Wilmington Weather in 2002

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 2002 based on NOAA data.

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2002 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	98 °F	August 13
Lowest temperature	10 °F	December 7
Highest daily low	78 °F	August 16
Lowest daily high	30 °F	December 5
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	October 11
Most daily snow	6.8 inches	December 5
Total annual precipitation	39.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	11.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 2002?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 2002 was 98 °F which happened 2 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 2002

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	98 °F	Aug 13
1	98 °F	Aug 1
3	97 °F	Aug 2
3	97 °F	Jul 29
5	96 °F	Aug 18
5	96 °F	Aug 14
5	96 °F	Jul 4
5	96 °F	Jul 3
9	95 °F	Aug 19
9	95 °F	Aug 4
9	95 °F	Jul 30
9	95 °F	Jul 23

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 2002?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 2002 was 10 °F which happened on Dec 7.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 2002

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	10 °F	December 7
2	15 °F	December 9
2	15 °F	December 4
4	16 °F	December 10
5	18 °F	December 3
5	18 °F	March 5
7	19 °F	December 18
7	19 °F	February 5
7	19 °F	January 2
7	19 °F	January 1

January 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	34	19	0.00	0.0
January 2	37	19	0.00	0.0
January 3	38	23	0.00	0.0
January 4	39	23	0.00	0.0
January 5	45	26	0.00	0.0
January 6	39	22	0.91	0.0
January 7	35	29	0.09	0.0
January 8	36	24	0.00	0.0
January 9	39	28	0.04	0.0
January 10	56	34	0.00	0.0
January 11	46	40	0.45	0.0
January 12	47	31	0.00	0.0
January 13	45	34	0.00	0.0
January 14	45	29	0.00	0.0
January 15	52	28	0.00	0.0
January 16	44	33	0.00	0.0
January 17	48	33	0.00	0.0
January 18	40	25	0.00	0.0
January 19	31	23	0.48	2.3
January 20	36	23	0.01	0.1
January 21	40	24	0.00	0.0
January 22	46	32	0.00	0.0
January 23	46	30	0.03	0.0
January 24	52	43	0.38	0.0
January 25	50	35	0.02	0.0
January 26	53	28	0.00	0.0
January 27	60	27	0.00	0.0
January 28	62	29	0.00	0.0
January 29	70	36	0.00	0.0
January 30	66	47	0.17	0.0
January 31	47	40	0.14	0.0

February 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	71	40	0.10
February 2	41	27	0.00
February 3	43	28	0.00
February 4	43	23	0.10
February 5	35	19	0.00
February 6	42	26	0.00
February 7	42	32	0.03
February 8	53	28	0.00
February 9	50	28	0.00
February 10	56	38	0.13
February 11	52	24	0.01
February 12	47	24	0.00
February 13	44	24	0.00
February 14	40	21	0.00
February 15	50	27	0.00
February 16	57	37	0.00
February 17	47	30	0.00
February 18	46	28	0.00
February 19	55	22	0.00
February 20	61	38	0.06
February 21	63	47	0.00
February 22	51	35	0.00
February 23	46	28	0.00
February 24	51	25	0.00
February 25	53	28	0.00
February 26	67	37	0.00
February 27	41	27	0.00
February 28	41	26	0.00

March 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	48	23	0.00
March 2	53	27	0.72
March 3	59	36	0.25
March 4	36	20	0.00
March 5	39	18	0.00
March 6	60	27	0.00
March 7	67	39	0.00
March 8	66	34	0.00
March 9	65	46	0.02
March 10	66	29	0.10
March 11	44	24	0.00
March 12	50	31	0.03
March 13	47	44	0.39
March 14	65	43	0.00
March 15	72	45	0.00
March 16	72	37	0.00
March 17	40	35	0.18
March 18	44	36	0.37
March 19	50	39	0.00
March 20	49	40	0.93
March 21	56	32	0.00
March 22	35	22	0.00
March 23	48	26	0.00
March 24	56	36	0.00
March 25	50	38	0.00
March 26	47	39	0.57
March 27	49	40	0.04
March 28	53	31	0.00
March 29	61	41	0.00
March 30	69	50	0.00
March 31	55	48	0.45

