Wilmington Weather in 1970

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1970 based on NOAA data.

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1970 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	September 23
Lowest temperature	-2 °F	January 9
Highest daily low	77 °F	July 31
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	2.2 inches	June 21
Most daily snow	3.4 inches	January 7
Total annual precipitation	38.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	14.8 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1970?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1970 was 94 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Sep 23
1	94 °F	Sep 22
1	94 °F	Sep 16
4	93 °F	Sep 25
5	92 °F	Aug 13
6	91 °F	Sep 24
6	91 °F	Aug 16
6	91 °F	Aug 12
6	91 °F	Aug 2
6	91 °F	Aug 1
6	91 °F	Jul 4
6	91 °F	Jun 12
6	91 °F	Jun 11
6	91 °F	May 10

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1970?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1970 was -2 °F which happened on Jan 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1970

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-2 °F	January 9
2	0 °F	January 8
3	4 °F	January 10
4	6 °F	January 22
5	7 °F	January 23
6	8 °F	February 26
7	9 °F	January 21
7	9 °F	January 16
9	10 °F	January 14
10	11 °F	January 20
10	11 °F	January 11

January 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	29	22	0.00	0.0
January 2	37	17	0.00	0.0
January 3	34	24	0.12	1.2
January 4	27	15	0.00	0.0
January 5	36	13	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	28	0.24	2.6
January 7	31	18	0.23	3.4
January 8	18	0	0.00	0.0
January 9	10	-2	0.00	0.0
January 10	27	4	0.00	0.0
January 11	28	11	0.00	0.0
January 12	30	22	0.03	0.4
January 13	32	18	0.00	0.0
January 14	27	10	0.00	0.0
January 15	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 16	35	9	0.00	0.0
January 17	46	23	0.26	0.0
January 18	45	24	0.06	0.0
January 19	26	13	0.00	0.0
January 20	23	11	0.04	2.0
January 21	17	9	0.00	0.0
January 22	19	6	0.00	0.0
January 23	29	7	0.00	0.0
January 24	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 25	37	25	0.00	0.0
January 26	52	31	0.00	0.0
January 27	36	28	0.01	0.1
January 28	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 29	54	37	0.01	0.0
January 30	44	24	0.00	0.0
January 31	41	17	0.00	0.0

February 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	55	30	0.00	0.0
February 2	58	32	0.26	0.0
February 3	51	20	0.55	0.0
February 4	20	12	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	17	0.00	0.0
February 6	43	27	0.00	0.0
February 7	45	26	0.00	0.0
February 8	39	26	0.00	0.0
February 9	42	35	0.09	0.0
February 10	50	38	0.74	0.0
February 11	43	34	0.00	0.0
February 12	38	28	0.00	0.0
February 13	36	21	0.00	0.0
February 14	26	17	0.12	1.2
February 15	35	25	0.37	0.3
February 16	35	27	0.00	0.0
February 17	42	27	0.00	0.0
February 18	47	25	0.00	0.0
February 19	51	28	0.00	0.0
February 20	35	20	0.00	0.0
February 21	36	16	0.00	0.0
February 22	56	25	0.00	0.0
February 23	47	29	0.00	0.0
February 24	55	25	0.00	0.0
February 25	57	18	0.00	0.0
February 26	28	8	0.00	0.0
February 27	44	23	0.00	0.0
February 28	41	24	0.00	0.0

March 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	42	20	0.00	0.0
March 2	54	34	0.00	0.0
March 3	42	35	0.02	0.0
March 4	39	35	0.43	0.0
March 5	50	37	0.00	0.0
March 6	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 7	54	25	0.00	0.0
March 8	48	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	25	0.00	0.0
March 10	45	21	0.00	0.0
March 11	49	34	0.00	0.0
March 12	43	33	0.38	0.0
March 13	40	32	0.00	0.0
March 14	42	28	0.00	0.0
March 15	40	22	0.00	0.0
March 16	38	23	0.00	0.0
March 17	47	22	0.00	0.0
March 18	39	35	0.25	0.0
March 19	49	33	0.00	0.0
March 20	43	33	0.33	0.0
March 21	51	36	0.00	0.0
March 22	43	38	0.54	0.0
March 23	50	34	0.00	0.0
March 24	54	35	0.00	0.0
March 25	58	33	0.00	0.0
March 26	65	42	0.26	0.0
March 27	55	35	0.00	0.0
March 28	57	31	0.00	0.0
March 29	46	28	1.18	0.4
March 30	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 31	43	32	0.22	0.0

