Wilmington Weather in 1971

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1971 based on NOAA data.

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1971 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 8
Lowest temperature	3 °F	February 1
Highest daily low	74 °F	July 1
Lowest daily high	18 °F	February 2
Most daily precipitation	3.8 inches	August 27
Most daily snow	3.3 inches	January 1
Total annual precipitation	52.2 inches	-
Total annual snow	9.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1971?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1971 was 95 °F which happened on July 8.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 8
2	92 °F	Jul 29
2	92 °F	Jul 9
2	92 °F	Jul 1
2	92 °F	Jun 25
6	91 °F	Jul 26
6	91 °F	Jul 10
6	91 °F	Jul 7
9	90 °F	Aug 21
9	90 °F	Aug 10
9	90 °F	Aug 9
9	90 °F	Jul 17
9	90 °F	Jul 6
9	90 °F	Jun 8

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1971?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1971 was 3 °F which happened on Feb 1.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1971

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	February 1
2	4 °F	February 2
3	6 °F	February 3
4	8 °F	January 31
5	9 °F	January 20
6	10 °F	January 19
6	10 °F	January 18
6	10 °F	January 2
9	11 °F	January 29
9	11 °F	January 28

January 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	32	20	0.28	3.3
January 2	39	10	0.00	0.0
January 3	41	14	0.00	0.0
January 4	40	20	0.94	0.0
January 5	43	32	0.26	0.0
January 6	33	21	0.00	0.0
January 7	28	18	0.00	0.0
January 8	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 9	29	24	0.00	0.0
January 10	36	22	0.00	0.0
January 11	43	27	0.00	0.0
January 12	45	26	0.00	0.0
January 13	29	17	0.06	0.2
January 14	36	28	0.18	0.0
January 15	38	27	0.01	0.0
January 16	28	17	0.00	0.0
January 17	29	16	0.00	0.0
January 18	31	10	0.00	0.0
January 19	21	10	0.00	0.0
January 20	30	9	0.00	0.0
January 21	40	16	0.00	0.0
January 22	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 23	48	26	0.16	0.0
January 24	38	22	0.19	1.4
January 25	41	30	0.02	0.0
January 26	43	23	0.07	0.0
January 27	24	12	0.00	0.0
January 28	24	11	0.00	0.0
January 29	37	11	0.01	0.1
January 30	48	27	0.04	0.8
January 31	29	8	0.00	0.0

February 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	18	3	0.00	0.0
February 2	18	4	0.00	0.0
February 3	25	6	0.00	0.0
February 4	32	22	0.08	0.2
February 5	40	30	0.36	0.0
February 6	47	29	0.00	0.0
February 7	44	27	1.33	0.0
February 8	38	35	0.36	0.0
February 9	36	18	0.00	0.0
February 10	29	13	0.00	0.0
February 11	45	17	0.00	0.0
February 12	52	32	0.00	0.0
February 13	53	34	1.75	0.0
February 14	34	24	0.01	0.0
February 15	35	20	0.00	0.0
February 16	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 17	40	22	0.08	0.0
February 18	58	30	0.00	0.0
February 19	51	38	0.00	0.0
February 20	66	39	0.10	0.0
February 21	52	39	0.00	0.0
February 22	44	38	1.46	0.0
February 23	44	34	0.31	0.0
February 24	45	35	0.00	0.0
February 25	51	34	0.00	0.0
February 26	54	32	0.07	0.0
February 27	63	47	0.38	0.0
February 28	62	45	0.00	0.0

March 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	58	38	0.00	0.0
March 2	43	33	0.00	0.0
March 3	41	33	0.58	0.2
March 4	38	28	0.35	2.2
March 5	48	30	0.00	0.0
March 6	54	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	50	34	0.27	0.0
March 8	38	29	0.00	0.0
March 9	43	27	0.00	0.0
March 10	43	22	0.00	0.0
March 11	53	30	0.00	0.0
March 12	51	30	0.00	0.0
March 13	52	39	0.00	0.0
March 14	50	40	0.00	0.0
March 15	74	40	0.00	0.0
March 16	70	42	0.00	0.0
March 17	46	31	0.00	0.0
March 18	50	29	0.00	0.0
March 19	51	35	0.72	0.0
March 20	44	36	0.00	0.0
March 21	49	35	0.00	0.0
March 22	57	32	0.23	0.0
March 23	45	32	0.14	0.0
March 24	40	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	44	22	0.00	0.0
March 26	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 27	53	29	0.00	0.0
March 28	53	29	0.00	0.0
March 29	54	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	50	33	0.00	0.0
March 31	54	27	0.00	0.0

