Wilmington Weather in 1996

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 1996 based on NOAA data.

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1996 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	May 20
Lowest temperature	0 °F	February 5
Highest daily low	75 °F	July 15
Lowest daily high	16 °F	February 5
Most daily precipitation	2.1 inches	December 13
Most daily snow	22.0 inches	January 7
Total annual precipitation	52.4 inches	-
Total annual snow	47.2 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 1996?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1996 was 96 °F which happened on May 20.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1996

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	May 20
2	95 °F	May 21
3	94 °F	May 19
4	93 °F	Jul 8
4	93 °F	Jul 7
4	93 °F	Jun 17
7	90 °F	Jun 25
8	89 °F	Aug 23
8	89 °F	Jul 14
8	89 °F	Jul 9
8	89 °F	Jun 16
8	89 °F	Jun 15

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 1996?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 1996 was 0 °F which happened on Feb 5.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 1996

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	0 °F	February 5
2	3 °F	February 6
3	4 °F	February 4
4	10 °F	January 11
5	11 °F	March 10
5	11 °F	March 9
5	11 °F	January 6
8	12 °F	February 7
8	12 °F	January 9
10	13 °F	February 3
10	13 °F	January 7

January 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	42	34	0.01	0.0
January 2	38	32	0.63	0.0
January 3	37	22	0.02	0.0
January 4	25	16	0.00	0.0
January 5	29	19	0.00	0.0
January 6	21	11	0.00	0.0
January 7	23	13	1.54	22.0
January 8	26	16	0.02	0.1
January 9	30	12	0.01	0.1
January 10	32	17	0.00	0.0
January 11	22	10	0.00	0.0
January 12	36	20	0.45	4.0
January 13	35	26	0.00	0.0
January 14	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 15	46	22	0.00	0.0
January 16	32	19	0.00	0.0
January 17	42	30	0.00	0.0
January 18	52	30	0.00	0.0
January 19	56	21	0.87	0.0
January 20	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 21	35	17	0.00	0.0
January 22	32	25	0.00	0.0
January 23	40	32	0.00	0.0
January 24	57	37	0.29	0.0
January 25	38	22	0.00	0.0
January 26	49	21	0.00	0.0
January 27	58	32	0.74	0.0
January 28	36	25	0.00	0.0
January 29	37	23	0.00	0.0
January 30	45	30	0.00	0.0
January 31	39	19	0.00	0.0

February 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	26	15	0.00	0.0
February 2	27	19	0.06	3.2
February 3	20	13	0.07	3.8
February 4	17	4	0.00	0.0
February 5	16	0	0.00	0.0
February 6	27	3	0.00	0.0
February 7	33	12	0.03	0.0
February 8	39	31	0.27	0.0
February 9	47	36	0.00	0.0
February 10	45	33	0.01	0.0
February 11	50	34	0.00	0.0
February 12	36	19	0.00	0.0
February 13	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 14	46	27	0.05	0.0
February 15	38	26	0.00	0.0
February 16	31	22	0.50	8.0
February 17	29	16	0.00	0.0
February 18	31	15	0.00	0.0
February 19	42	17	0.00	0.0
February 20	55	38	0.48	0.0
February 21	58	43	0.09	0.0
February 22	52	46	0.05	0.0
February 23	56	42	0.00	0.0
February 24	58	41	0.03	0.0
February 25	67	45	0.00	0.0
February 26	60	38	0.00	0.0
February 27	55	39	0.02	0.0
February 28	63	31	0.01	0.0
February 29	35	22	0.00	0.0

March 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	37	20	0.00	0.0
March 2	37	29	0.20	2.9
March 3	35	20	0.01	0.1
March 4	38	17	0.00	0.0
March 5	64	30	0.13	0.0
March 6	56	38	0.33	0.0
March 7	38	27	0.51	0.0
March 8	27	15	0.07	3.0
March 9	23	11	0.00	0.0
March 10	33	11	0.00	0.0
March 11	43	17	0.00	0.0
March 12	53	24	0.00	0.0
March 13	62	30	0.00	0.0
March 14	61	33	0.00	0.0
March 15	58	41	0.36	0.0
March 16	50	36	0.00	0.0
March 17	45	34	0.00	0.0
March 18	58	38	0.00	0.0
March 19	54	36	0.85	0.0
March 20	48	40	0.00	0.0
March 21	44	35	0.00	0.0
March 22	41	28	0.00	0.0
March 23	47	29	0.00	0.0
March 24	55	30	0.00	0.0
March 25	70	39	0.00	0.0
March 26	62	40	0.00	0.0
March 27	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 28	37	32	0.60	0.0
March 29	39	34	0.57	0.0
March 30	55	30	0.00	0.0
March 31	59	34	0.00	0.0

