Wilmington Weather in 1962

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1962 based on NOAA data.

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1962 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	May 19
Lowest temperature	-1 °F	February 11
Highest daily low	71 °F	August 7
Lowest daily high	17 °F	December 31
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	September 27
Most daily snow	4.3 inches	March 6
Total annual precipitation	34.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	23.3 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1962?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1962 was 95 °F which happened on May 19.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1962

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	May 19
2	94 °F	Aug 20
2	94 °F	May 18
4	93 °F	Jul 8
5	92 °F	Aug 30
5	92 °F	May 20
7	91 °F	Sep 1
7	91 °F	Jul 9
9	90 °F	Aug 31
9	90 °F	Jul 21
9	90 °F	Jul 20
9	90 °F	Jul 7
9	90 °F	Jun 19
9	90 °F	Jun 18

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1962?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1962 was -1 °F which happened on Feb 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1962

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-1 °F	February 11
2	3 °F	December 31
3	5 °F	December 30
4	8 °F	February 10
5	9 °F	December 15
5	9 °F	January 31
5	9 °F	January 11
8	10 °F	January 12
9	11 °F	December 13
9	11 °F	March 4

January 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	37	29	0.00	0.0
January 2	32	20	0.00	0.0
January 3	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 4	52	29	0.00	0.0
January 5	38	29	0.00	0.0
January 6	57	35	1.55	0.0
January 7	57	40	0.05	0.0
January 8	48	29	0.14	0.0
January 9	30	24	0.00	0.0
January 10	25	12	0.01	0.3
January 11	24	9	0.00	0.0
January 12	28	10	0.00	0.0
January 13	35	16	0.00	0.0
January 14	42	15	0.00	0.0
January 15	55	33	0.46	0.0
January 16	40	23	0.00	0.0
January 17	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 18	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 19	32	21	0.01	0.3
January 20	35	21	0.00	0.0
January 21	36	20	0.00	0.0
January 22	52	35	0.02	0.0
January 23	50	24	0.01	0.0
January 24	35	18	0.07	0.5
January 25	53	26	0.00	0.0
January 26	49	29	0.19	0.0
January 27	48	30	0.00	0.0
January 28	30	21	0.00	0.0
January 29	31	17	0.00	0.0
January 30	50	18	0.00	0.1
January 31	27	9	0.00	0.0

February 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	33	24	0.02	0.4
February 2	26	18	0.03	0.7
February 3	35	25	0.01	0.1
February 4	48	30	0.00	0.0
February 5	61	35	0.00	0.0
February 6	42	20	0.00	0.0
February 7	27	12	0.00	0.0
February 8	40	19	0.00	0.0
February 9	34	24	0.46	3.6
February 10	34	8	0.00	0.0
February 11	22	-1	0.00	0.0
February 12	35	14	0.00	0.0
February 13	36	12	0.00	0.0
February 14	39	27	0.27	2.4
February 15	39	27	0.00	0.0
February 16	35	24	0.01	0.2
February 17	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 18	38	22	0.00	0.0
February 19	37	31	0.48	0.0
February 20	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 21	33	24	0.27	0.6
February 22	42	33	0.26	0.0
February 23	44	35	0.01	0.0
February 24	49	28	0.29	0.0
February 25	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 26	45	33	0.92	0.0
February 27	44	36	0.20	0.0
February 28	44	38	0.03	0.0

March 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	18	0.00	0.0
March 2	30	12	0.00	0.0
March 3	35	13	0.00	0.0
March 4	39	11	0.00	0.0
March 5	39	25	0.00	0.0
March 6	36	32	0.77	4.3
March 7	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 8	41	27	0.00	0.0
March 9	42	29	0.12	0.6
March 10	48	33	0.04	0.3
March 11	49	30	0.12	0.0
March 12	56	37	1.67	0.0
March 13	52	35	0.00	0.0
March 14	49	32	0.00	0.0
March 15	51	32	0.00	0.0
March 16	46	29	0.00	0.0
March 17	48	30	0.00	0.0
March 18	50	27	0.00	0.0
March 19	54	27	0.03	0.0
March 20	54	40	0.03	0.0
March 21	47	39	1.04	0.0
March 22	57	37	0.00	0.0
March 23	56	35	0.00	0.0
March 24	56	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	60	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	61	34	0.00	0.0
March 27	62	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	63	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	74	40	0.00	0.0
March 30	78	47	0.00	0.0
March 31	74	52	0.48	0.0