April 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	58	32	0.00	0.0
April 2	69	42	0.06	0.0
April 3	58	34	0.02	0.0
April 4	62	34	0.00	0.0
April 5	58	41	0.00	0.0
April 6	43	35	1.45	0.2
April 7	57	34	0.36	0.4
April 8	56	34	0.00	0.0
April 9	76	33	0.00	0.0
April 10	62	35	0.00	0.0
April 11	68	32	0.00	0.0
April 12	70	35	0.00	0.0
April 13	72	43	0.00	0.0
April 14	59	37	0.00	0.0
April 15	55	31	0.00	0.0
April 16	68	39	0.00	0.0
April 17	65	41	0.00	0.0
April 18	69	42	0.00	0.0
April 19	75	44	0.00	0.0
April 20	74	47	0.00	0.0
April 21	76	47	0.00	0.0
April 22	60	40	0.00	0.0
April 23	65	41	0.00	0.0
April 24	71	40	0.00	0.0
April 25	62	39	0.00	0.0
April 26	58	40	0.00	0.0
April 27	64	36	0.00	0.0
April 28	53	49	0.25	0.0
April 29	59	42	0.01	0.0
April 30	62	39	0.00	0.0

May 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	39	0.00
May 2	65	47	0.02
May 3	58	44	0.00
May 4	65	46	0.00
May 5	76	42	0.01
May 6	67	51	0.29
May 7	73	48	0.02
May 8	58	52	0.67
May 9	60	51	0.00
May 10	76	49	0.00
May 11	80	47	0.00
May 12	73	57	0.02
May 13	73	52	0.55
May 14	75	45	0.00
May 15	64	52	0.05
May 16	60	53	1.57
May 17	78	52	0.00
May 18	82	49	0.00
May 19	85	55	0.00
May 20	69	53	0.00
May 21	61	53	0.65
May 22	68	47	0.00
May 23	73	43	0.00
May 24	74	48	0.00
May 25	78	62	0.22
May 26	76	57	0.00
May 27	70	50	0.00
May 28	66	50	0.00
May 29	72	55	0.03
May 30	62	55	0.36
May 31	76	59	0.05

June 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	77	50	0.00
June 2	72	57	0.26
June 3	82	65	0.47
June 4	85	63	0.00
June 5	85	64	0.00
June 6	83	67	0.04
June 7	88	63	0.00
June 8	90	68	0.00
June 9	80	66	0.00
June 10	80	62	0.00
June 11	81	60	0.00
June 12	85	67	0.00
June 13	85	66	0.00
June 14	75	59	0.14
June 15	68	58	0.03
June 16	75	54	0.13
June 17	80	54	0.00
June 18	79	55	0.00
June 19	81	59	0.00
June 20	84	68	0.00
June 21	85	69	0.21
June 22	86	69	0.00
June 23	84	67	0.00
June 24	89	68	0.00
June 25	92	70	0.00
June 26	88	74	1.22
June 27	88	68	0.00
June 28	89	68	0.00
June 29	79	68	0.00
June 30	89	72	0.00

July 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	92	74	0.00
July 2	85	69	0.01
July 3	83	59	0.00
July 4	80	59	0.00
July 5	86	53	0.00
July 6	90	65	0.00
July 7	91	69	0.00
July 8	95	68	0.00
July 9	92	72	0.00
July 10	91	70	0.00
July 11	73	58	0.24
July 12	82	58	0.00
July 13	81	60	0.00
July 14	86	65	0.00
July 15	85	59	0.00
July 16	84	65	0.00
July 17	90	72	0.00
July 18	84	64	0.00
July 19	82	70	0.16
July 20	81	63	0.00
July 21	83	58	0.00
July 22	84	60	0.00
July 23	84	66	0.00
July 24	87	65	0.00
July 25	89	73	0.00
July 26	91	73	0.07
July 27	88	69	0.00
July 28	87	66	0.00
July 29	92	73	0.18
July 30	81	72	2.53
July 31	86	73	0.46

