Wilmington Weather in 1968

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1968 based on NOAA data.

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1968 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 25
Lowest temperature	1 °F	January 2
Highest daily low	75 °F	August 4
Lowest daily high	16 °F	January 8
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	May 28
Most daily snow	1.0 inches	March 12
Total annual precipitation	31.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	4.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1968?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1968 was 96 °F which happened on August 25.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 25
2	95 °F	Jul 17
2	95 °F	Jul 1
2	95 °F	Jun 30
5	94 °F	Aug 21
5	94 °F	Aug 17
5	94 °F	Aug 7
8	93 °F	Aug 23
8	93 °F	Aug 20
8	93 °F	Aug 8
8	93 °F	Aug 1
8	93 °F	Jul 24
8	93 °F	Jul 2

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1968?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1968 was 1 °F which happened on Jan 2.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1968

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	1 °F	January 2
2	2 °F	January 12
3	5 °F	January 11
4	6 °F	February 21
4	6 °F	January 9
4	6 °F	January 8
7	7 °F	February 22
8	8 °F	January 6
9	9 °F	January 1
10	10 °F	December 11
10	10 °F	February 11
10	10 °F	January 5

January 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	33	9	0.00	0.0
January 2	24	1	0.00	0.0
January 3	32	23	0.09	0.0
January 4	35	16	0.14	0.5
January 5	19	10	0.00	0.0
January 6	33	8	0.09	0.8
January 7	30	11	0.07	0.0
January 8	16	6	0.00	0.0
January 9	17	6	0.00	0.0
January 10	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	5	0.00	0.0
January 12	26	2	0.00	0.0
January 13	37	16	0.00	0.0
January 14	44	32	1.61	0.0
January 15	35	28	0.02	0.3
January 16	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 17	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 18	47	20	0.00	0.0
January 19	52	23	0.00	0.0
January 20	52	28	0.00	0.0
January 21	52	31	0.00	0.0
January 22	42	29	0.00	0.0
January 23	39	31	0.19	0.0
January 24	33	22	0.00	0.0
January 25	27	19	0.00	0.0
January 26	42	16	0.00	0.0
January 27	52	25	0.00	0.0
January 28	47	32	0.01	0.0
January 29	48	37	0.01	0.0
January 30	49	39	0.06	0.0
January 31	47	35	0.00	0.0

February 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	42	35	0.00	0.0
February 2	46	38	0.97	0.0
February 3	45	35	0.00	0.0
February 4	45	29	0.00	0.0
February 5	47	26	0.00	0.0
February 6	48	27	0.00	0.0
February 7	44	26	0.00	0.0
February 8	40	27	0.00	0.0
February 9	42	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	33	12	0.00	0.4
February 11	24	10	0.00	0.0
February 12	31	13	0.00	0.0
February 13	25	15	0.00	0.0
February 14	42	16	0.00	0.0
February 15	44	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	42	22	0.00	0.0
February 17	48	20	0.00	0.0
February 18	34	13	0.00	0.0
February 19	39	14	0.00	0.0
February 20	44	18	0.00	0.2
February 21	24	6	0.00	0.0
February 22	32	7	0.00	0.0
February 23	42	20	0.00	0.0
February 24	39	20	0.00	0.0
February 25	43	17	0.00	0.0
February 26	45	18	0.00	0.0
February 27	48	18	0.00	0.0
February 28	48	21	0.00	0.0
February 29	40	30	0.55	0.3

March 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	39	28	0.05	0.3
March 2	46	28	0.00	0.0
March 3	35	16	0.00	0.0
March 4	51	21	0.00	0.0
March 5	52	31	0.00	0.0
March 6	47	32	0.00	0.0
March 7	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 8	54	25	0.00	0.0
March 9	56	39	0.00	0.0
March 10	51	39	0.05	0.0
March 11	52	36	0.00	0.0
March 12	41	32	1.77	1.0
March 13	43	25	0.32	0.0
March 14	39	19	0.00	0.0
March 15	47	27	0.00	0.0
March 16	56	38	0.01	0.0
March 17	52	46	1.17	0.0
March 18	51	43	1.01	0.0
March 19	61	45	0.00	0.0
March 20	61	37	0.00	0.0
March 21	64	41	0.00	0.0
March 22	66	46	0.00	0.0
March 23	60	35	0.37	0.0
March 24	49	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	54	27	0.00	0.0
March 26	57	35	0.00	0.0
March 27	73	39	0.00	0.0
March 28	77	42	0.00	0.0
March 29	79	48	0.00	0.0
March 30	68	47	0.00	0.0
March 31	71	44	0.00	0.0

