Wilmington Weather in 1976

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1976 based on NOAA data.

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1976 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	92 °F	August 22
Lowest temperature	3 °F	January 19
Highest daily low	75 °F	June 25
Lowest daily high	19 °F	January 18
Most daily precipitation	2.3 inches	May 1
Most daily snow	6.1 inches	March 9
Total annual precipitation	33.6 inches	-
Total annual snow	16.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1976?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1976 was 92 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1976

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	92 °F	Aug 22
1	92 °F	Jun 28
3	91 °F	Aug 26
3	91 °F	Aug 23
3	91 °F	Jul 28
3	91 °F	Jun 29
3	91 °F	Jun 27
8	90 °F	Sep 13
8	90 °F	Sep 8
8	90 °F	Aug 6
8	90 °F	Jun 10

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1976?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1976 was 3 °F which happened on Jan 19.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1976

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	January 19
2	5 °F	January 23
3	7 °F	January 18
4	8 °F	December 30
5	9 °F	December 3
5	9 °F	February 2
7	11 °F	January 17
7	11 °F	January 10
7	11 °F	January 6
10	12 °F	February 3
10	12 °F	January 9

January 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	39	26	0.87	1.1
January 2	33	18	0.00	0.0
January 3	41	33	0.36	0.0
January 4	33	19	0.00	0.0
January 5	28	13	0.00	0.0
January 6	33	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	37	21	0.62	0.0
January 8	35	16	0.14	0.0
January 9	23	12	0.00	0.0
January 10	26	11	0.00	0.0
January 11	35	20	0.09	1.4
January 12	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 13	55	19	0.14	0.0
January 14	55	30	0.02	0.0
January 15	36	27	0.00	0.0
January 16	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 17	36	11	0.00	0.0
January 18	19	7	0.00	0.0
January 19	26	3	0.00	0.0
January 20	28	16	0.10	1.3
January 21	33	19	0.05	0.7
January 22	29	13	0.00	0.0
January 23	20	5	0.00	0.0
January 24	34	18	0.00	0.0
January 25	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 26	59	36	0.46	0.0
January 27	53	35	1.24	0.0
January 28	36	26	0.12	0.0
January 29	45	24	0.00	0.0
January 30	35	25	0.00	0.0
January 31	33	22	0.00	0.0

February 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	46	32	0.38	0.0
February 2	42	9	0.26	1.3
February 3	29	12	0.00	0.0
February 4	44	17	0.00	0.0
February 5	37	26	0.00	0.0
February 6	28	18	0.15	0.4
February 7	28	17	0.00	0.0
February 8	40	25	0.00	0.0
February 9	36	25	0.00	0.0
February 10	48	22	0.00	0.0
February 11	55	36	0.06	0.0
February 12	46	29	0.00	0.0
February 13	60	32	0.00	0.0
February 14	50	31	0.08	0.0
February 15	52	28	0.00	0.0
February 16	69	48	0.00	0.0
February 17	70	43	0.03	0.0
February 18	67	42	0.30	0.0
February 19	61	46	0.00	0.0
February 20	51	34	0.00	0.0
February 21	59	30	0.00	0.0
February 22	63	34	0.44	0.0
February 23	37	25	0.00	0.0
February 24	51	26	0.00	0.0
February 25	68	39	0.00	0.0
February 26	64	38	0.00	0.0
February 27	67	41	0.00	0.0
February 28	66	43	0.00	0.0
February 29	69	37	0.00	0.0

March 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	64	44	0.00	0.0
March 2	44	40	0.00	0.0
March 3	42	37	0.03	0.0
March 4	48	41	0.01	0.0
March 5	79	44	0.09	0.0
March 6	60	35	0.00	0.0
March 7	56	31	0.00	0.0
March 8	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 9	36	28	0.66	6.1
March 10	37	26	0.00	0.0
March 11	48	34	0.03	0.0
March 12	46	27	0.20	0.0
March 13	66	38	0.34	0.0
March 14	47	31	0.00	0.0
March 15	58	35	0.00	0.0
March 16	46	35	0.29	0.0
March 17	35	24	0.03	0.6
March 18	44	20	0.00	0.0
March 19	71	38	0.00	0.0
March 20	74	46	0.00	0.0
March 21	79	47	0.09	0.0
March 22	48	32	0.00	0.0
March 23	56	27	0.00	0.0
March 24	66	37	0.00	0.0
March 25	65	45	0.00	0.0
March 26	71	44	0.00	0.0
March 27	70	47	0.11	0.0
March 28	64	44	0.00	0.0
March 29	65	38	0.00	0.0
March 30	57	47	0.00	0.0
March 31	52	44	0.37	0.0