August 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	72	0.86
August 2	86	70	0.00
August 3	87	72	0.05
August 4	81	64	0.55
August 5	80	62	0.67
August 6	82	59	0.00
August 7	86	62	0.00
August 8	89	67	0.00
August 9	90	69	0.00
August 10	90	71	0.00
August 11	86	72	0.16
August 12	78	62	0.00
August 13	84	56	0.00
August 14	87	60	0.00
August 15	89	61	0.30
August 16	81	67	0.00
August 17	84	62	0.00
August 18	83	63	0.00
August 19	83	71	0.70
August 20	87	66	0.00
August 21	90	70	0.00
August 22	83	71	0.00
August 23	80	62	0.00
August 24	74	51	0.00
August 25	81	54	0.00
August 26	79	62	0.29
August 27	74	71	3.77
August 28	81	66	1.03
August 29	81	62	0.00
August 30	84	62	0.00
August 31	76	65	0.00

September 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	74	65	0.00
September 2	75	65	0.00
September 3	81	63	0.00
September 4	84	66	0.00
September 5	87	66	0.00
September 6	86	71	0.00
September 7	83	66	0.00
September 8	85	71	0.00
September 9	88	70	0.00
September 10	86	70	0.00
September 11	84	72	1.51
September 12	82	71	1.27
September 13	80	64	2.54
September 14	78	63	0.03
September 15	83	67	0.00
September 16	84	65	0.00
September 17	79	69	0.86
September 18	81	69	0.00
September 19	77	69	0.05
September 20	82	69	0.00
September 21	75	56	0.41
September 22	73	52	0.00
September 23	68	63	0.12
September 24	69	51	0.00
September 25	67	44	0.00
September 26	61	57	0.18
September 27	68	60	0.02
September 28	76	63	0.00
September 29	77	60	0.00
September 30	77	60	0.00

October 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	66	0.02
October 2	75	68	0.41
October 3	80	63	0.00
October 4	70	62	0.00
October 5	74	63	0.00
October 6	76	57	0.00
October 7	68	46	0.00
October 8	64	41	0.00
October 9	70	50	0.08
October 10	67	54	3.66
October 11	65	45	0.00
October 12	70	44	0.00
October 13	72	46	0.00
October 14	76	57	0.00
October 15	75	53	0.00
October 16	72	52	0.00
October 17	70	56	0.00
October 18	64	47	0.00
October 19	74	46	0.00
October 20	63	57	0.00
October 21	68	50	0.00
October 22	68	52	0.00
October 23	70	59	0.08
October 24	68	60	1.77
October 25	66	62	0.08
October 26	73	60	0.30
October 27	69	58	0.00
October 28	75	60	0.00
October 29	77	54	0.00
October 30	72	55	0.00
October 31	67	63	0.01

November 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	77	67	0.00
November 2	80	68	1.16
November 3	68	48	0.52
November 4	54	38	0.00
November 5	56	36	0.00
November 6	63	40	0.00
November 7	61	32	0.26
November 8	45	28	0.00
November 9	43	24	0.00
November 10	49	35	0.00
November 11	48	33	0.00
November 12	58	31	0.00
November 13	62	40	0.00
November 14	49	34	0.00
November 15	54	37	0.03
November 16	61	40	0.00
November 17	57	34	0.00
November 18	60	35	0.00
November 19	64	38	0.04
November 20	56	37	0.00
November 21	49	36	0.00
November 22	42	31	0.00
November 23	40	25	0.00
November 24	45	31	0.77
November 25	46	35	1.07
November 26	47	33	0.00
November 27	49	36	0.20
November 28	51	33	0.00
November 29	52	39	1.47
November 30	47	37	0.00

December 1971 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	40	27	0.00
December 2	35	19	0.00
December 3	35	18	0.00
December 4	45	25	0.00
December 5	42	24	0.00
December 6	51	35	0.08
December 7	52	45	0.89
December 8	50	43	0.00
December 9	48	43	0.00
December 10	52	46	0.01
December 11	66	35	0.00
December 12	55	34	0.00
December 13	54	37	0.00
December 14	44	30	0.01
December 15	67	42	0.00
December 16	69	51	0.00
December 17	53	35	0.03
December 18	37	24	0.01
December 19	43	23	0.00
December 20	48	41	0.26
December 21	53	39	0.00
December 22	41	24	0.00
December 23	37	20	0.00
December 24	52	35	0.01
December 25	49	33	0.00
December 26	56	41	0.00
December 27	56	46	0.00
December 28	61	38	0.00
December 29	46	28	0.00
December 30	63	38	0.03
December 31	62	28	0.00

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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