	77	50	0.00
June 18	81	53	0.00
June 19	82	57	0.00
June 20	84	58	0.00
June 21	72	65	0.61
June 22	80	65	0.19
June 23	82	60	0.07
June 24	76	61	0.29
June 25	77	58	0.12
June 26	76	60	0.00
June 27	69	60	0.32
June 28	79	57	0.00
June 29	81	58	0.00
June 30	89	64	0.00

July 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	67	0.00
July 2	91	68	0.00
July 3	83	65	0.00
July 4	77	59	0.00
July 5	78	61	0.00
July 6	78	57	0.00
July 7	78	60	0.00
July 8	82	64	0.00
July 9	80	60	0.00
July 10	81	57	0.00
July 11	85	57	0.00
July 12	81	63	0.00
July 13	82	66	2.47
July 14	86	68	0.00
July 15	81	70	0.13
July 16	84	71	0.14
July 17	87	69	0.02
July 18	87	66	0.00
July 19	86	68	0.00
July 20	85	72	0.00
July 21	91	70	0.00
July 22	92	72	0.00
July 23	93	74	0.02
July 24	90	71	0.62
July 25	89	70	0.00
July 26	85	70	0.00
July 27	87	69	0.00
July 28	84	67	0.00
July 29	82	70	1.44
July 30	88	67	0.00
July 31	89	70	0.00

August 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	84	67	0.00
August 2	76	66	0.00
August 3	80	70	0.03
August 4	82	66	0.00
August 5	80	66	0.00
August 6	81	65	0.12
August 7	85	65	0.00
August 8	86	65	0.00
August 9	89	68	0.02
August 10	88	70	0.01
August 11	86	72	0.09
August 12	86	70	0.00
August 13	77	60	0.00
August 14	78	53	0.00
August 15	83	57	0.00
August 16	89	62	0.00
August 17	81	64	0.00
August 18	82	56	0.00
August 19	77	56	0.00
August 20	73	61	1.23
August 21	81	62	0.43
August 22	82	62	0.00
August 23	76	69	0.68
August 24	83	69	0.00
August 25	83	70	0.82
August 26	81	72	0.27
August 27	87	72	0.00
August 28	89	69	0.00
August 29	89	72	0.05
August 30	84	62	0.00
August 31	89	63	0.00

September 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	90	68	0.00
September 2	91	73	0.00
September 3	93	69	0.00
September 4	92	69	0.00
September 5	93	74	0.00
September 6	91	73	0.00
September 7	82	70	0.00
September 8	81	69	0.00
September 9	83	67	0.00
September 10	87	67	0.00
September 11	90	70	0.00
September 12	91	69	0.00
September 13	88	70	0.00
September 14	83	70	1.34
September 15	75	52	0.36
September 16	72	47	0.00
September 17	71	51	0.00
September 18	71	50	0.00
September 19	69	62	0.00
September 20	75	65	0.23
September 21	84	66	0.40
September 22	88	67	0.00
September 23	89	67	0.00
September 24	88	68	0.00
September 25	85	68	0.00
September 26	75	57	0.00
September 27	75	50	0.00
September 28	77	51	0.00
September 29	67	42	0.00
September 30	69	43	0.00

October 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	48	0.00
October 2	67	57	0.42
October 3	63	50	0.28
October 4	59	38	0.01
October 5	65	37	0.00
October 6	77	45	0.00
October 7	79	48	0.00
October 8	75	56	0.00
October 9	79	56	0.00
October 10	80	53	0.00
October 11	78	53	0.00
October 12	75	55	0.00
October 13	78	53	0.00
October 14	65	44	0.49
October 15	55	42	0.00
October 16	57	39	0.00
October 17	67	37	0.00
October 18	76	45	0.00
October 19	72	46	0.00
October 20	72	47	0.00
October 21	62	51	0.50
October 22	59	48	0.16
October 23	57	40	0.00
October 24	60	36	0.00
October 25	67	41	0.00
October 26	60	42	0.00
October 27	58	36	0.00
October 28	58	32	0.00
October 29	69	41	0.00
October 30	74	47	0.02
October 31	76	54	0.00

November 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	66	45	0.00	0.0
November 2	61	42	0.00	0.0
November 3	75	57	0.00	0.0
November 4	77	61	0.00	0.0
November 5	81	58	0.00	0.0
November 6	68	54	0.00	0.0
November 7	57	35	0.60	0.0
November 8	52	33	0.00	0.0
November 9	46	30	0.00	0.0
November 10	44	26	0.00	0.0
November 11	50	22	0.00	0.0
November 12	61	35	0.00	0.0
November 13	61	53	0.00	0.0
November 14	62	55	0.28	0.0
November 15	60	41	0.00	0.0
November 16	56	40	0.25	0.0
November 17	58	37	0.00	0.0
November 18	47	30	0.00	0.0
November 19	41	26	0.00	0.0
November 20	39	32	0.45	3.3
November 21	44	31	0.00	0.0
November 22	46	28	0.00	0.0
November 23	54	34	0.00	0.0
November 24	55	43	0.82	0.0
November 25	55	38	0.00	0.0
November 26	60	35	0.00	0.0
November 27	54	33	0.01	0.0
November 28	40	27	0.00	0.0
November 29	44	28	0.00	0.0
November 30	49	27	0.00	0.0

December 1961 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	51	30	0.00	0.0
December 2	55	30	0.00	0.0
December 3	55	34	0.00	0.0
December 4	53	30	0.00	0.0
December 5	58	32	0.00	0.0
December 6	47	26	0.00	0.0
December 7	48	26	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	23	0.00	0.0
December 9	35	22	0.14	1.1
December 10	36	31	0.18	0.0
December 11	47	31	0.01	0.0
December 12	47	39	0.69	0.0
December 13	45	21	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	18	0.00	0.0
December 15	35	18	0.00	0.0
December 16	29	13	0.23	0.3
December 17	36	29	0.46	0.0
December 18	41	35	0.79	0.0
December 19	42	39	0.01	0.0
December 20	47	34	0.00	0.0
December 21	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 22	37	23	0.00	0.0
December 23	37	21	0.35	4.6
December 24	34	25	0.05	0.4
December 25	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 26	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 27	48	20	0.00	0.0
December 28	39	22	0.12	0.0
December 29	26	15	0.00	0.0
December 30	29	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	38	13	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