Wilmington Weather in 1987

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1987 based on NOAA data.

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1987 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	July 21
Lowest temperature	0 °F	January 28
Highest daily low	78 °F	July 25
Lowest daily high	20 °F	January 25
Most daily precipitation	2.7 inches	August 5
Most daily snow	12.4 inches	February 23
Total annual precipitation	36.0 inches	-
Total annual snow	42.5 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1987?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1987 was 98 °F which happened on July 21.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Jul 21
2	96 °F	Jul 25
3	95 °F	Jul 24
3	95 °F	Jul 23
3	95 °F	Jul 22
3	95 °F	Jul 11
7	94 °F	Aug 5
7	94 °F	Aug 4
7	94 °F	Jul 20
10	93 °F	Aug 17
10	93 °F	Aug 3
10	93 °F	Jul 26
10	93 °F	Jul 19
10	93 °F	Jul 9
10	93 °F	Jun 15
10	93 °F	May 30

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1987?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1987 was 0 °F which happened on Jan 28.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1987

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	0 °F	January 28
2	1 °F	January 27
3	6 °F	January 24
4	9 °F	February 16
4	9 °F	February 15
4	9 °F	January 25
7	13 °F	December 31
8	14 °F	December 30
8	14 °F	January 26
8	14 °F	January 23

January 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	38	26	0.65	0.4
January 2	39	33	0.46	1.3
January 3	42	31	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	24	0.00	0.0
January 5	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 6	42	22	0.00	0.0
January 7	46	32	0.00	0.0
January 8	41	30	0.00	0.0
January 9	41	33	0.00	0.0
January 10	43	33	0.20	0.0
January 11	42	33	0.00	0.0
January 12	40	32	0.00	0.0
January 13	45	30	0.00	0.0
January 14	55	26	0.00	0.0
January 15	57	44	0.02	0.0
January 16	49	32	0.00	0.0
January 17	36	21	0.00	0.0
January 18	37	28	0.72	0.1
January 19	37	33	0.80	0.4
January 20	38	33	0.00	0.0
January 21	39	30	0.00	0.0
January 22	31	27	1.13	12.1
January 23	34	14	0.00	0.0
January 24	20	6	0.00	0.0
January 25	20	9	0.08	0.9
January 26	27	14	0.19	5.2
January 27	28	1	0.00	0.0
January 28	28	0	0.00	0.0
January 29	36	15	0.00	0.0
January 30	36	27	0.10	1.0
January 31	35	26	0.00	0.0

February 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	35	23	0.00	0.0
February 2	49	33	0.02	0.0
February 3	50	28	0.00	0.0
February 4	41	31	0.00	0.0
February 5	34	23	0.00	0.0
February 6	47	22	0.00	0.0
February 7	47	25	0.00	0.0
February 8	45	24	0.01	0.0
February 9	33	23	0.10	1.0
February 10	39	19	0.00	0.0
February 11	41	27	0.00	0.0
February 12	38	26	0.03	0.3
February 13	35	28	0.00	0.0
February 14	29	21	0.00	0.0
February 15	26	9	0.00	0.0
February 16	31	9	0.00	0.0
February 17	39	22	0.00	0.0
February 18	42	28	0.00	0.0
February 19	41	19	0.00	0.0
February 20	41	23	0.00	0.0
February 21	46	26	0.00	0.0
February 22	45	22	0.16	2.0
February 23	40	30	0.98	12.4
February 24	41	28	0.00	0.0
February 25	37	22	0.00	0.0
February 26	40	20	0.00	0.0
February 27	40	29	0.00	0.0
February 28	44	28	0.22	0.0

March 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	59	41	0.27	0.0
March 2	51	37	0.00	0.0
March 3	50	33	0.00	0.0
March 4	36	25	0.00	0.0
March 5	43	24	0.00	0.0
March 6	52	23	0.00	0.0
March 7	72	34	0.00	0.0
March 8	73	40	0.00	0.0
March 9	63	32	0.01	0.1
March 10	35	23	0.00	0.0
March 11	36	19	0.00	0.0
March 12	40	31	0.00	0.0
March 13	47	33	0.00	0.0
March 14	46	27	0.00	0.0
March 15	45	33	0.01	0.1
March 16	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 17	53	27	0.00	0.0
March 18	59	29	0.00	0.0
March 19	57	30	0.00	0.0
March 20	57	31	0.00	0.0
March 21	50	32	0.00	0.0
March 22	58	41	0.00	0.0
March 23	66	36	0.00	0.0
March 24	68	33	0.00	0.0
March 25	65	35	0.00	0.0
March 26	67	47	0.00	0.0
March 27	67	41	0.00	0.0
March 28	68	50	0.19	0.0
March 29	66	46	0.00	0.0
March 30	60	50	0.49	0.0
March 31	60	33	0.19	0.0