April 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	59	39	0.03
April 2	61	37	0.00
April 3	76	39	0.00
April 4	51	34	0.00
April 5	46	30	0.00
April 6	47	32	0.00
April 7	48	26	0.00
April 8	66	39	0.00
April 9	76	53	0.08
April 10	66	48	0.01
April 11	65	40	0.00
April 12	55	43	0.17
April 13	72	53	0.00
April 14	75	59	0.00
April 15	81	62	0.00
April 16	89	63	0.02
April 17	92	60	0.00
April 18	87	65	0.00
April 19	85	59	0.19
April 20	78	55	0.00
April 21	57	45	0.07
April 22	63	43	0.19
April 23	56	40	0.00
April 24	59	34	0.00
April 25	59	42	0.29
April 26	63	36	0.00
April 27	61	41	0.14
April 28	70	49	0.97
April 29	64	45	0.00
April 30	64	37	0.10

May 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	68	50	0.01
May 2	77	55	0.85
May 3	67	43	0.00
May 4	63	37	0.00
May 5	68	47	0.00
May 6	72	49	0.00
May 7	80	58	0.00
May 8	75	57	0.00
May 9	61	53	0.06
May 10	75	57	0.00
May 11	69	49	0.00
May 12	78	51	0.58
May 13	82	57	0.05
May 14	63	50	0.00
May 15	69	46	0.00
May 16	79	45	0.00
May 17	79	55	0.28
May 18	55	47	1.39
May 19	59	40	0.00
May 20	59	37	0.00
May 21	60	35	0.00
May 22	66	37	0.00
May 23	72	42	0.00
May 24	83	47	0.00
May 25	72	56	0.00
May 26	75	56	0.00
May 27	82	63	0.06
May 28	79	63	0.00
May 29	79	62	0.00
May 30	81	63	0.00
May 31	87	65	0.12

June 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	85	66	0.00
June 2	83	59	0.00
June 3	75	56	0.00
June 4	76	63	0.00
June 5	85	68	0.25
June 6	85	60	0.79
June 7	70	58	0.01
June 8	73	52	0.00
June 9	79	53	0.00
June 10	83	64	0.00
June 11	88	63	0.00
June 12	89	72	0.19
June 13	74	58	1.68
June 14	64	58	0.93
June 15	73	59	0.01
June 16	78	58	0.00
June 17	79	57	0.29
June 18	79	54	0.24
June 19	79	60	0.12
June 20	80	60	0.00
June 21	80	57	0.00
June 22	83	60	0.00
June 23	85	64	0.00
June 24	92	70	0.08
June 25	89	71	0.00
June 26	93	73	0.00
June 27	90	71	0.37
June 28	84	69	0.00
June 29	87	63	0.00
June 30	86	65	0.00

July 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	88	67	0.00
July 2	94	72	0.00
July 3	96	76	0.00
July 4	96	75	0.00
July 5	87	68	0.00
July 6	85	60	0.00
July 7	83	60	0.00
July 8	89	60	0.00
July 9	94	71	0.96
July 10	85	66	0.02
July 11	79	58	0.00
July 12	81	56	0.00
July 13	78	63	0.00
July 14	76	67	0.20
July 15	87	63	0.00
July 16	88	68	0.00
July 17	92	61	0.00
July 18	92	74	0.00
July 19	91	71	0.01
July 20	89	69	0.00
July 21	84	72	0.00
July 22	90	69	0.00
July 23	95	71	0.11
July 24	78	68	0.01
July 25	81	66	0.00
July 26	74	65	0.03
July 27	82	67	0.00
July 28	92	72	0.06
July 29	97	77	0.00
July 30	95	74	0.00
July 31	94	68	0.00

August 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	98	70	0.02
August 2	97	70	0.00
August 3	92	72	0.00
August 4	95	72	0.00
August 5	91	75	0.00
August 6	83	60	0.00
August 7	82	57	0.00
August 8	85	59	0.00
August 9	85	59	0.00
August 10	87	63	0.00
August 11	88	63	0.00
August 12	94	69	0.00
August 13	98	71	0.00
August 14	96	75	0.00
August 15	91	73	0.00
August 16	94	78	0.00
August 17	94	76	0.00
August 18	96	76	0.00
August 19	95	74	0.00
August 20	91	73	0.00
August 21	88	65	0.00
August 22	87	68	0.00
August 23	87	72	0.00
August 24	83	69	0.66
August 25	87	68	0.00
August 26	84	65	0.00
August 27	85	64	0.00
August 28	74	60	0.41
August 29	68	60	0.93
August 30	70	61	0.00
August 31	81	59	0.01

