Wilmington Weather in 1981

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1981 based on NOAA data.

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1981 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	95 °F	July 9
Lowest temperature	-3 °F	January 12
Highest daily low	76 °F	July 9
Lowest daily high	15 °F	January 12
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	August 8
Most daily snow	3.7 inches	March 5
Total annual precipitation	35.3 inches	-
Total annual snow	13.0 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1981?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1981 was 95 °F which happened on July 9.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	95 °F	Jul 9
2	94 °F	Jul 19
2	94 °F	Jun 22
2	94 °F	Jun 16
5	93 °F	Jul 8
6	92 °F	Jul 18
7	91 °F	Sep 14
7	91 °F	Aug 5
7	91 °F	Jul 21
7	91 °F	Jul 20
7	91 °F	Jul 13
7	91 °F	Jul 12
7	91 °F	Jul 11
7	91 °F	Jul 10
7	91 °F	Jul 7
7	91 °F	Jun 25

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1981?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1981 was -3 °F which happened on Jan 12.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1981

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-3 °F	January 12
2	-2 °F	January 13
3	1 °F	January 9
4	4 °F	January 11
5	7 °F	January 18
5	7 °F	January 8
5	7 °F	January 4
8	9 °F	February 5
9	10 °F	February 4
9	10 °F	January 10

January 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	30	23	0.07	0.8
January 2	35	17	0.03	0.1
January 3	34	16	0.00	0.0
January 4	19	7	0.00	0.0
January 5	29	11	0.00	0.0
January 6	37	12	0.04	0.4
January 7	38	12	0.20	2.8
January 8	22	7	0.00	0.0
January 9	23	1	0.00	0.0
January 10	24	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	19	4	0.00	0.0
January 12	15	-3	0.00	0.0
January 13	21	-2	0.00	0.0
January 14	32	19	0.00	0.0
January 15	33	27	0.09	0.8
January 16	33	24	0.04	0.8
January 17	25	13	0.05	0.8
January 18	29	7	0.00	0.0
January 19	44	20	0.00	0.0
January 20	43	28	0.00	0.0
January 21	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 22	45	19	0.00	0.0
January 23	44	32	0.00	0.0
January 24	42	28	0.00	0.0
January 25	45	23	0.00	0.0
January 26	48	30	0.00	0.0
January 27	53	35	0.00	0.0
January 28	46	30	0.00	0.0
January 29	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 30	30	17	0.00	0.0
January 31	37	13	0.00	0.0

February 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	43	17	0.03
February 2	53	26	0.87
February 3	26	12	0.00
February 4	28	10	0.00
February 5	25	9	0.00
February 6	38	15	0.00
February 7	44	19	0.00
February 8	40	25	0.34
February 9	33	16	0.00
February 10	52	24	0.04
February 11	60	31	0.84
February 12	31	16	0.00
February 13	33	15	0.00
February 14	43	16	0.00
February 15	49	23	0.00
February 16	54	26	0.00
February 17	63	37	0.00
February 18	69	40	0.00
February 19	61	43	0.00
February 20	56	49	0.53
February 21	59	47	0.06
February 22	55	44	0.05
February 23	60	44	0.42
February 24	54	39	0.00
February 25	46	36	0.00
February 26	54	39	0.00
February 27	57	34	0.00
February 28	54	30	0.05

March 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	53	33	0.00	0.0
March 2	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 3	40	25	0.00	0.0
March 4	42	20	0.04	0.0
March 5	35	31	0.65	3.7
March 6	39	29	0.00	0.0
March 7	40	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	48	33	0.00	0.0
March 9	48	38	0.00	0.0
March 10	50	31	0.00	0.0
March 11	44	31	0.12	0.0
March 12	48	28	0.00	0.0
March 13	64	34	0.00	0.0
March 14	44	28	0.00	0.0
March 15	55	27	0.00	0.0
March 16	47	27	0.13	0.0
March 17	46	22	0.00	0.0
March 18	37	15	0.00	0.0
March 19	39	21	0.00	0.0
March 20	40	24	0.00	0.0
March 21	45	29	0.00	0.0
March 22	49	27	0.00	0.0
March 23	50	35	0.00	0.0
March 24	56	28	0.00	0.0
March 25	52	30	0.01	0.0
March 26	56	27	0.00	0.0
March 27	62	37	0.00	0.0
March 28	62	34	0.00	0.0
March 29	73	36	0.00	0.0
March 30	63	55	0.31	0.0
March 31	75	48	0.00	0.0