April 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	51	30	0.25
April 2	69	40	1.36
April 3	57	40	0.00
April 4	55	39	0.00
April 5	53	32	0.00
April 6	51	32	0.00
April 7	60	39	0.04
April 8	64	33	0.00
April 9	79	45	0.00
April 10	63	38	0.00
April 11	54	30	0.00
April 12	60	31	0.00
April 13	59	36	0.00
April 14	49	45	2.14
April 15	55	41	0.31
April 16	67	38	0.00
April 17	62	46	0.00
April 18	66	42	0.00
April 19	50	39	0.02
April 20	50	41	0.82
April 21	58	44	0.00
April 22	72	40	0.00
April 23	60	50	0.12
April 24	62	48	0.47
April 25	74	44	0.00
April 26	70	53	0.00
April 27	73	55	0.03
April 28	70	56	0.00
April 29	82	52	0.00
April 30	66	51	0.00

May 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	76	54	0.00
May 2	78	58	0.00
May 3	65	52	0.01
May 4	58	47	0.09
May 5	77	45	0.00
May 6	60	41	0.00
May 7	62	33	0.00
May 8	76	42	0.00
May 9	89	57	0.00
May 10	91	61	0.00
May 11	86	66	0.00
May 12	87	63	0.00
May 13	87	64	0.00
May 14	81	55	0.08
May 15	69	53	0.00
May 16	69	51	0.02
May 17	66	53	0.41
May 18	70	49	0.00
May 19	82	51	0.08
May 20	87	58	0.00
May 21	78	55	0.00
May 22	83	57	0.00
May 23	89	65	0.06
May 24	76	60	0.05
May 25	71	58	0.00
May 26	81	62	0.14
May 27	69	50	0.00
May 28	71	46	0.00
May 29	73	50	0.00
May 30	71	52	0.00
May 31	78	53	0.00

June 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	63	0.00
June 2	88	68	0.00
June 3	89	70	0.55
June 4	71	64	0.00
June 5	86	63	0.06
June 6	76	54	0.32
June 7	77	52	0.00
June 8	84	56	0.00
June 9	79	62	0.00
June 10	81	63	0.00
June 11	91	64	0.00
June 12	91	68	0.09
June 13	80	61	0.00
June 14	75	58	0.00
June 15	69	59	0.03
June 16	72	65	0.42
June 17	85	68	0.30
June 18	87	68	1.86
June 19	87	65	0.00
June 20	77	64	0.00
June 21	73	62	2.23
June 22	77	62	0.00
June 23	83	58	0.00
June 24	84	61	0.00
June 25	87	63	0.00
June 26	76	70	0.15
June 27	77	57	0.15
June 28	79	53	0.00
June 29	81	55	0.00
June 30	89	68	0.00

July 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	87	68	0.00
July 2	82	70	0.50
July 3	82	71	0.02
July 4	91	70	0.08
July 5	80	64	0.00
July 6	84	62	0.00
July 7	86	59	0.00
July 8	87	67	0.00
July 9	86	70	0.14
July 10	81	70	1.45
July 11	84	68	0.00
July 12	86	66	0.00
July 13	82	62	0.00
July 14	81	64	0.00
July 15	85	71	1.21
July 16	87	68	0.00
July 17	84	64	0.00
July 18	88	65	0.00
July 19	87	70	0.00
July 20	86	71	0.24
July 21	78	65	0.01
July 22	79	65	0.00
July 23	80	67	0.00
July 24	83	69	0.09
July 25	87	71	0.00
July 26	88	71	0.14
July 27	89	72	0.00
July 28	90	72	0.00
July 29	88	74	1.55
July 30	85	75	0.16
July 31	85	77	0.44

August 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	76	0.00
August 2	91	73	0.00
August 3	88	69	0.26
August 4	81	64	0.01
August 5	82	62	0.00
August 6	84	64	0.00
August 7	85	64	0.00
August 8	87	68	0.00
August 9	85	69	0.00
August 10	82	71	0.00
August 11	86	68	0.00
August 12	91	66	0.00
August 13	92	71	0.00
August 14	89	70	0.00
August 15	90	68	0.00
August 16	91	71	0.00
August 17	89	69	0.03
August 18	86	63	0.00
August 19	83	68	0.06
August 20	87	70	0.10
August 21	84	64	0.00
August 22	84	58	0.00
August 23	81	69	1.64
August 24	81	63	0.00
August 25	84	63	0.00
August 26	86	66	0.00
August 27	89	65	0.00
August 28	90	69	0.00
August 29	90	71	0.00
August 30	85	64	0.12
August 31	82	63	0.09

