Wilmington Weather in 1985

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1985 based on NOAA data.

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1985 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	94 °F	August 14
Lowest temperature	-14 °F	January 21
Highest daily low	75 °F	September 7
Lowest daily high	10 °F	January 21
Most daily precipitation	3.0 inches	July 31
Most daily snow	3.7 inches	January 17
Total annual precipitation	33.7 inches	-
Total annual snow	16.7 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1985?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1985 was 94 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1985

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	94 °F	Aug 14
1	94 °F	Apr 22
3	92 °F	Sep 5
3	92 °F	Sep 4
3	92 °F	Aug 15
3	92 °F	Jul 21
3	92 °F	Jul 20
3	92 °F	Jul 15
3	92 °F	Apr 21
3	92 °F	Apr 19

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1985?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1985 was -14 °F which happened on Jan 21.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1985

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	-14 °F	January 21
2	-8 °F	January 20
3	8 °F	January 22
4	11 °F	December 26
4	11 °F	December 20
4	11 °F	December 19
4	11 °F	January 10
8	12 °F	December 22
8	12 °F	January 27
8	12 °F	January 16
8	12 °F	January 12
8	12 °F	January 9

January 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	59	43	0.02	0.0
January 2	56	38	0.17	0.0
January 3	38	31	0.17	0.0
January 4	34	30	0.14	0.0
January 5	39	25	0.08	1.3
January 6	45	25	0.00	0.0
January 7	46	31	0.00	0.0
January 8	39	19	0.00	0.0
January 9	27	12	0.00	0.0
January 10	25	11	0.00	0.0
January 11	26	16	0.10	1.6
January 12	33	12	0.00	0.0
January 13	37	14	0.00	0.0
January 14	47	23	0.00	0.0
January 15	37	18	0.01	0.1
January 16	29	12	0.00	0.0
January 17	32	21	0.14	3.7
January 18	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 19	37	22	0.00	0.0
January 20	23	-8	0.15	1.5
January 21	10	-14	0.00	0.0
January 22	31	8	0.00	0.0
January 23	34	20	0.00	0.0
January 24	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 25	44	27	0.31	3.6
January 26	28	15	0.03	0.3
January 27	30	12	0.00	0.0
January 28	41	16	0.00	0.0
January 29	37	20	0.00	0.0
January 30	37	17	0.00	0.0
January 31	37	29	0.24	2.1

February 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	40	35	0.70	0.0
February 2	38	30	0.32	0.4
February 3	30	18	0.00	0.0
February 4	35	13	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	18	0.17	0.3
February 6	37	29	0.01	0.0
February 7	34	18	0.00	0.0
February 8	27	14	0.00	0.0
February 9	33	20	0.00	0.0
February 10	39	20	0.00	0.0
February 11	47	22	0.00	0.0
February 12	54	36	0.85	0.0
February 13	40	32	0.00	0.0
February 14	43	28	0.00	0.0
February 15	39	25	0.00	0.0
February 16	37	19	0.00	0.0
February 17	50	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	49	28	0.00	0.0
February 19	54	30	0.00	0.0
February 20	49	28	0.00	0.0
February 21	52	24	0.00	0.0
February 22	65	37	0.00	0.0
February 23	72	47	0.00	0.0
February 24	78	47	0.00	0.0
February 25	71	48	0.00	0.0
February 26	51	44	0.00	0.0
February 27	61	32	0.00	0.0
February 28	45	22	0.00	0.0

March 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	58	29	0.00
March 2	63	35	0.00
March 3	53	30	0.00
March 4	63	36	0.04
March 5	69	38	0.18
March 6	44	27	0.00
March 7	46	22	0.00
March 8	55	42	0.15
March 9	60	40	0.00
March 10	62	37	0.00
March 11	60	33	0.10
March 12	61	47	0.38
March 13	63	41	0.00
March 14	59	43	0.00
March 15	52	33	0.00
March 16	54	30	0.00
March 17	57	34	0.00
March 18	43	28	0.00
March 19	51	19	0.00
March 20	67	41	0.00
March 21	50	31	0.00
March 22	48	35	0.07
March 23	48	39	0.36
March 24	50	38	0.29
March 25	53	34	0.01
March 26	58	28	0.00
March 27	74	33	0.00
March 28	80	52	0.00
March 29	78	57	0.00
March 30	65	50	0.13
March 31	50	43	0.32