April 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	67	38	0.16
April 2	59	33	0.00
April 3	63	39	0.00
April 4	73	51	0.07
April 5	64	39	0.01
April 6	53	31	0.00
April 7	56	33	0.00
April 8	67	42	0.14
April 9	73	52	0.00
April 10	65	48	0.00
April 11	65	40	0.00
April 12	67	38	0.00
April 13	79	43	0.00
April 14	80	49	0.00
April 15	59	44	0.01
April 16	68	39	0.00
April 17	69	44	0.00
April 18	74	43	0.00
April 19	75	51	0.00
April 20	73	48	0.00
April 21	59	49	0.00
April 22	60	49	0.00
April 23	57	45	0.00
April 24	63	47	0.97
April 25	58	42	0.00
April 26	65	38	0.00
April 27	65	43	0.03
April 28	65	40	0.00
April 29	62	40	0.00
April 30	63	40	0.18

May 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	62	39	0.00
May 2	68	41	0.02
May 3	83	52	0.01
May 4	70	57	0.00
May 5	69	48	0.22
May 6	62	42	0.00
May 7	66	36	0.00
May 8	69	40	0.00
May 9	77	47	0.00
May 10	77	56	0.00
May 11	67	54	0.33
May 12	77	54	0.03
May 13	61	50	0.00
May 14	62	47	0.00
May 15	66	52	0.00
May 16	67	59	0.28
May 17	80	58	0.00
May 18	73	59	0.00
May 19	75	51	0.11
May 20	63	47	0.00
May 21	68	45	0.02
May 22	72	47	0.00
May 23	62	50	0.62
May 24	61	53	0.04
May 25	75	50	0.00
May 26	76	50	0.00
May 27	57	49	0.11
May 28	60	51	2.07
May 29	73	58	0.51
May 30	74	56	0.41
May 31	70	56	0.00

June 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	73	51	0.00
June 2	77	62	0.00
June 3	80	57	0.00
June 4	77	54	0.00
June 5	83	56	0.00
June 6	89	60	0.00
June 7	88	63	0.00
June 8	85	64	0.00
June 9	86	70	0.00
June 10	84	60	0.00
June 11	78	59	0.00
June 12	79	67	1.75
June 13	76	60	0.01
June 14	77	55	0.00
June 15	85	59	0.00
June 16	85	67	0.04
June 17	74	60	0.17
June 18	77	56	0.00
June 19	77	63	0.08
June 20	76	57	0.00
June 21	75	51	0.00
June 22	88	62	0.11
June 23	85	69	0.01
June 24	85	67	0.00
June 25	91	70	0.00
June 26	91	65	0.44
June 27	67	61	0.20
June 28	78	61	0.00
June 29	85	58	0.00
June 30	95	71	0.00

July 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	95	72	0.00
July 2	93	69	0.75
July 3	81	69	0.02
July 4	76	66	0.00
July 5	81	63	0.45
July 6	78	64	0.16
July 7	79	58	0.00
July 8	87	64	0.00
July 9	82	67	0.00
July 10	84	71	0.01
July 11	80	68	0.00
July 12	81	65	0.00
July 13	84	67	0.00
July 14	83	71	0.00
July 15	86	73	0.10
July 16	92	72	0.00
July 17	95	75	0.00
July 18	91	75	0.00
July 19	91	72	0.31
July 20	85	67	0.00
July 21	86	62	0.00
July 22	86	66	0.00
July 23	92	71	0.00
July 24	93	74	0.03
July 25	85	73	0.00
July 26	85	68	0.00
July 27	83	65	0.00
July 28	90	68	0.00
July 29	83	59	0.00
July 30	84	59	0.00
July 31	84	67	0.00

