Wilmington Weather in 1979

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1979 based on NOAA data.

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1979 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 10
Lowest temperature	-6 °F	February 18
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 26
Lowest daily high	13 °F	February 17
Most daily precipitation	2.4 inches	July 18
Most daily snow	14.9 inches	February 19
Total annual precipitation	53.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	43.6 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1979?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1979 was 94 °F which happened on August 10.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 10
2	92 °F	Aug 8
2	92 °F	Aug 5
4	91 °F	Aug 4
4	91 °F	Aug 1
4	91 °F	Jul 16
4	91 °F	Jul 15
4	91 °F	Jul 13
4	91 °F	Jul 12
10	90 °F	Aug 6
10	90 °F	Aug 2
10	90 °F	Jul 31
10	90 °F	Jul 17

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1979?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1979 was -6 °F which happened on Feb 18.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1979

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-6 °F	February 18
2	-4 °F	February 14
3	-2 °F	February 13
3	-2 °F	February 10
5	-1 °F	February 17
5	-1 °F	February 12
5	-1 °F	February 11
8	3 °F	February 9
9	6 °F	January 19
10	7 °F	February 20
10	7 °F	February 16

January 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	64	41	0.27	0.0
January 2	63	33	1.40	0.0
January 3	33	8	0.00	0.0
January 4	30	8	0.00	0.0
January 5	33	19	0.09	1.4
January 6	33	26	0.09	1.6
January 7	54	29	1.37	2.1
January 8	57	20	0.39	0.0
January 9	26	14	0.00	0.0
January 10	32	14	0.00	0.0
January 11	24	13	0.00	0.0
January 12	27	13	0.24	3.1
January 13	38	26	0.17	0.0
January 14	43	25	0.01	0.0
January 15	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 16	45	23	0.00	0.0
January 17	34	24	0.05	0.7
January 18	32	12	0.00	0.0
January 19	21	6	0.00	0.0
January 20	35	19	1.18	0.2
January 21	53	35	0.97	0.0
January 22	40	28	0.00	0.0
January 23	39	21	0.00	0.0
January 24	55	34	1.12	0.0
January 25	45	30	0.00	0.0
January 26	43	30	0.00	0.1
January 27	43	29	0.00	0.0
January 28	39	28	0.23	2.1
January 29	45	35	0.00	0.0
January 30	38	30	0.00	0.0
January 31	33	27	0.03	0.7

February 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	30	20	0.00	0.0
February 2	36	22	0.00	0.0
February 3	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 4	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 5	25	13	0.00	0.0
February 6	28	10	0.00	0.0
February 7	23	19	0.40	5.3
February 8	29	13	0.00	0.0
February 9	18	3	0.00	0.0
February 10	18	-2	0.00	0.0
February 11	14	-1	0.00	0.0
February 12	15	-1	0.41	4.8
February 13	15	-2	0.00	0.0
February 14	13	-4	0.04	0.5
February 15	23	10	0.07	0.3
February 16	25	7	0.23	0.1
February 17	13	-1	0.00	0.0
February 18	14	-6	0.11	1.6
February 19	30	13	1.58	14.9
February 20	34	7	0.00	0.0
February 21	39	15	0.34	0.0
February 22	47	29	0.00	0.0
February 23	42	30	0.19	0.0
February 24	43	35	2.17	0.0
February 25	43	36	0.66	0.0
February 26	40	35	0.80	0.0
February 27	39	32	0.02	0.0
February 28	55	29	0.00	0.0

March 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	49	30	0.04	0.0
March 2	57	37	0.00	0.0
March 3	44	37	0.00	0.0
March 4	57	38	0.04	0.0
March 5	58	46	0.11	0.0
March 6	54	42	0.89	0.0
March 7	53	34	0.00	0.0
March 8	56	28	0.00	0.0
March 9	57	30	0.00	0.0
March 10	60	41	0.08	0.0
March 11	48	24	0.49	0.2
March 12	45	21	0.00	0.0
March 13	61	28	0.00	0.0
March 14	65	36	0.08	0.0
March 15	38	22	0.00	0.0
March 16	42	16	0.00	0.0
March 17	59	25	0.00	0.0
March 18	61	34	0.00	0.0
March 19	56	25	0.00	0.0
March 20	62	32	0.00	0.0
March 21	64	38	0.00	0.0
March 22	67	32	0.00	0.0
March 23	67	37	0.00	0.0
March 24	58	50	0.80	0.0
March 25	55	36	0.00	0.0
March 26	43	31	0.00	0.0
March 27	48	26	0.00	0.0
March 28	48	27	0.00	0.0
March 29	73	39	0.04	0.0
March 30	77	52	0.00	0.0
March 31	80	57	0.04	0.0