April 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	50	42	1.38
April 2	51	38	0.02
April 3	65	33	0.00
April 4	58	40	0.00
April 5	47	35	0.00
April 6	48	34	0.01
April 7	40	32	0.44
April 8	48	30	0.00
April 9	42	33	0.60
April 10	47	34	0.01
April 11	67	37	0.00
April 12	77	52	0.00
April 13	63	46	0.00
April 14	60	42	0.00
April 15	57	34	0.47
April 16	59	40	0.69
April 17	55	39	0.01
April 18	69	36	0.00
April 19	74	47	0.00
April 20	76	58	0.00
April 21	77	59	0.00
April 22	84	54	0.00
April 23	83	51	0.27
April 24	62	44	0.00
April 25	74	47	0.00
April 26	73	54	0.08
April 27	58	44	0.00
April 28	69	38	0.00
April 29	79	55	0.13
April 30	70	47	0.87

May 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	65	39	0.00
May 2	71	48	0.00
May 3	65	54	0.16
May 4	73	55	0.15
May 5	70	53	0.48
May 6	60	44	0.10
May 7	57	40	0.19
May 8	60	47	0.15
May 9	58	51	0.28
May 10	69	52	0.00
May 11	84	56	0.60
May 12	58	45	0.00
May 13	57	39	0.00
May 14	64	36	0.00
May 15	64	45	0.02
May 16	59	48	0.40
May 17	68	55	0.00
May 18	73	60	0.00
May 19	94	61	0.00
May 20	96	62	0.00
May 21	95	68	0.16
May 22	80	59	0.00
May 23	82	53	0.00
May 24	80	60	0.00
May 25	72	51	0.00
May 26	65	52	0.00
May 27	58	52	0.23
May 28	57	52	0.06
May 29	58	47	0.29
May 30	68	43	0.00
May 31	74	43	0.00

June 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	76	51	0.00
June 2	74	50	0.00
June 3	65	53	0.03
June 4	82	53	0.14
June 5	82	62	0.03
June 6	80	56	0.00
June 7	83	60	0.00
June 8	87	67	0.00
June 9	85	69	0.71
June 10	80	70	0.07
June 11	83	70	0.22
June 12	86	69	0.14
June 13	85	68	0.00
June 14	87	69	0.00
June 15	89	69	0.00
June 16	89	66	0.00
June 17	93	70	0.06
June 18	82	70	0.00
June 19	75	69	2.00
June 20	83	67	0.04
June 21	85	69	0.00
June 22	88	64	0.00
June 23	81	67	0.00
June 24	87	62	0.14
June 25	90	66	0.00
June 26	82	60	0.00
June 27	81	56	0.00
June 28	83	64	0.00
June 29	75	63	0.11
June 30	69	61	1.31

July 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	84	67	0.01
July 2	84	68	0.32
July 3	79	64	0.17
July 4	73	62	0.00
July 5	81	59	0.00
July 6	86	58	0.00
July 7	93	68	0.00
July 8	93	73	0.11
July 9	89	70	0.00
July 10	78	64	0.00
July 11	79	57	0.00
July 12	76	64	0.43
July 13	81	70	1.93
July 14	89	70	0.00
July 15	85	75	0.01
July 16	86	72	0.00
July 17	86	71	0.00
July 18	85	70	0.16
July 19	84	72	0.72
July 20	77	62	0.00
July 21	81	59	0.00
July 22	73	65	0.05
July 23	76	65	0.05
July 24	84	64	0.00
July 25	84	69	0.02
July 26	84	67	1.08
July 27	80	63	0.00
July 28	83	62	0.00
July 29	76	68	0.29
July 30	73	66	0.56
July 31	79	70	0.34