August 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	93	73	0.15
August 2	86	73	0.02
August 3	90	74	0.00
August 4	91	75	0.00
August 5	91	73	0.00
August 6	89	72	0.00
August 7	94	74	0.00
August 8	93	72	0.00
August 9	92	74	0.00
August 10	91	72	0.82
August 11	77	60	0.00
August 12	81	56	0.00
August 13	82	60	0.00
August 14	84	70	0.00
August 15	85	65	0.00
August 16	85	64	0.06
August 17	94	74	0.00
August 18	87	71	0.00
August 19	82	70	0.05
August 20	93	71	0.00
August 21	94	74	0.00
August 22	92	68	0.00
August 23	93	72	0.02
August 24	87	72	0.05
August 25	96	72	0.00
August 26	82	63	0.00
August 27	77	55	0.00
August 28	76	53	0.00
August 29	78	55	0.00
August 30	79	53	0.00
August 31	80	55	0.00

September 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	77	58	0.00
September 2	83	62	0.16
September 3	84	65	0.00
September 4	87	63	0.00
September 5	80	68	0.00
September 6	74	68	0.54
September 7	82	58	0.00
September 8	82	58	0.00
September 9	79	64	0.00
September 10	82	66	0.80
September 11	79	63	0.00
September 12	74	55	0.00
September 13	80	52	0.00
September 14	80	52	0.00
September 15	80	54	0.00
September 16	80	55	0.00
September 17	79	58	0.00
September 18	80	52	0.00
September 19	80	52	0.00
September 20	83	53	0.00
September 21	81	58	0.00
September 22	86	57	0.00
September 23	87	63	0.00
September 24	87	65	0.00
September 25	89	65	0.00
September 26	81	66	0.00
September 27	80	57	0.00
September 28	79	54	0.00
September 29	73	48	0.00
September 30	77	47	0.00

October 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	83	51	0.00
October 2	83	60	0.00
October 3	84	63	0.00
October 4	65	44	0.00
October 5	63	38	0.00
October 6	66	37	0.29
October 7	70	51	1.43
October 8	69	48	0.00
October 9	65	54	0.00
October 10	65	52	0.00
October 11	67	57	0.00
October 12	71	55	0.00
October 13	72	58	0.00
October 14	67	54	0.00
October 15	72	56	0.00
October 16	75	54	0.00
October 17	78	56	0.00
October 18	77	62	0.00
October 19	74	61	1.22
October 20	71	53	0.00
October 21	66	48	0.00
October 22	67	42	0.00
October 23	72	53	0.00
October 24	72	53	0.03
October 25	65	46	0.26
October 26	55	44	0.00
October 27	63	40	0.00
October 28	63	45	0.05
October 29	54	38	0.00
October 30	51	33	0.00
October 31	56	30	0.00

November 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	66	32	0.00
November 2	76	49	0.00
November 3	64	48	0.04
November 4	55	48	0.08
November 5	59	52	0.00
November 6	57	48	0.00
November 7	54	48	0.59
November 8	54	41	0.22
November 9	51	38	0.17
November 10	42	36	0.95
November 11	50	34	0.04
November 12	44	34	0.80
November 13	45	34	0.00
November 14	50	30	0.00
November 15	56	41	0.00
November 16	60	45	0.00
November 17	48	44	0.05
November 18	60	45	0.70
November 19	49	35	0.00
November 20	45	31	0.00
November 21	42	27	0.00
November 22	58	34	0.00
November 23	55	28	0.00
November 24	65	38	0.16
November 25	52	36	0.00
November 26	49	32	0.00
November 27	59	41	0.00
November 28	67	45	0.12
November 29	67	44	0.00
November 30	45	38	0.00

December 1968 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	29	0.13	0.0
December 2	48	42	0.21	0.0
December 3	53	38	0.02	0.0
December 4	58	44	0.65	0.0
December 5	47	35	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 7	40	24	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	26	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	16	0.00	0.0
December 10	27	11	0.00	0.0
December 11	32	10	0.00	0.0
December 12	43	16	0.00	0.0
December 13	59	30	0.00	0.0
December 14	49	35	0.55	0.0
December 15	35	19	0.03	0.6
December 16	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 17	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 18	39	20	0.00	0.0
December 19	47	33	0.05	0.0
December 20	51	35	0.00	0.0
December 21	43	35	0.00	0.0
December 22	38	33	0.43	0.0
December 23	44	31	0.02	0.0
December 24	34	24	0.00	0.0
December 25	26	15	0.00	0.0
December 26	26	17	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	25	0.02	0.0
December 28	65	32	0.06	0.0
December 29	45	28	0.00	0.0
December 30	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 31	41	29	0.16	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