April 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	60	39	0.06	0.0
April 2	51	34	0.00	0.0
April 3	58	30	0.11	0.0
April 4	63	35	0.00	0.0
April 5	82	45	0.00	0.0
April 6	73	51	0.00	0.0
April 7	62	43	0.01	0.0
April 8	57	34	0.01	0.0
April 9	45	28	0.04	0.4
April 10	48	22	0.00	0.0
April 11	60	37	0.01	0.0
April 12	70	36	0.00	0.0
April 13	71	48	0.00	0.0
April 14	72	49	0.00	0.0
April 15	66	53	0.02	0.0
April 16	76	54	0.03	0.0
April 17	62	45	0.00	0.0
April 18	77	41	0.00	0.0
April 19	92	61	0.00	0.0
April 20	90	57	0.00	0.0
April 21	92	57	0.00	0.0
April 22	94	59	0.00	0.0
April 23	76	55	0.00	0.0
April 24	56	52	0.02	0.0
April 25	73	52	0.04	0.0
April 26	85	49	0.00	0.0
April 27	76	55	0.00	0.0
April 28	75	50	0.00	0.0
April 29	75	43	0.00	0.0
April 30	83	44	0.00	0.0

May 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	87	55	0.00
May 2	67	48	1.14
May 3	60	44	1.08
May 4	70	37	0.00
May 5	80	51	0.00
May 6	80	59	0.01
May 7	70	52	0.00
May 8	70	47	0.00
May 9	73	46	0.00
May 10	82	55	0.00
May 11	87	64	0.00
May 12	82	65	0.07
May 13	86	65	0.00
May 14	86	58	0.00
May 15	69	52	0.00
May 16	75	55	0.00
May 17	66	60	2.39
May 18	70	52	0.02
May 19	72	48	0.00
May 20	86	54	0.00
May 21	83	65	0.09
May 22	75	60	0.00
May 23	65	55	0.43
May 24	74	54	0.00
May 25	84	54	0.00
May 26	87	58	0.00
May 27	88	62	0.00
May 28	84	62	0.29
May 29	70	56	0.00
May 30	72	50	0.00
May 31	78	62	0.00

June 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	64	0.01
June 2	83	56	0.00
June 3	88	63	0.04
June 4	79	66	0.00
June 5	77	62	0.16
June 6	81	61	0.00
June 7	72	56	0.00
June 8	73	61	0.35
June 9	87	61	0.00
June 10	88	68	0.00
June 11	83	66	0.00
June 12	85	65	0.00
June 13	69	54	0.00
June 14	75	52	0.00
June 15	77	54	0.06
June 16	81	63	0.23
June 17	82	61	0.00
June 18	84	70	0.18
June 19	81	64	0.00
June 20	80	58	0.00
June 21	82	55	0.00
June 22	82	63	0.00
June 23	87	70	0.00
June 24	90	67	0.00
June 25	80	56	0.00
June 26	75	55	0.00
June 27	74	53	0.22
June 28	73	55	0.12
June 29	80	58	0.00
June 30	80	62	0.00

July 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	79	57	0.00
July 2	79	61	0.00
July 3	86	67	0.00
July 4	87	64	0.00
July 5	85	72	0.00
July 6	86	69	0.64
July 7	87	67	0.01
July 8	85	61	0.33
July 9	89	67	0.00
July 10	85	67	0.52
July 11	88	67	0.00
July 12	83	65	0.00
July 13	88	65	0.00
July 14	91	73	0.00
July 15	92	72	0.42
July 16	89	72	0.11
July 17	86	67	0.00
July 18	88	62	0.00
July 19	89	63	0.00
July 20	92	70	0.00
July 21	92	70	0.01
July 22	89	72	0.21
July 23	80	62	0.01
July 24	81	56	0.00
July 25	90	70	0.55
July 26	88	74	0.85
July 27	87	68	0.23
July 28	87	62	0.00
July 29	81	64	0.00
July 30	89	67	0.00
July 31	85	73	3.02