April 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	66	46	0.02
April 2	55	43	0.14
April 3	53	41	0.21
April 4	45	40	0.25
April 5	57	39	0.00
April 6	52	34	0.00
April 7	49	30	0.00
April 8	47	27	0.00
April 9	47	34	0.92
April 10	57	36	0.00
April 11	63	30	0.00
April 12	56	43	0.16
April 13	54	39	0.07
April 14	56	39	0.44
April 15	61	40	0.00
April 16	53	38	0.01
April 17	56	41	0.00
April 18	63	37	0.00
April 19	63	33	0.00
April 20	63	37	0.00
April 21	71	37	0.00
April 22	70	47	0.00
April 23	77	52	0.00
April 24	67	49	0.00
April 25	75	56	0.36
April 26	70	58	1.26
April 27	68	52	0.11
April 28	63	44	0.08
April 29	66	43	0.00
April 30	70	40	0.00

May 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	45	0.00
May 2	67	40	0.00
May 3	75	50	0.00
May 4	69	51	0.11
May 5	64	47	0.02
May 6	69	42	0.00
May 7	76	51	0.00
May 8	81	56	0.00
May 9	87	61	0.00
May 10	88	64	0.00
May 11	83	63	0.00
May 12	67	61	0.32
May 13	74	64	0.96
May 14	66	55	0.03
May 15	74	52	0.04
May 16	72	53	0.00
May 17	73	45	0.00
May 18	65	51	0.27
May 19	68	57	0.03
May 20	72	57	0.00
May 21	67	57	0.00
May 22	73	61	0.00
May 23	79	60	0.21
May 24	78	64	0.68
May 25	77	57	0.26
May 26	65	51	0.00
May 27	74	50	0.00
May 28	73	51	0.03
May 29	75	48	0.07
May 30	78	58	0.01
May 31	75	60	0.06

June 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	79	68	0.14
June 2	71	62	0.00
June 3	67	60	0.53
June 4	69	59	0.49
June 5	83	54	0.14
June 6	79	62	0.05
June 7	85	63	0.00
June 8	84	67	0.00
June 9	83	68	0.00
June 10	80	68	0.00
June 11	69	55	1.15
June 12	72	47	0.00
June 13	73	48	0.00
June 14	77	49	0.00
June 15	81	54	0.00
June 16	81	58	0.00
June 17	80	63	0.03
June 18	84	61	0.00
June 19	77	59	0.00
June 20	79	55	0.00
June 21	78	54	0.00
June 22	79	60	0.03
June 23	85	62	0.54
June 24	67	51	0.00
June 25	75	49	0.00
June 26	76	51	0.00
June 27	73	52	0.00
June 28	77	60	0.03
June 29	80	61	0.00
June 30	82	65	0.88

July 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	79	63	0.65
July 2	78	62	0.00
July 3	83	64	0.00
July 4	75	55	0.34
July 5	71	52	0.00
July 6	78	50	0.00
July 7	79	53	0.00
July 8	82	56	0.00
July 9	81	61	0.00
July 10	78	62	0.00
July 11	85	61	0.00
July 12	91	69	0.00
July 13	91	71	0.00
July 14	87	72	0.00
July 15	91	72	0.00
July 16	91	73	0.00
July 17	90	73	0.00
July 18	84	70	2.42
July 19	83	68	0.00
July 20	83	71	0.00
July 21	81	69	0.08
July 22	85	66	0.00
July 23	85	71	1.03
July 24	86	68	0.00
July 25	89	74	0.00
July 26	88	76	0.00
July 27	86	71	0.00
July 28	88	67	0.00
July 29	85	71	0.24
July 30	88	70	0.00
July 31	90	74	0.00

August 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	91	75	0.00
August 2	90	75	2.20
August 3	87	74	0.81
August 4	91	74	0.02
August 5	92	70	0.00
August 6	90	72	0.00
August 7	84	63	0.00
August 8	92	72	0.01
August 9	87	71	0.00
August 10	94	71	0.18
August 11	85	64	0.28
August 12	64	58	0.73
August 13	78	56	0.00
August 14	83	63	0.00
August 15	73	57	0.00
August 16	76	52	0.00
August 17	77	49	0.00
August 18	70	59	0.22
August 19	82	64	0.00
August 20	84	65	0.00
August 21	77	62	0.12
August 22	82	56	0.00
August 23	82	61	0.00
August 24	81	72	0.08
August 25	88	72	0.22
August 26	84	70	0.00
August 27	88	72	0.55
August 28	84	70	0.00
August 29	87	73	0.17
August 30	89	72	0.52
August 31	87	68	0.00

