Wilmington Weather in 2016

Historical record of Wilmington, Delaware weather for the year 2016 based on NOAA data.

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2016 Wilmington Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	96 °F	August 14
Lowest temperature	8 °F	February 14
Highest daily low	81 °F	August 13
Lowest daily high	18 °F	February 14
Most daily precipitation	2.0 inches	September 30
Most daily snow	13.1 inches	January 23
Total annual precipitation	40.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	25.4 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Wilmington in 2016?

The highest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 2016 was 96 °F which happened 3 different times.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Wilmington in 2016

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	96 °F	Aug 14
1	96 °F	Aug 13
1	96 °F	Jul 25
4	95 °F	Sep 9
4	95 °F	Aug 12
4	95 °F	Jul 23
4	95 °F	Jul 18
8	94 °F	Sep 8
8	94 °F	Aug 29
8	94 °F	Aug 15

What was the coldest temperature in Wilmington in 2016?

The lowest temperature recorded in Wilmington, Delaware in 2016 was 8 °F which happened on Feb 14.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Wilmington in 2016

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	8 °F	February 14
2	10 °F	February 13
3	12 °F	February 12
3	12 °F	January 5
5	13 °F	January 25
5	13 °F	January 6
7	14 °F	December 16
8	15 °F	January 19
8	15 °F	January 4
10	16 °F	December 15
10	16 °F	January 18

January 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	43	32	0.00	0.0
January 2	45	25	0.00	0.0
January 3	51	24	0.00	0.0
January 4	35	15	0.00	0.0
January 5	33	12	0.00	0.0
January 6	40	13	0.00	0.0
January 7	45	25	0.00	0.0
January 8	44	35	0.00	0.0
January 9	54	42	0.00	0.0
January 10	66	37	0.68	0.0
January 11	37	24	0.00	0.0
January 12	45	20	0.00	0.0
January 13	30	20	0.00	0.0
January 14	47	24	0.00	0.0
January 15	50	26	0.25	0.0
January 16	54	36	0.13	0.0
January 17	39	27	0.07	0.8
January 18	30	16	0.00	0.0
January 19	28	15	0.00	0.0
January 20	34	19	0.00	0.0
January 21	37	22	0.00	0.0
January 22	27	17	0.22	3.0
January 23	30	23	0.95	13.1
January 24	29	18	0.00	0.0
January 25	36	13	0.00	0.0
January 26	49	19	0.00	0.0
January 27	44	25	0.00	0.0
January 28	42	18	0.00	0.0
January 29	42	23	0.00	0.0
January 30	40	22	0.00	0.0
January 31	55	26	0.00	0.0

February 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
February 1	56	35	0.15	0.0
February 2	51	31	0.00	0.0
February 3	56	33	0.55	0.0
February 4	53	40	0.06	0.0
February 5	43	29	0.48	1.5
February 6	43	23	0.00	0.0
February 7	45	23	0.00	0.0
February 8	44	32	0.14	0.3
February 9	35	32	0.34	2.2
February 10	34	25	0.05	0.5
February 11	25	18	0.00	0.0
February 12	25	12	0.01	0.2
February 13	23	10	0.00	0.0
February 14	18	8	0.00	0.0
February 15	33	17	0.34	1.1
February 16	53	32	0.65	0.0
February 17	45	31	0.00	0.0
February 18	37	23	0.00	0.0
February 19	36	18	0.00	0.0
February 20	62	35	0.00	0.0
February 21	60	35	0.00	0.0
February 22	51	35	0.00	0.0
February 23	43	35	0.27	0.0
February 24	62	39	1.39	0.0
February 25	62	38	0.00	0.0
February 26	41	28	0.00	0.0
February 27	44	24	0.00	0.0
February 28	64	31	0.00	0.0
February 29	64	39	0.00	0.0