April 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
April 1	47	28	0.00	0.0
April 2	63	37	0.00	0.0
April 3	55	39	0.21	0.0
April 4	60	44	0.88	0.0
April 5	47	32	0.62	1.8
April 6	44	33	0.12	0.6
April 7	58	41	0.00	0.0
April 8	64	41	0.00	0.0
April 9	60	39	0.00	0.0
April 10	70	37	0.00	0.0
April 11	73	42	0.01	0.0
April 12	65	43	0.00	0.0
April 13	60	45	0.00	0.0
April 14	64	37	0.00	0.0
April 15	54	49	0.00	0.0
April 16	49	44	0.14	0.0
April 17	59	46	0.05	0.0
April 18	65	53	0.00	0.0
April 19	73	57	0.00	0.0
April 20	73	58	0.00	0.0
April 21	76	57	0.00	0.0
April 22	77	50	0.00	0.0
April 23	57	46	0.00	0.0
April 24	60	47	0.53	0.0
April 25	54	43	0.07	0.0
April 26	63	37	0.00	0.0
April 27	62	37	0.00	0.0
April 28	58	43	0.00	0.0
April 29	70	39	0.00	0.0
April 30	65	46	0.00	0.0

May 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	39	0.00
May 2	65	49	0.12
May 3	72	50	0.26
May 4	50	46	0.91
May 5	59	45	0.00
May 6	73	42	0.00
May 7	78	46	0.00
May 8	68	47	0.01
May 9	75	42	0.00
May 10	86	49	0.00
May 11	86	60	0.00
May 12	85	58	0.74
May 13	65	49	0.00
May 14	69	46	0.00
May 15	73	54	0.17
May 16	68	47	0.00
May 17	81	50	0.00
May 18	90	58	0.13
May 19	58	49	0.27
May 20	53	48	0.50
May 21	74	53	0.00
May 22	78	58	0.00
May 23	82	64	0.00
May 24	76	59	0.00
May 25	63	55	0.00
May 26	64	55	0.00
May 27	62	55	0.04
May 28	81	60	0.00
May 29	92	64	0.00
May 30	93	68	0.00
May 31	87	71	0.00

June 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	90	69	0.00
June 2	86	68	0.04
June 3	70	65	0.00
June 4	72	63	0.75
June 5	79	60	0.00
June 6	76	59	0.00
June 7	83	55	0.00
June 8	91	67	0.00
June 9	81	63	0.12
June 10	75	52	0.00
June 11	77	50	0.00
June 12	78	62	0.00
June 13	85	67	0.00
June 14	87	62	0.00
June 15	93	72	0.41
June 16	84	69	0.00
June 17	82	62	0.00
June 18	84	58	0.00
June 19	88	63	0.00
June 20	90	70	0.00
June 21	85	72	0.28
June 22	87	71	0.01
June 23	88	66	0.00
June 24	82	61	0.00
June 25	88	60	0.00
June 26	77	65	0.02
June 27	86	68	0.39
June 28	79	58	0.00
June 29	88	58	0.00
June 30	92	71	0.29

July 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	67	0.42
July 2	86	71	1.37
July 3	87	73	0.00
July 4	87	74	0.00
July 5	86	72	0.00
July 6	83	68	0.00
July 7	78	67	0.01
July 8	91	73	0.09
July 9	93	74	0.00
July 10	87	74	0.00
July 11	95	75	0.00
July 12	92	71	0.10
July 13	88	68	0.00
July 14	88	63	0.76
July 15	77	60	0.00
July 16	79	60	0.00
July 17	83	58	0.00
July 18	89	61	0.00
July 19	93	68	0.00
July 20	94	72	0.00
July 21	98	74	0.00
July 22	95	75	0.00
July 23	95	73	0.00
July 24	95	74	0.00
July 25	96	78	0.00
July 26	93	69	1.20
July 27	89	68	0.00
July 28	87	69	0.00
July 29	84	64	0.00
July 30	89	67	0.00
July 31	89	72	0.14

August 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	71	0.00
August 2	85	72	0.00
August 3	93	75	0.00
August 4	94	74	0.00
August 5	94	72	2.66
August 6	76	68	0.00
August 7	81	63	0.00
August 8	89	70	0.00
August 9	89	74	0.22
August 10	88	64	0.00
August 11	85	61	0.00
August 12	82	64	0.00
August 13	81	58	0.00
August 14	82	60	0.00
August 15	86	71	0.00
August 16	86	69	0.00
August 17	93	74	0.00
August 18	91	71	0.00
August 19	85	67	0.00
August 20	86	64	0.00
August 21	85	59	0.00
August 22	80	70	0.31
August 23	78	59	0.00
August 24	75	53	0.00
August 25	74	54	0.00
August 26	77	57	0.01
August 27	79	66	0.05
August 28	76	64	0.01
August 29	80	60	0.34
August 30	79	54	0.00
August 31	78	57	0.61