August 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	81	66	0.00
August 2	82	61	0.00
August 3	83	61	0.00
August 4	83	60	0.00
August 5	82	61	0.00
August 6	82	62	0.00
August 7	89	70	0.00
August 8	83	70	0.33
August 9	88	69	0.00
August 10	87	70	0.00
August 11	87	69	0.09
August 12	83	65	0.00
August 13	85	62	0.00
August 14	94	73	0.00
August 15	92	74	0.00
August 16	84	71	0.00
August 17	82	65	0.00
August 18	73	67	0.17
August 19	84	69	0.00
August 20	83	71	0.00
August 21	75	64	0.40
August 22	79	59	0.00
August 23	79	55	0.00
August 24	82	61	0.01
August 25	77	66	1.07
August 26	85	72	0.21
August 27	83	69	0.00
August 28	82	64	0.00
August 29	84	64	0.00
August 30	85	69	0.00
August 31	73	63	0.00

September 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	73	63	0.00
September 2	83	64	0.00
September 3	88	66	0.00
September 4	92	72	0.00
September 5	92	72	0.00
September 6	89	74	0.00
September 7	91	75	0.00
September 8	88	72	0.36
September 9	90	71	0.13
September 10	90	69	0.23
September 11	74	56	0.00
September 12	69	48	0.00
September 13	63	48	0.00
September 14	69	46	0.00
September 15	72	46	0.00
September 16	75	47	0.00
September 17	76	50	0.00
September 18	77	51	0.00
September 19	84	56	0.00
September 20	85	58	0.00
September 21	81	56	0.00
September 22	80	60	0.06
September 23	73	66	0.03
September 24	80	60	0.00
September 25	75	52	0.00
September 26	73	61	1.71
September 27	74	59	2.04
September 28	71	51	0.00
September 29	75	49	0.00
September 30	76	50	0.00

October 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	80	58	0.00
October 2	69	57	0.11
October 3	58	56	0.88
October 4	69	56	0.22
October 5	74	52	0.15
October 6	63	45	0.00
October 7	65	42	0.00
October 8	70	42	0.00
October 9	74	48	0.00
October 10	77	54	0.00
October 11	67	50	0.00
October 12	61	42	0.00
October 13	72	55	0.00
October 14	75	55	0.00
October 15	82	63	0.04
October 16	73	52	0.00
October 17	62	42	0.00
October 18	67	40	0.00
October 19	76	54	0.00
October 20	67	54	0.06
October 21	59	51	0.07
October 22	66	53	0.01
October 23	72	57	0.00
October 24	69	57	0.30
October 25	70	45	0.00
October 26	67	38	0.00
October 27	67	39	0.00
October 28	58	39	0.00
October 29	55	33	0.00
October 30	57	34	0.00
October 31	59	51	0.00

November 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	64	49	0.00
November 2	55	49	0.00
November 3	60	52	0.00
November 4	61	55	0.31
November 5	60	50	0.17
November 6	57	46	0.00
November 7	62	40	0.00
November 8	57	42	0.00
November 9	66	37	0.00
November 10	71	54	0.00
November 11	74	47	0.00
November 12	52	48	0.01
November 13	68	50	0.01
November 14	69	52	0.02
November 15	65	44	0.00
November 16	58	39	0.81
November 17	61	46	0.05
November 18	60	39	0.00
November 19	71	47	0.00
November 20	75	53	0.00
November 21	58	41	0.00
November 22	42	37	0.79
November 23	52	35	0.00
November 24	54	30	0.00
November 25	42	34	0.03
November 26	47	37	0.21
November 27	54	42	0.24
November 28	43	40	1.21
November 29	43	38	0.02
November 30	46	41	0.58

December 1985 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	49	43	0.04	0.0
December 2	58	28	0.01	0.0
December 3	37	24	0.00	0.0
December 4	33	24	0.00	0.0
December 5	38	23	0.00	0.0
December 6	41	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 8	49	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	52	27	0.00	0.0
December 10	49	29	0.00	0.0
December 11	55	36	0.00	0.0
December 12	61	39	0.00	0.0
December 13	42	38	0.64	0.0
December 14	42	21	0.00	0.0
December 15	37	17	0.00	0.0
December 16	44	21	0.00	0.0
December 17	39	28	0.00	0.0
December 18	34	15	0.00	0.0
December 19	28	11	0.00	0.0
December 20	26	11	0.06	1.4
December 21	29	14	0.00	0.0
December 22	32	12	0.00	0.0
December 23	46	32	0.00	0.0
December 24	55	28	0.01	0.0
December 25	40	17	0.02	0.0
December 26	21	11	0.00	0.0
December 27	45	20	0.00	0.0
December 28	38	26	0.00	0.0
December 29	42	25	0.00	0.0
December 30	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 31	47	20	0.02	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