April 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	61	45	0.49
April 2	50	40	0.07
April 3	57	38	0.00
April 4	54	36	0.40
April 5	59	34	0.00
April 6	66	38	0.00
April 7	62	41	0.00
April 8	52	40	0.06
April 9	54	36	0.00
April 10	65	31	0.00
April 11	63	33	0.00
April 12	46	27	0.00
April 13	61	31	0.00
April 14	69	39	0.00
April 15	73	39	0.00
April 16	85	45	0.00
April 17	89	56	0.00
April 18	87	58	0.00
April 19	83	56	0.00
April 20	84	59	0.00
April 21	83	61	0.06
April 22	77	57	0.02
April 23	78	51	0.00
April 24	68	49	0.00
April 25	58	49	0.30
April 26	57	41	0.00
April 27	50	37	0.00
April 28	62	39	0.00
April 29	65	43	0.00
April 30	71	40	0.00

May 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	61	54	2.29
May 2	71	50	0.00
May 3	61	43	0.00
May 4	55	37	0.00
May 5	73	39	0.00
May 6	77	55	0.00
May 7	77	51	0.74
May 8	61	41	0.00
May 9	65	39	0.00
May 10	75	47	0.00
May 11	73	55	0.18
May 12	62	46	0.11
May 13	66	40	0.00
May 14	77	57	0.00
May 15	78	65	0.00
May 16	77	64	0.20
May 17	75	63	0.03
May 18	72	43	1.05
May 19	56	41	0.01
May 20	77	50	0.03
May 21	80	55	0.01
May 22	70	50	0.00
May 23	69	44	0.00
May 24	70	48	0.00
May 25	63	50	0.00
May 26	59	50	0.01
May 27	75	45	0.00
May 28	77	52	0.00
May 29	69	57	0.36
May 30	66	59	0.03
May 31	75	59	0.00

June 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	81	61	0.73
June 2	64	53	0.60
June 3	72	46	0.00
June 4	73	46	0.00
June 5	74	47	0.00
June 6	70	46	0.00
June 7	82	54	0.00
June 8	83	58	0.00
June 9	89	57	0.00
June 10	90	64	0.00
June 11	89	66	0.00
June 12	82	58	0.00
June 13	67	56	0.00
June 14	77	62	0.00
June 15	87	64	0.00
June 16	84	70	0.04
June 17	78	69	0.14
June 18	81	68	0.00
June 19	83	69	0.00
June 20	84	71	0.00
June 21	80	68	0.50
June 22	80	71	0.00
June 23	83	72	0.00
June 24	88	70	0.00
June 25	88	75	0.00
June 26	87	70	0.00
June 27	91	65	0.03
June 28	92	68	0.00
June 29	91	71	0.00
June 30	88	70	0.10

July 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	65	0.00
July 2	86	61	0.00
July 3	85	63	0.44
July 4	81	61	0.37
July 5	82	60	0.00
July 6	84	66	0.00
July 7	80	66	0.20
July 8	83	65	0.06
July 9	85	65	0.01
July 10	85	62	0.00
July 11	84	68	1.65
July 12	82	66	0.15
July 13	74	65	0.03
July 14	80	64	0.00
July 15	82	66	0.03
July 16	85	69	0.19
July 17	80	63	0.00
July 18	82	57	0.00
July 19	85	62	0.00
July 20	88	65	0.00
July 21	86	69	0.05
July 22	76	70	0.00
July 23	79	69	0.24
July 24	88	71	0.07
July 25	80	61	0.00
July 26	80	54	0.00
July 27	84	64	0.00
July 28	91	69	0.00
July 29	83	73	0.84
July 30	87	72	0.00
July 31	86	71	0.00

August 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	61	0.00
August 2	78	55	0.00
August 3	80	57	0.00
August 4	82	61	0.00
August 5	87	63	0.00
August 6	90	68	0.00
August 7	82	72	0.09
August 8	78	69	0.12
August 9	74	69	1.03
August 10	82	66	0.02
August 11	85	63	0.00
August 12	88	66	0.00
August 13	89	70	0.41
August 14	88	69	0.10
August 15	85	67	0.06
August 16	77	61	0.00
August 17	82	58	0.00
August 18	82	64	0.00
August 19	79	58	0.00
August 20	83	55	0.00
August 21	87	59	0.00
August 22	92	68	0.00
August 23	91	71	0.00
August 24	84	69	0.00
August 25	86	67	0.00
August 26	91	73	0.00
August 27	77	71	0.17
August 28	85	71	0.00
August 29	88	62	0.00
August 30	74	52	0.00
August 31	75	50	0.00

