Wilmington Weather in 1988

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1988 based on NOAA data.

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1988 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	100 °F	July 17
Lowest temperature	3 °F	January 11
Highest daily low	77 °F	August 13
Lowest daily high	20 °F	January 6
Most daily precipitation	3.8 inches	July 21
Most daily snow	6.1 inches	January 8
Total annual precipitation	37.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	12.1 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1988?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1988 was 100 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	100 °F	Jul 17
1	100 °F	Jul 10
3	98 °F	Aug 15
3	98 °F	Jul 11
3	98 °F	Jun 22
6	97 °F	Jul 16
7	95 °F	Jul 30
7	95 °F	Jul 15
7	95 °F	Jul 6
7	95 °F	Jun 23
7	95 °F	Jun 21
7	95 °F	Jun 14

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1988?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1988 was 3 °F which happened on Jan 11.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1988

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	3 °F	January 11
2	6 °F	January 14
3	7 °F	January 15
4	8 °F	December 13
4	8 °F	December 12
4	8 °F	February 7
4	8 °F	January 16
4	8 °F	January 12
9	10 °F	January 10
9	10 °F	January 7
9	10 °F	January 6

January 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	48	35	0.00	0.0
January 2	35	18	0.00	0.0
January 3	31	15	0.13	0.8
January 4	40	24	0.07	0.9
January 5	24	11	0.00	0.0
January 6	20	10	0.00	0.0
January 7	22	10	0.02	0.3
January 8	27	18	0.31	6.1
January 9	28	16	0.00	0.0
January 10	30	10	0.00	0.0
January 11	33	3	0.00	0.0
January 12	35	8	0.00	0.0
January 13	44	22	0.01	0.0
January 14	23	6	0.00	0.0
January 15	26	7	0.00	0.0
January 16	35	8	0.00	0.0
January 17	39	19	0.00	0.0
January 18	40	32	0.31	0.0
January 19	46	28	0.04	0.0
January 20	45	37	0.71	0.0
January 21	51	34	0.00	0.0
January 22	37	26	0.00	0.0
January 23	39	23	0.00	0.0
January 24	51	22	0.00	0.0
January 25	39	31	0.82	2.3
January 26	34	16	0.04	0.4
January 27	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 28	27	14	0.00	0.0
January 29	32	14	0.00	0.0
January 30	45	26	0.00	0.0
January 31	60	27	0.00	0.0

February 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	65	44	0.00	0.0
February 2	63	37	0.30	0.0
February 3	37	33	0.00	0.0
February 4	43	24	0.35	0.0
February 5	33	21	0.00	0.0
February 6	23	13	0.00	0.0
February 7	26	8	0.00	0.0
February 8	40	21	0.00	0.0
February 9	39	24	0.00	0.0
February 10	44	23	0.00	0.0
February 11	42	29	0.62	0.7
February 12	40	24	1.14	0.3
February 13	27	20	0.00	0.0
February 14	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 15	53	28	0.33	0.0
February 16	46	31	0.06	0.0
February 17	49	26	0.00	0.0
February 18	52	29	0.00	0.0
February 19	47	29	1.18	0.0
February 20	48	41	0.05	0.0
February 21	41	21	0.00	0.0
February 22	48	19	0.00	0.0
February 23	61	39	0.04	0.0
February 24	39	29	0.00	0.0
February 25	35	24	0.00	0.0
February 26	36	21	0.00	0.0
February 27	46	33	0.07	0.1
February 28	40	28	0.00	0.0
February 29	50	27	0.00	0.0

March 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	48	25	0.00
March 2	58	26	0.00
March 3	54	42	0.03
March 4	46	33	0.85
March 5	45	27	0.00
March 6	49	24	0.00
March 7	59	30	0.00
March 8	54	31	0.00
March 9	66	37	0.00
March 10	55	31	0.00
March 11	54	28	0.00
March 12	64	37	0.00
March 13	64	38	0.05
March 14	42	32	0.00
March 15	38	28	0.00
March 16	47	26	0.00
March 17	48	33	0.00
March 18	46	31	0.02
March 19	47	35	0.00
March 20	46	31	0.00
March 21	40	25	0.00
March 22	43	19	0.00
March 23	53	30	0.00
March 24	75	39	0.00
March 25	77	50	0.00
March 26	64	51	0.87
March 27	53	40	0.00
March 28	59	37	0.00
March 29	64	40	0.00
March 30	66	42	0.00
March 31	69	48	0.00