September 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	75	56	0.09
September 2	81	52	0.00
September 3	78	58	0.00
September 4	75	53	0.00
September 5	76	55	0.00
September 6	73	63	0.24
September 7	82	71	0.07
September 8	78	71	1.26
September 9	84	68	0.00
September 10	84	65	0.00
September 11	82	64	0.00
September 12	76	69	0.17
September 13	80	69	1.37
September 14	83	65	0.00
September 15	81	60	0.00
September 16	81	67	0.00
September 17	81	69	0.03
September 18	80	62	1.08
September 19	63	58	0.02
September 20	67	58	0.00
September 21	73	59	0.26
September 22	75	54	0.04
September 23	71	52	0.00
September 24	75	55	0.00
September 25	68	50	0.02
September 26	73	44	0.00
September 27	77	54	0.00
September 28	82	55	0.00
September 29	78	57	0.00
September 30	74	57	0.20

October 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	48	0.00
October 2	73	43	0.00
October 3	62	45	0.90
October 4	58	42	0.01
October 5	69	40	0.00
October 6	72	44	0.00
October 7	67	48	0.30
October 8	59	40	0.00
October 9	59	36	0.00
October 10	66	46	0.00
October 11	57	45	0.01
October 12	54	39	0.00
October 13	59	36	0.00
October 14	60	36	0.00
October 15	69	34	0.00
October 16	73	41	0.00
October 17	69	42	0.00
October 18	68	47	0.00
October 19	68	42	0.00
October 20	67	53	0.00
October 21	59	39	0.05
October 22	56	35	0.00
October 23	63	41	0.00
October 24	67	37	0.00
October 25	59	38	0.00
October 26	57	30	0.00
October 27	60	33	1.04
October 28	59	40	0.00
October 29	57	34	0.00
October 30	59	31	0.00
October 31	65	41	0.00

November 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
November 1	63	38	0.00	0.0
November 2	58	46	0.00	0.0
November 3	65	44	0.00	0.0
November 4	73	44	0.00	0.0
November 5	67	43	0.00	0.0
November 6	49	34	0.00	0.0
November 7	60	34	0.00	0.0
November 8	66	41	0.00	0.0
November 9	68	57	0.00	0.0
November 10	58	35	1.04	0.0
November 11	35	31	0.30	0.7
November 12	45	30	0.00	0.0
November 13	58	34	0.00	0.0
November 14	67	32	0.00	0.0
November 15	59	38	0.00	0.0
November 16	61	34	0.00	0.0
November 17	69	50	0.00	0.0
November 18	67	45	0.04	0.0
November 19	53	37	0.00	0.0
November 20	50	34	0.00	0.0
November 21	34	22	0.00	0.0
November 22	37	20	0.00	0.0
November 23	53	22	0.00	0.0
November 24	64	38	0.00	0.0
November 25	59	41	0.00	0.0
November 26	67	40	0.00	0.0
November 27	42	39	0.00	0.0
November 28	48	40	0.13	0.0
November 29	61	45	1.13	0.0
November 30	57	41	0.86	0.0

December 1987 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	50	34	0.00	0.0
December 2	44	31	0.00	0.0
December 3	44	26	0.06	0.0
December 4	45	36	0.00	0.0
December 5	41	31	0.00	0.0
December 6	44	32	0.00	0.0
December 7	47	25	0.00	0.0
December 8	48	31	0.00	0.0
December 9	62	31	0.02	0.0
December 10	58	38	0.12	0.0
December 11	52	40	0.23	0.0
December 12	57	39	0.00	0.0
December 13	47	33	0.00	0.0
December 14	45	34	0.00	0.0
December 15	54	35	0.66	0.0
December 16	44	34	0.00	0.0
December 17	40	30	0.00	0.0
December 18	38	27	0.00	0.0
December 19	47	29	0.00	0.0
December 20	55	37	0.23	0.0
December 21	50	33	0.00	0.0
December 22	45	24	0.02	0.0
December 23	48	32	0.00	0.0
December 24	51	29	0.00	0.0
December 25	58	44	0.13	0.0
December 26	54	31	0.16	0.0
December 27	42	27	0.00	0.0
December 28	38	32	0.18	1.1
December 29	32	18	0.09	1.0
December 30	23	14	0.00	0.0
December 31	43	13	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