September 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	75	56	0.00
September 2	78	52	0.00
September 3	80	60	0.00
September 4	90	74	0.00
September 5	87	68	0.00
September 6	80	59	0.00
September 7	83	56	0.00
September 8	78	63	0.00
September 9	76	68	0.53
September 10	90	72	0.00
September 11	77	57	0.00
September 12	78	52	0.00
September 13	81	54	0.00
September 14	84	63	0.00
September 15	90	69	0.00
September 16	94	71	0.00
September 17	80	63	0.00
September 18	83	68	0.00
September 19	79	59	0.00
September 20	79	55	0.00
September 21	86	62	0.00
September 22	94	70	0.00
September 23	94	72	0.00
September 24	91	74	0.00
September 25	93	73	0.00
September 26	89	71	0.04
September 27	81	55	0.24
September 28	69	49	0.01
September 29	63	44	0.00
September 30	69	45	0.00

October 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	69	46	0.00
October 2	73	46	0.00
October 3	85	57	0.00
October 4	66	43	0.00
October 5	70	40	0.00
October 6	77	55	0.00
October 7	79	55	0.00
October 8	77	55	0.00
October 9	77	56	0.00
October 10	79	60	0.00
October 11	77	62	0.00
October 12	75	59	0.00
October 13	77	62	0.00
October 14	78	64	0.00
October 15	73	62	0.00
October 16	62	39	0.00
October 17	53	36	0.00
October 18	68	46	0.00
October 19	70	41	0.00
October 20	64	40	0.00
October 21	67	55	0.92
October 22	67	62	1.63
October 23	72	57	0.03
October 24	71	51	0.00
October 25	68	57	0.06
October 26	62	54	0.00
October 27	55	49	0.00
October 28	57	41	0.00
October 29	60	40	0.00
October 30	59	51	0.00
October 31	62	52	0.00

November 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	68	54	0.00
November 2	60	51	0.02
November 3	61	50	0.62
November 4	56	44	0.80
November 5	56	44	0.01
November 6	57	37	0.00
November 7	67	39	0.00
November 8	63	41	0.00
November 9	60	49	0.00
November 10	68	49	0.05
November 11	68	59	0.41
November 12	67	58	0.41
November 13	58	48	0.14
November 14	56	46	0.13
November 15	56	45	1.06
November 16	47	30	0.00
November 17	48	29	0.00
November 18	51	31	0.01
November 19	58	39	0.01
November 20	57	39	0.18
November 21	55	39	0.00
November 22	61	34	0.00
November 23	55	22	0.00
November 24	38	21	0.00
November 25	38	18	0.00
November 26	48	29	0.00
November 27	54	38	0.00
November 28	60	42	0.00
November 29	53	43	0.24
November 30	61	38	0.00

December 1970 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	51	33	0.00	0.0
December 2	67	44	0.00	0.0
December 3	62	38	0.00	0.0
December 4	60	32	0.00	0.0
December 5	41	24	0.00	0.0
December 6	40	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 8	37	15	0.00	0.0
December 9	50	29	0.00	0.0
December 10	52	34	0.00	0.0
December 11	42	30	0.03	0.0
December 12	41	36	0.44	0.0
December 13	41	35	0.00	0.0
December 14	43	31	0.00	0.0
December 15	43	29	0.00	0.0
December 16	46	31	1.03	0.0
December 17	47	39	0.20	0.0
December 18	47	34	0.00	0.0
December 19	52	33	0.00	0.0
December 20	47	31	0.00	0.0
December 21	37	28	0.09	0.5
December 22	40	32	0.59	0.0
December 23	38	32	0.32	0.0
December 24	37	28	0.06	0.0
December 25	35	28	0.00	0.0
December 26	34	21	0.00	0.0
December 27	37	19	0.00	0.1
December 28	34	22	0.00	0.0
December 29	33	18	0.00	0.0
December 30	34	15	0.00	0.0
December 31	35	19	0.26	2.6

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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