April 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	64	42	0.76
April 2	51	34	0.00
April 3	48	32	0.00
April 4	53	28	0.00
April 5	62	38	0.00
April 6	59	42	0.03
April 7	63	52	1.14
April 8	60	46	0.02
April 9	64	42	0.04
April 10	65	41	0.00
April 11	53	43	0.19
April 12	47	40	0.67
April 13	47	39	0.14
April 14	54	36	0.00
April 15	45	35	0.04
April 16	47	32	0.00
April 17	50	27	0.00
April 18	60	37	0.00
April 19	61	37	0.00
April 20	60	40	0.38
April 21	66	38	0.00
April 22	82	43	0.00
April 23	72	47	0.00
April 24	67	36	0.00
April 25	81	44	0.00
April 26	85	53	0.00
April 27	85	56	0.00
April 28	83	58	0.00
April 29	81	62	0.07
April 30	65	51	0.02

May 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	54	47	0.00
May 2	50	46	0.14
May 3	72	42	0.00
May 4	78	47	0.00
May 5	80	46	0.00
May 6	84	48	0.00
May 7	69	53	0.00
May 8	56	47	0.04
May 9	64	45	0.00
May 10	67	38	0.00
May 11	56	43	0.08
May 12	70	37	0.04
May 13	65	50	0.02
May 14	75	50	0.00
May 15	88	57	0.00
May 16	69	56	0.00
May 17	75	54	0.00
May 18	94	56	0.00
May 19	95	64	0.00
May 20	92	67	0.00
May 21	86	64	0.00
May 22	76	57	0.00
May 23	77	53	0.12
May 24	83	61	1.11
May 25	80	58	0.00
May 26	83	65	0.00
May 27	75	58	0.00
May 28	69	54	0.00
May 29	75	58	0.00
May 30	80	64	0.06
May 31	87	66	0.00

June 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	87	64	0.00
June 2	83	65	0.00
June 3	78	59	0.00
June 4	73	61	0.00
June 5	73	64	0.12
June 6	82	63	0.00
June 7	80	56	0.00
June 8	85	55	0.00
June 9	85	59	0.00
June 10	86	60	0.00
June 11	85	67	0.00
June 12	75	61	1.63
June 13	63	59	0.23
June 14	68	58	0.00
June 15	74	57	0.27
June 16	86	60	0.00
June 17	87	61	0.00
June 18	90	67	0.00
June 19	90	68	0.14
June 20	72	66	0.27
June 21	80	63	0.03
June 22	77	65	0.00
June 23	85	67	0.36
June 24	83	69	0.00
June 25	86	67	0.00
June 26	86	64	0.00
June 27	82	64	0.00
June 28	79	60	0.00
June 29	79	58	0.00
June 30	86	60	0.00

July 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	89	62	0.00
July 2	82	65	0.00
July 3	77	58	0.00
July 4	80	54	0.00
July 5	84	60	0.00
July 6	80	61	0.00
July 7	90	65	0.00
July 8	93	69	0.00
July 9	91	69	0.00
July 10	85	57	0.00
July 11	88	60	0.00
July 12	87	67	0.00
July 13	89	66	0.00
July 14	77	64	0.02
July 15	86	62	0.00
July 16	74	66	0.06
July 17	73	63	0.00
July 18	72	60	0.02
July 19	86	61	0.00
July 20	90	61	0.00
July 21	90	71	0.37
July 22	87	65	0.02
July 23	85	62	0.60
July 24	81	60	0.00
July 25	74	61	0.01
July 26	84	60	0.00
July 27	78	51	0.00
July 28	83	53	0.00
July 29	79	62	0.36
July 30	76	65	0.32
July 31	82	65	0.00

August 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	86	66	0.00
August 2	84	63	0.00
August 3	83	65	0.00
August 4	80	68	0.00
August 5	85	69	0.00
August 6	88	70	0.50
August 7	86	71	0.23
August 8	88	66	0.00
August 9	77	65	0.32
August 10	66	57	0.26
August 11	72	55	0.00
August 12	78	55	0.00
August 13	79	57	0.00
August 14	82	62	0.00
August 15	80	56	0.00
August 16	87	63	0.35
August 17	85	68	0.17
August 18	78	60	0.00
August 19	85	56	0.00
August 20	94	68	0.02
August 21	84	69	0.00
August 22	82	64	0.00
August 23	79	61	0.00
August 24	79	56	0.00
August 25	81	60	0.00
August 26	84	63	0.00
August 27	85	68	0.02
August 28	75	65	0.00
August 29	86	63	0.00
August 30	92	65	0.00
August 31	90	61	0.00