September 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	66	59	1.58
September 2	75	62	0.00
September 3	84	63	0.00
September 4	90	66	0.00
September 5	80	62	0.00
September 6	78	57	0.00
September 7	81	55	0.00
September 8	82	54	0.00
September 9	90	56	0.00
September 10	89	63	0.00
September 11	80	59	0.00
September 12	76	54	0.00
September 13	82	52	0.00
September 14	82	63	0.01
September 15	80	71	0.08
September 16	84	65	0.01
September 17	82	60	0.00
September 18	81	56	0.00
September 19	78	59	0.00
September 20	81	64	0.00
September 21	85	67	0.00
September 22	83	69	0.00
September 23	75	56	0.00
September 24	78	50	0.00
September 25	75	53	0.00
September 26	66	58	1.43
September 27	80	58	0.30
September 28	75	58	0.01
September 29	73	52	0.00
September 30	73	53	0.00

October 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	78	57	0.00
October 2	84	63	0.00
October 3	86	65	0.00
October 4	80	66	0.00
October 5	85	60	0.03
October 6	71	52	0.00
October 7	77	51	0.00
October 8	64	45	0.00
October 9	66	47	0.01
October 10	64	58	1.06
October 11	66	59	1.91
October 12	67	60	0.04
October 13	65	57	0.02
October 14	59	42	0.00
October 15	58	37	0.03
October 16	56	49	0.93
October 17	63	45	0.07
October 18	59	38	0.00
October 19	62	47	0.00
October 20	58	44	0.00
October 21	59	40	0.00
October 22	60	34	0.00
October 23	61	38	0.00
October 24	47	42	0.09
October 25	53	42	0.37
October 26	64	49	0.54
October 27	63	43	0.00
October 28	53	41	0.00
October 29	46	36	0.64
October 30	39	36	0.42
October 31	48	33	0.00

November 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	52	32	0.01
November 2	48	32	0.00
November 3	49	30	0.00
November 4	52	36	0.00
November 5	49	30	0.47
November 6	54	43	0.20
November 7	52	34	0.00
November 8	59	31	0.00
November 9	63	35	0.00
November 10	72	49	0.00
November 11	68	55	0.35
November 12	58	49	0.80
November 13	51	37	0.07
November 14	57	33	0.00
November 15	59	37	0.00
November 16	49	42	1.32
November 17	43	40	0.74
November 18	49	34	0.01
November 19	51	27	0.00
November 20	56	32	0.00
November 21	53	31	0.14
November 22	52	41	0.12
November 23	45	35	0.00
November 24	53	33	0.00
November 25	58	31	0.00
November 26	48	37	0.05
November 27	40	25	0.18
November 28	38	22	0.00
November 29	40	26	0.00
November 30	47	31	0.01

December 2002 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
December 1	37	27	0.00	0.0
December 2	44	25	0.00	0.0
December 3	37	18	0.00	0.0
December 4	32	15	0.00	0.0
December 5	30	25	0.68	6.8
December 6	33	20	0.00	0.0
December 7	36	10	0.00	0.0
December 8	44	20	0.00	0.0
December 9	32	15	0.00	0.0
December 10	33	16	0.00	0.0
December 11	38	30	1.38	0.0
December 12	44	30	0.01	0.0
December 13	43	28	0.59	0.0
December 14	48	40	0.02	0.0
December 15	48	38	0.00	0.0
December 16	44	28	0.00	0.0
December 17	37	21	0.00	0.0
December 18	36	19	0.00	0.0
December 19	48	27	0.00	0.0
December 20	59	37	0.73	0.0
December 21	49	36	0.00	0.0
December 22	54	36	0.00	0.0
December 23	48	36	0.00	0.0
December 24	38	29	0.10	0.9
December 25	42	31	0.99	1.3
December 26	40	32	0.00	0.0
December 27	34	28	0.00	0.0
December 28	41	25	0.00	0.0
December 29	46	28	0.00	0.0
December 30	43	28	0.00	0.0
December 31	52	37	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