September 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	55	0.00
September 2	73	61	0.15
September 3	74	58	0.00
September 4	80	55	0.00
September 5	84	60	0.00
September 6	75	52	0.00
September 7	81	49	0.00
September 8	90	62	0.00
September 9	86	63	0.00
September 10	72	55	0.15
September 11	77	49	0.00
September 12	86	53	0.00
September 13	90	58	0.00
September 14	89	58	0.00
September 15	75	64	0.04
September 16	75	68	0.38
September 17	82	66	0.06
September 18	79	61	0.00
September 19	83	61	0.00
September 20	83	58	0.01
September 21	68	52	0.02
September 22	68	48	0.00
September 23	78	43	0.00
September 24	71	56	0.00
September 25	69	56	0.00
September 26	74	55	0.15
September 27	75	66	0.09
September 28	71	52	0.00
September 29	68	46	0.00
September 30	59	51	1.06

October 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	63	57	0.09
October 2	62	57	0.31
October 3	65	57	0.63
October 4	74	56	0.00
October 5	65	57	0.00
October 6	71	57	0.10
October 7	75	59	0.00
October 8	74	63	0.08
October 9	77	50	0.78
October 10	60	44	0.00
October 11	59	37	0.00
October 12	63	36	0.00
October 13	72	42	0.00
October 14	63	45	0.00
October 15	73	40	0.00
October 16	63	46	0.00
October 17	49	38	0.26
October 18	52	34	0.00
October 19	54	28	0.00
October 20	64	50	1.82
October 21	57	42	0.00
October 22	52	35	0.00
October 23	56	32	0.00
October 24	53	45	0.19
October 25	58	49	0.70
October 26	57	36	0.22
October 27	43	30	0.00
October 28	46	24	0.00
October 29	61	30	0.00
October 30	56	32	0.27
October 31	63	46	0.67

November 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	51	32	0.00	0.0
November 2	53	26	0.00	0.0
November 3	56	40	0.03	0.0
November 4	59	39	0.00	0.0
November 5	47	38	0.00	0.0
November 6	53	33	0.00	0.0
November 7	59	37	0.00	0.0
November 8	43	28	0.01	0.0
November 9	42	24	0.00	0.0
November 10	56	34	0.00	0.0
November 11	47	31	0.00	0.0
November 12	44	30	0.01	0.0
November 13	46	26	0.00	0.0
November 14	49	29	0.00	0.0
November 15	47	31	0.00	0.0
November 16	49	27	0.00	0.0
November 17	51	26	0.00	0.0
November 18	55	35	0.00	0.0
November 19	64	32	0.00	0.0
November 20	51	33	0.00	0.0
November 21	50	29	0.00	0.0
November 22	42	31	0.00	0.0
November 23	43	28	0.00	0.0
November 24	41	23	0.01	0.0
November 25	44	28	0.00	0.0
November 26	64	29	0.00	0.0
November 27	59	43	0.04	0.0
November 28	54	41	0.08	0.0
November 29	53	23	0.31	0.1
November 30	28	15	0.00	0.0

December 1976 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	35	14	0.00	0.0
December 2	40	21	0.00	0.0
December 3	27	9	0.00	0.0
December 4	39	18	0.00	0.0
December 5	41	17	0.00	0.0
December 6	47	18	0.04	0.0
December 7	55	37	1.09	0.0
December 8	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 9	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 10	49	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	48	39	0.00	0.0
December 12	45	39	0.01	0.0
December 13	46	15	0.00	0.0
December 14	36	14	0.00	0.0
December 15	42	30	0.00	0.0
December 16	42	30	0.06	0.0
December 17	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 18	45	30	0.00	0.0
December 19	50	24	0.00	0.0
December 20	49	32	0.28	0.0
December 21	37	20	0.00	0.0
December 22	31	17	0.00	0.0
December 23	42	26	0.00	0.0
December 24	31	19	0.00	0.0
December 25	40	19	0.06	0.6
December 26	38	27	0.18	1.8
December 27	30	22	0.00	0.0
December 28	35	26	0.04	0.4
December 29	33	19	0.03	0.4
December 30	23	8	0.00	0.0
December 31	25	14	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