April 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	65	47	0.61
April 2	68	48	0.00
April 3	80	39	0.00
April 4	76	59	0.00
April 5	70	54	0.52
April 6	54	39	0.00
April 7	61	32	0.00
April 8	71	42	0.00
April 9	70	51	0.09
April 10	66	39	0.00
April 11	73	48	0.09
April 12	62	45	0.36
April 13	54	41	0.03
April 14	61	42	0.80
April 15	54	37	0.00
April 16	64	32	0.00
April 17	64	50	0.00
April 18	79	56	0.00
April 19	64	41	0.00
April 20	59	38	0.08
April 21	53	32	0.00
April 22	62	33	0.00
April 23	70	50	0.51
April 24	69	49	0.04
April 25	52	44	0.00
April 26	60	36	0.00
April 27	72	50	0.00
April 28	76	50	0.38
April 29	80	56	0.03
April 30	63	50	0.00

May 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	64	45	0.82
May 2	64	48	0.10
May 3	71	44	0.00
May 4	81	41	0.00
May 5	68	54	0.00
May 6	67	50	0.00
May 7	67	41	0.00
May 8	68	38	0.00
May 9	70	41	0.00
May 10	72	53	0.03
May 11	64	61	2.00
May 12	70	47	0.03
May 13	71	42	0.00
May 14	80	53	0.00
May 15	78	60	1.34
May 16	67	53	0.00
May 17	72	46	0.00
May 18	60	51	0.00
May 19	55	47	0.12
May 20	72	46	0.00
May 21	77	45	0.00
May 22	85	48	0.00
May 23	82	46	0.00
May 24	82	52	0.00
May 25	86	58	0.00
May 26	85	67	0.00
May 27	84	67	0.00
May 28	74	64	0.58
May 29	79	65	0.02
May 30	84	63	0.01
May 31	78	58	0.00

June 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	75	53	0.00
June 2	64	60	0.57
June 3	71	60	0.00
June 4	86	66	0.05
June 5	84	64	0.00
June 6	85	69	0.00
June 7	82	62	0.00
June 8	80	57	0.00
June 9	88	70	0.10
June 10	71	64	0.15
June 11	81	61	0.00
June 12	83	65	0.00
June 13	83	65	0.27
June 14	71	62	0.45
June 15	88	62	0.00
June 16	94	73	0.00
June 17	82	66	0.00
June 18	81	59	0.00
June 19	76	64	0.00
June 20	82	69	1.96
June 21	86	64	0.03
June 22	94	71	0.05
June 23	81	64	0.00
June 24	86	62	0.00
June 25	91	67	0.87
June 26	75	60	0.00
June 27	80	54	0.00
June 28	84	56	0.00
June 29	84	55	0.00
June 30	84	61	0.00

July 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	83	67	0.13
July 2	81	67	0.38
July 3	80	70	0.00
July 4	76	68	0.70
July 5	80	64	0.00
July 6	88	68	0.00
July 7	91	70	0.00
July 8	93	71	0.00
July 9	95	76	0.00
July 10	91	74	0.00
July 11	91	66	0.00
July 12	91	70	0.00
July 13	91	74	0.00
July 14	87	67	0.00
July 15	85	60	0.00
July 16	85	63	0.00
July 17	86	66	0.00
July 18	92	68	0.00
July 19	94	69	0.00
July 20	91	73	0.76
July 21	91	73	0.12
July 22	84	67	0.00
July 23	82	59	0.00
July 24	81	65	0.00
July 25	78	70	0.00
July 26	86	71	0.00
July 27	89	74	0.00
July 28	79	72	0.40
July 29	84	62	0.03
July 30	85	56	0.00
July 31	86	61	0.00