September 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	69	0.00
September 2	86	71	0.07
September 3	86	73	0.02
September 4	86	70	0.00
September 5	82	73	1.49
September 6	87	72	0.47
September 7	85	67	0.00
September 8	75	61	0.00
September 9	75	56	0.00
September 10	77	54	0.00
September 11	80	59	0.00
September 12	78	55	0.00
September 13	78	57	0.00
September 14	85	67	0.21
September 15	73	53	0.00
September 16	76	49	0.00
September 17	77	52	0.00
September 18	78	55	0.00
September 19	74	49	0.00
September 20	67	41	0.00
September 21	71	58	1.10
September 22	71	58	0.38
September 23	70	50	0.22
September 24	70	47	0.00
September 25	70	55	0.00
September 26	80	53	0.00
September 27	75	55	0.00
September 28	75	61	0.01
September 29	78	70	0.30
September 30	71	64	1.67

October 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
October 1	67	62	0.39	0.0
October 2	76	63	0.00	0.0
October 3	73	64	0.11	0.0
October 4	76	55	0.00	0.0
October 5	75	52	0.34	0.0
October 6	67	48	0.00	0.0
October 7	64	47	0.02	0.0
October 8	63	45	0.00	0.0
October 9	66	43	0.41	0.0
October 10	45	34	1.10	2.5
October 11	52	35	0.02	0.0
October 12	62	47	0.21	0.0
October 13	54	40	0.04	0.0
October 14	57	35	0.00	0.0
October 15	61	36	0.00	0.0
October 16	65	38	0.00	0.0
October 17	65	49	0.00	0.0
October 18	74	50	0.00	0.0
October 19	71	48	0.00	0.0
October 20	73	57	0.00	0.0
October 21	82	54	0.00	0.0
October 22	81	55	0.00	0.0
October 23	78	52	0.63	0.0
October 24	57	42	0.07	0.0
October 25	54	41	0.00	0.0
October 26	50	33	0.00	0.0
October 27	51	39	0.00	0.0
October 28	55	39	0.11	0.0
October 29	62	39	0.00	0.0
October 30	59	35	0.00	0.0
October 31	60	35	0.00	0.0

November 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	64	40	0.00
November 2	70	54	0.39
November 3	62	37	0.33
November 4	58	34	0.00
November 5	56	34	0.00
November 6	58	30	0.00
November 7	58	40	0.00
November 8	51	34	0.00
November 9	60	46	0.00
November 10	65	55	0.22
November 11	55	45	0.61
November 12	56	44	0.01
November 13	50	45	0.07
November 14	50	34	0.01
November 15	47	31	0.00
November 16	51	32	0.01
November 17	62	33	0.00
November 18	69	33	0.00
November 19	66	37	0.00
November 20	56	42	0.00
November 21	64	35	0.00
November 22	66	45	0.00
November 23	73	41	0.00
November 24	73	55	0.00
November 25	70	54	0.00
November 26	69	49	1.58
November 27	58	43	0.00
November 28	63	38	0.00
November 29	42	28	0.00
November 30	40	24	0.00

December 1979 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	43	24	0.00	0.0
December 2	41	22	0.00	0.0
December 3	41	21	0.00	0.0
December 4	50	23	0.00	0.0
December 5	55	23	0.00	0.0
December 6	51	30	0.35	0.0
December 7	51	36	0.00	0.0
December 8	49	30	0.00	0.0
December 9	40	26	0.00	0.0
December 10	50	30	0.00	0.0
December 11	61	31	0.00	0.0
December 12	64	37	0.00	0.0
December 13	55	39	0.49	0.0
December 14	42	25	0.00	0.0
December 15	40	25	0.00	0.0
December 16	47	30	0.12	0.0
December 17	47	19	0.00	0.0
December 18	31	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	29	25	0.10	1.2
December 20	33	25	0.01	0.2
December 21	36	21	0.00	0.0
December 22	46	33	0.00	0.0
December 23	49	36	0.00	0.0
December 24	56	42	0.05	0.0
December 25	59	41	0.32	0.0
December 26	49	35	0.00	0.0
December 27	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 28	49	33	0.00	0.0
December 29	52	33	0.00	0.0
December 30	53	29	0.00	0.0
December 31	49	24	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