April 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	58	47	0.04
April 2	64	49	0.00
April 3	61	50	0.00
April 4	73	57	0.03
April 5	74	49	0.00
April 6	64	44	0.02
April 7	47	43	0.91
April 8	53	43	0.01
April 9	61	42	0.00
April 10	62	35	0.00
April 11	64	39	0.00
April 12	55	41	0.00
April 13	52	37	0.00
April 14	51	36	0.00
April 15	58	41	0.09
April 16	49	36	0.02
April 17	66	37	0.00
April 18	64	43	0.18
April 19	48	37	0.00
April 20	58	36	0.00
April 21	59	41	0.00
April 22	60	34	0.00
April 23	55	37	0.24
April 24	60	45	0.00
April 25	63	39	0.00
April 26	62	45	0.00
April 27	70	46	0.97
April 28	59	43	0.03
April 29	57	41	0.05
April 30	61	45	0.00

May 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	66	43	0.00
May 2	61	42	0.00
May 3	62	42	0.00
May 4	58	50	0.09
May 5	64	53	0.75
May 6	59	55	0.49
May 7	80	53	0.00
May 8	66	45	0.00
May 9	66	45	0.02
May 10	75	51	0.14
May 11	75	57	0.22
May 12	72	48	0.00
May 13	80	54	0.00
May 14	70	56	0.00
May 15	72	50	0.00
May 16	73	56	0.00
May 17	73	61	0.21
May 18	65	58	1.10
May 19	62	57	1.11
May 20	66	59	0.04
May 21	75	58	0.00
May 22	79	59	0.00
May 23	83	60	0.22
May 24	82	63	0.50
May 25	65	49	0.06
May 26	68	46	0.00
May 27	76	48	0.00
May 28	78	55	0.00
May 29	88	56	0.00
May 30	90	62	0.00
May 31	91	66	0.00

June 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	92	62	0.12
June 2	68	54	0.00
June 3	64	52	0.00
June 4	66	45	0.00
June 5	83	49	0.00
June 6	85	62	0.00
June 7	89	66	0.03
June 8	71	60	0.00
June 9	62	51	0.06
June 10	69	46	0.00
June 11	77	46	0.00
June 12	87	57	0.00
June 13	92	62	0.00
June 14	95	65	0.00
June 15	94	68	0.00
June 16	91	69	0.00
June 17	80	69	0.00
June 18	85	66	0.00
June 19	84	64	0.00
June 20	92	69	0.00
June 21	95	73	0.00
June 22	98	71	0.00
June 23	95	68	0.00
June 24	80	58	0.00
June 25	78	59	0.00
June 26	91	63	0.00
June 27	82	56	0.00
June 28	85	57	0.00
June 29	84	63	0.00
June 30	77	52	0.00

July 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	76	48	0.00
July 2	82	56	0.00
July 3	87	57	0.00
July 4	87	67	0.00
July 5	88	66	0.00
July 6	95	67	0.00
July 7	91	71	0.00
July 8	94	70	0.00
July 9	82	73	0.00
July 10	100	71	0.00
July 11	98	74	0.02
July 12	81	73	0.08
July 13	91	72	0.00
July 14	93	71	0.00
July 15	95	75	0.00
July 16	97	71	0.00
July 17	100	75	0.59
July 18	91	72	0.00
July 19	91	75	0.00
July 20	88	73	0.58
July 21	88	73	3.80
July 22	84	72	0.00
July 23	81	70	2.13
July 24	86	71	0.00
July 25	89	67	0.00
July 26	87	69	0.84
July 27	84	69	0.01
July 28	83	70	0.24
July 29	92	71	0.00
July 30	95	74	0.00
July 31	89	72	0.00

August 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	90	73	0.00
August 2	90	75	0.00
August 3	88	73	0.00
August 4	88	74	0.00
August 5	90	73	0.00
August 6	89	74	0.00
August 7	90	74	0.00
August 8	91	69	0.00
August 9	92	67	0.00
August 10	88	75	0.00
August 11	92	76	0.00
August 12	92	76	0.00
August 13	93	77	0.00
August 14	93	76	0.00
August 15	98	75	0.00
August 16	89	69	0.00
August 17	91	64	0.00
August 18	87	71	0.00
August 19	71	61	0.12
August 20	67	64	0.31
August 21	84	64	0.00
August 22	77	53	0.00
August 23	76	55	0.49
August 24	84	66	1.31
August 25	85	62	0.00
August 26	88	67	0.00
August 27	86	68	0.00
August 28	84	72	0.00
August 29	79	65	0.80
August 30	75	61	0.00
August 31	80	57	0.00