August 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	85	62	0.00
August 2	86	62	0.00
August 3	83	66	0.33
August 4	88	69	0.00
August 5	91	67	0.00
August 6	80	65	0.00
August 7	85	61	0.00
August 8	77	69	2.05
August 9	89	69	0.00
August 10	90	70	0.00
August 11	90	73	0.02
August 12	77	69	0.06
August 13	83	64	0.00
August 14	87	65	0.00
August 15	88	71	0.90
August 16	86	64	0.00
August 17	78	55	0.00
August 18	80	53	0.00
August 19	80	55	0.00
August 20	79	60	0.00
August 21	81	55	0.00
August 22	71	61	0.00
August 23	81	63	0.00
August 24	86	61	0.01
August 25	80	59	0.00
August 26	78	63	0.00
August 27	84	60	0.00
August 28	86	66	0.01
August 29	82	67	0.00
August 30	81	69	0.00
August 31	80	70	0.00

September 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	83	68	0.01
September 2	81	70	0.00
September 3	81	65	0.00
September 4	74	62	0.00
September 5	76	65	0.00
September 6	78	65	0.00
September 7	76	64	0.00
September 8	80	62	0.38
September 9	77	55	0.00
September 10	78	48	0.00
September 11	85	62	0.00
September 12	89	65	0.00
September 13	86	61	0.00
September 14	91	67	0.00
September 15	78	65	1.16
September 16	69	60	0.84
September 17	70	57	0.32
September 18	67	59	0.99
September 19	70	54	0.12
September 20	75	55	0.00
September 21	74	50	0.00
September 22	82	60	0.00
September 23	65	48	0.00
September 24	70	45	0.00
September 25	75	47	0.00
September 26	76	54	0.00
September 27	84	56	0.00
September 28	69	49	0.00
September 29	66	40	0.00
September 30	68	43	0.00

October 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	80	54	0.39
October 2	64	45	0.09
October 3	61	44	0.00
October 4	66	37	0.00
October 5	79	53	0.01
October 6	70	57	0.02
October 7	62	50	0.00
October 8	61	43	0.00
October 9	62	37	0.00
October 10	61	36	0.00
October 11	62	42	0.00
October 12	63	36	0.00
October 13	63	35	0.00
October 14	67	35	0.00
October 15	65	35	0.00
October 16	74	36	0.00
October 17	64	36	0.00
October 18	63	38	0.37
October 19	55	36	0.00
October 20	60	31	0.00
October 21	70	37	0.00
October 22	71	43	0.00
October 23	65	46	0.43
October 24	53	35	0.01
October 25	54	34	0.48
October 26	62	54	0.40
October 27	69	57	0.64
October 28	70	47	0.00
October 29	52	43	0.00
October 30	57	40	0.00
October 31	55	49	0.00

November 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	61	49	0.00
November 2	71	45	0.00
November 3	66	41	0.00
November 4	72	36	0.00
November 5	66	38	0.00
November 6	65	43	0.29
November 7	53	41	0.00
November 8	62	36	0.00
November 9	66	35	0.02
November 10	44	37	0.00
November 11	55	36	0.00
November 12	50	32	0.00
November 13	53	28	0.00
November 14	54	45	0.00
November 15	55	47	0.18
November 16	55	38	0.07
November 17	53	34	0.04
November 18	58	43	0.00
November 19	58	39	0.00
November 20	57	44	0.07
November 21	47	37	0.00
November 22	42	34	0.00
November 23	40	26	0.00
November 24	40	22	0.00
November 25	44	26	0.00
November 26	45	22	0.00
November 27	64	35	0.00
November 28	47	34	0.00
November 29	48	31	0.00
November 30	44	25	0.00

December 1981 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	54	22	0.71	0.0
December 2	55	43	0.21	0.0
December 3	49	36	0.00	0.0
December 4	50	37	0.29	0.0
December 5	44	34	0.05	0.0
December 6	42	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	43	33	0.03	0.0
December 8	50	38	0.11	0.0
December 9	38	29	0.00	0.0
December 10	35	27	0.00	0.0
December 11	38	25	0.00	0.0
December 12	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 13	40	19	0.00	0.0
December 14	35	20	1.04	0.2
December 15	39	33	0.91	0.6
December 16	39	29	0.30	2.0
December 17	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 18	37	21	0.00	0.0
December 19	29	16	0.00	0.0
December 20	28	16	0.00	0.0
December 21	33	13	0.00	0.0
December 22	40	31	0.00	0.0
December 23	63	34	0.00	0.0
December 24	46	27	0.00	0.0
December 25	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 26	40	22	0.00	0.0
December 27	41	33	0.07	0.0
December 28	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 29	45	29	0.00	0.0
December 30	39	18	0.00	0.0
December 31	42	19	0.23	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