August 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	82	68	0.00
August 2	83	64	0.00
August 3	79	69	0.00
August 4	82	67	0.00
August 5	84	65	0.00
August 6	87	67	0.00
August 7	85	69	0.00
August 8	84	68	0.00
August 9	79	68	0.16
August 10	82	66	0.00
August 11	79	60	0.00
August 12	75	63	1.27
August 13	72	63	1.09
August 14	82	64	0.00
August 15	83	63	0.00
August 16	82	66	0.39
August 17	83	64	0.00
August 18	84	65	0.00
August 19	85	63	0.00
August 20	80	67	0.00
August 21	81	65	0.02
August 22	88	67	0.00
August 23	89	72	0.00
August 24	85	68	0.00
August 25	84	63	0.00
August 26	85	63	0.00
August 27	84	66	0.11
August 28	82	66	0.00
August 29	83	65	0.00
August 30	83	63	0.00
August 31	83	61	0.00

September 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	84	60	0.00
September 2	86	60	0.00
September 3	86	63	0.00
September 4	81	70	0.00
September 5	85	71	0.00
September 6	81	71	0.04
September 7	86	74	0.00
September 8	88	66	0.24
September 9	86	67	0.00
September 10	86	69	0.00
September 11	73	69	0.03
September 12	74	65	0.00
September 13	76	58	0.09
September 14	71	53	0.00
September 15	75	53	0.00
September 16	70	58	1.07
September 17	67	58	0.83
September 18	73	57	0.00
September 19	75	54	0.00
September 20	76	50	0.00
September 21	76	51	0.00
September 22	74	58	0.83
September 23	69	53	0.00
September 24	68	47	0.01
September 25	69	50	0.00
September 26	67	47	0.00
September 27	72	60	0.00
September 28	76	58	0.87
September 29	66	53	0.02
September 30	74	48	0.00

October 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	50	0.00
October 2	66	60	0.15
October 3	64	41	0.00
October 4	55	34	0.00
October 5	59	35	0.00
October 6	62	37	0.00
October 7	67	39	0.00
October 8	59	55	1.44
October 9	70	50	0.28
October 10	61	43	0.07
October 11	55	38	0.00
October 12	60	33	0.00
October 13	70	41	0.00
October 14	77	51	0.00
October 15	61	38	0.00
October 16	75	45	0.00
October 17	81	53	0.00
October 18	65	53	0.32
October 19	53	45	1.74
October 20	51	46	0.41
October 21	59	40	0.01
October 22	59	50	0.04
October 23	75	52	0.03
October 24	67	48	0.00
October 25	62	46	0.00
October 26	68	46	0.00
October 27	69	53	0.00
October 28	67	47	0.21
October 29	60	42	0.00
October 30	72	51	0.00
October 31	64	44	0.00

November 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	51	40	0.23
November 2	48	35	0.00
November 3	48	30	0.00
November 4	54	30	0.00
November 5	61	35	0.00
November 6	60	47	0.00
November 7	71	56	0.00
November 8	70	56	1.28
November 9	57	41	0.09
November 10	48	33	0.00
November 11	41	30	0.00
November 12	42	27	0.00
November 13	41	24	0.00
November 14	38	26	0.00
November 15	40	24	0.00
November 16	45	21	0.00
November 17	55	23	0.00
November 18	54	29	0.06
November 19	53	35	0.01
November 20	46	28	0.00
November 21	41	27	0.00
November 22	42	27	0.00
November 23	46	28	0.00
November 24	46	32	0.00
November 25	51	38	0.07
November 26	58	35	1.28
November 27	36	24	0.00
November 28	29	18	0.00
November 29	40	21	0.00
November 30	44	27	0.23

December 1996 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	56	44	0.91
December 2	56	31	0.73
December 3	49	26	0.00
December 4	48	34	0.00
December 5	44	30	0.01
December 6	45	33	1.04
December 7	44	33	0.71
December 8	50	32	0.00
December 9	41	31	0.00
December 10	41	29	0.00
December 11	44	38	0.13
December 12	53	42	0.23
December 13	51	39	2.09
December 14	41	37	1.29
December 15	45	36	0.00
December 16	45	41	0.04
December 17	53	44	0.06
December 18	50	43	0.05
December 19	43	25	0.23
December 20	27	19	0.00
December 21	30	15	0.00
December 22	39	19	0.00
December 23	47	28	0.00
December 24	62	37	0.36
December 25	36	25	0.00
December 26	36	23	0.00
December 27	51	33	0.01
December 28	46	33	0.00
December 29	56	46	0.06
December 30	51	35	0.00
December 31	41	26	0.01

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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