September 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	56	0.00
September 2	79	57	0.00
September 3	78	57	0.00
September 4	77	64	1.09
September 5	76	58	0.30
September 6	69	47	0.00
September 7	72	49	0.00
September 8	75	49	0.00
September 9	82	64	0.00
September 10	82	63	0.00
September 11	76	55	0.00
September 12	75	52	0.00
September 13	85	63	0.43
September 14	74	54	0.00
September 15	71	50	0.00
September 16	69	47	0.00
September 17	69	53	0.05
September 18	74	62	0.00
September 19	81	60	0.00
September 20	83	70	0.00
September 21	76	63	0.00
September 22	72	58	0.00
September 23	85	61	0.00
September 24	71	55	0.05
September 25	61	53	0.26
September 26	75	52	0.00
September 27	75	50	0.00
September 28	81	53	0.00
September 29	63	53	0.00
September 30	71	57	0.00

October 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	76	56	0.00
October 2	80	57	0.22
October 3	66	59	0.06
October 4	67	51	0.00
October 5	64	45	0.05
October 6	59	39	0.00
October 7	54	40	0.00
October 8	56	36	0.00
October 9	61	33	0.00
October 10	68	42	0.00
October 11	64	43	0.00
October 12	55	37	0.00
October 13	52	33	0.00
October 14	58	30	0.00
October 15	72	34	0.00
October 16	73	44	0.00
October 17	73	49	0.00
October 18	66	49	0.01
October 19	62	41	0.00
October 20	59	35	0.00
October 21	55	39	1.41
October 22	55	45	0.08
October 23	60	43	0.00
October 24	62	48	0.11
October 25	58	39	0.00
October 26	54	33	0.00
October 27	56	29	0.00
October 28	65	35	0.00
October 29	54	34	0.00
October 30	51	30	0.00
October 31	49	27	0.00

November 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	49	41	0.70
November 2	54	39	0.00
November 3	56	38	0.00
November 4	65	38	0.00
November 5	67	52	0.33
November 6	65	48	0.00
November 7	55	43	0.00
November 8	56	35	0.00
November 9	56	38	0.00
November 10	65	35	0.08
November 11	55	34	0.00
November 12	50	27	0.00
November 13	56	41	0.33
November 14	63	34	0.00
November 15	61	38	0.00
November 16	62	45	0.00
November 17	62	39	1.00
November 18	53	33	0.00
November 19	47	33	0.32
November 20	62	42	0.78
November 21	58	37	0.00
November 22	47	29	0.00
November 23	53	26	0.00
November 24	49	28	0.00
November 25	54	28	0.00
November 26	59	29	0.00
November 27	65	46	1.27
November 28	60	38	0.48
November 29	47	34	0.00
November 30	50	32	0.00

December 1988 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	46	31	0.00	0.0
December 2	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 3	58	31	0.00	0.0
December 4	49	31	0.00	0.0
December 5	43	30	0.00	0.0
December 6	56	28	0.00	0.0
December 7	61	32	0.00	0.0
December 8	47	28	0.00	0.0
December 9	35	23	0.02	0.2
December 10	35	19	0.00	0.0
December 11	31	16	0.00	0.0
December 12	22	8	0.00	0.0
December 13	32	8	0.00	0.0
December 14	44	20	0.00	0.0
December 15	51	27	0.00	0.0
December 16	30	20	0.00	0.0
December 17	32	18	0.00	0.0
December 18	33	17	0.00	0.0
December 19	49	25	0.00	0.0
December 20	60	24	0.00	0.0
December 21	50	38	0.18	0.0
December 22	44	28	0.00	0.0
December 23	40	27	0.26	0.0
December 24	57	37	0.31	0.0
December 25	53	33	0.00	0.0
December 26	40	29	0.00	0.0
December 27	43	32	0.00	0.0
December 28	66	33	0.13	0.0
December 29	36	27	0.00	0.0
December 30	34	26	0.00	0.0
December 31	49	26	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