September 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	91	69	0.00
September 2	79	63	0.32
September 3	78	62	0.01
September 4	75	60	0.15
September 5	69	61	0.18
September 6	69	49	0.00
September 7	71	49	0.00
September 8	74	48	0.00
September 9	78	55	0.00
September 10	87	67	0.00
September 11	84	62	0.00
September 12	81	55	0.00
September 13	86	55	0.00
September 14	88	62	0.00
September 15	80	56	0.00
September 16	75	58	0.00
September 17	67	61	0.73
September 18	72	50	0.00
September 19	73	50	0.08
September 20	64	41	0.00
September 21	62	38	0.00
September 22	65	40	0.00
September 23	68	48	0.00
September 24	69	44	0.00
September 25	70	47	0.00
September 26	69	53	0.06
September 27	61	58	1.92
September 28	69	52	0.20
September 29	65	46	0.00
September 30	71	43	0.00

October 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	74	45	0.00	0.0
October 2	75	50	0.00	0.0
October 3	72	51	0.00	0.0
October 4	70	62	0.27	0.0
October 5	71	60	0.05	0.0
October 6	73	59	0.00	0.0
October 7	71	53	0.00	0.0
October 8	67	49	0.00	0.0
October 9	69	58	0.48	0.0
October 10	72	54	0.16	0.0
October 11	82	52	0.00	0.0
October 12	85	57	0.00	0.0
October 13	69	49	0.00	0.0
October 14	69	45	0.00	0.0
October 15	72	51	0.00	0.0
October 16	76	60	0.00	0.0
October 17	72	52	0.00	0.0
October 18	65	42	0.00	0.0
October 19	69	41	0.00	0.0
October 20	73	42	0.00	0.0
October 21	75	52	0.00	0.0
October 22	64	40	0.00	0.0
October 23	66	44	0.00	0.0
October 24	54	33	0.00	0.0
October 25	48	30	0.23	0.0
October 26	42	31	0.16	0.3
October 27	51	30	0.00	0.0
October 28	66	36	0.00	0.0
October 29	59	32	0.00	0.0
October 30	56	30	0.10	0.0
October 31	50	46	0.06	0.0

November 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	55	37	0.00
November 2	53	32	0.00
November 3	46	34	1.36
November 4	47	30	0.00
November 5	47	31	0.00
November 6	46	28	0.00
November 7	53	24	0.00
November 8	62	35	0.00
November 9	58	43	0.42
November 10	62	44	1.06
November 11	56	39	0.00
November 12	53	29	0.00
November 13	46	30	0.00
November 14	49	29	0.00
November 15	51	28	0.00
November 16	58	33	0.02
November 17	52	45	0.00
November 18	46	35	0.83
November 19	43	29	0.00
November 20	43	33	0.08
November 21	50	40	0.52
November 22	52	36	0.58
November 23	44	34	0.00
November 24	52	30	0.00
November 25	42	28	0.00
November 26	46	30	0.00
November 27	48	34	0.00
November 28	54	38	0.00
November 29	60	40	0.00
November 30	62	32	0.00

December 1962 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	66	28	0.00	0.0
December 2	59	36	0.00	0.0
December 3	56	34	0.00	0.0
December 4	53	32	0.00	0.0
December 5	50	42	0.02	0.0
December 6	47	32	1.21	0.0
December 7	39	30	0.00	0.0
December 8	44	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	39	26	0.05	0.0
December 10	30	19	0.00	0.0
December 11	30	16	0.00	0.0
December 12	24	14	0.00	0.0
December 13	23	11	0.00	0.0
December 14	29	13	0.00	0.0
December 15	31	9	0.00	0.0
December 16	38	20	0.00	0.0
December 17	38	18	0.00	0.0
December 18	47	31	0.00	0.0
December 19	42	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	43	22	0.00	0.0
December 21	30	18	0.34	3.3
December 22	37	25	0.26	0.1
December 23	37	21	0.00	0.0
December 24	31	20	0.00	0.0
December 25	32	23	0.20	1.9
December 26	43	23	0.00	0.0
December 27	32	21	0.00	0.0
December 28	36	18	0.00	0.0
December 29	33	19	0.42	3.3
December 30	33	5	0.00	0.0
December 31	17	3	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