March 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
March 1	59	33	0.00	0.0
March 2	61	29	0.13	0.0
March 3	39	24	0.05	0.4
March 4	40	30	0.15	2.3
March 5	41	25	0.00	0.0
March 6	45	30	0.00	0.0
March 7	60	27	0.00	0.0
March 8	74	44	0.00	0.0
March 9	81	40	0.00	0.0
March 10	80	54	0.00	0.0
March 11	72	45	0.00	0.0
March 12	52	38	0.00	0.0
March 13	58	47	0.16	0.0
March 14	49	44	0.72	0.0
March 15	55	44	0.00	0.0
March 16	65	40	0.00	0.0
March 17	67	40	0.00	0.0
March 18	64	42	0.00	0.0
March 19	45	36	0.04	0.0
March 20	43	35	0.11	0.0
March 21	51	31	0.01	0.0
March 22	58	30	0.00	0.0
March 23	72	42	0.00	0.0
March 24	71	40	0.00	0.0
March 25	72	47	0.00	0.0
March 26	56	36	0.00	0.0
March 27	57	45	0.01	0.0
March 28	69	45	0.42	0.0
March 29	58	38	0.00	0.0
March 30	55	30	0.00	0.0
March 31	72	44	0.00	0.0

April 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	78	62	0.04
April 2	63	44	0.22
April 3	47	35	0.00
April 4	67	34	0.18
April 5	45	30	0.00
April 6	51	29	0.00
April 7	62	46	0.40
April 8	51	39	0.00
April 9	42	33	0.32
April 10	49	25	0.00
April 11	67	42	0.00
April 12	64	42	0.28
April 13	57	35	0.00
April 14	62	34	0.00
April 15	63	35	0.00
April 16	66	37	0.00
April 17	72	36	0.00
April 18	82	43	0.00
April 19	78	48	0.00
April 20	71	41	0.00
April 21	71	44	0.00
April 22	76	58	0.00
April 23	71	50	0.16
April 24	68	43	0.00
April 25	75	47	0.00
April 26	85	54	0.06
April 27	54	46	0.00
April 28	54	45	0.15
April 29	52	45	0.03
April 30	61	47	0.00

May 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	53	47	0.36
May 2	65	48	0.25
May 3	59	53	0.33
May 4	54	50	0.01
May 5	56	49	0.00
May 6	56	50	1.53
May 7	61	49	0.13
May 8	70	50	0.00
May 9	67	45	0.00
May 10	60	51	0.01
May 11	65	51	0.07
May 12	74	56	0.00
May 13	70	58	0.09
May 14	75	51	0.13
May 15	60	45	0.00
May 16	67	39	0.00
May 17	59	50	0.19
May 18	68	50	0.00
May 19	74	53	0.00
May 20	77	46	0.00
May 21	60	53	1.63
May 22	66	52	0.08
May 23	74	54	0.74
May 24	83	56	0.00
May 25	87	56	0.00
May 26	87	59	0.00
May 27	88	67	0.00
May 28	87	67	0.00
May 29	83	64	0.69
May 30	79	70	1.06
May 31	89	69	0.00

June 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	64	0.00
June 2	80	65	0.00
June 3	75	66	0.16
June 4	81	66	0.00
June 5	83	67	0.80
June 6	85	67	0.00
June 7	85	62	0.24
June 8	71	53	0.25
June 9	77	49	0.00
June 10	78	53	0.00
June 11	90	58	0.00
June 12	90	66	0.00
June 13	77	56	0.00
June 14	79	61	0.00
June 15	76	57	0.02
June 16	70	64	1.14
June 17	83	63	0.00
June 18	81	57	0.00
June 19	90	60	0.00
June 20	89	65	0.00
June 21	86	69	0.09
June 22	85	67	0.00
June 23	83	66	0.58
June 24	79	68	0.06
June 25	85	63	0.00
June 26	83	62	0.00
June 27	82	61	0.35
June 28	82	71	0.00
June 29	83	66	0.00
June 30	83	62	0.00

July 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	85	68	0.00
July 2	79	63	0.00
July 3	77	63	0.00
July 4	78	66	0.64
July 5	89	73	0.13
July 6	91	72	0.00
July 7	92	73	0.00
July 8	93	74	0.00
July 9	83	70	0.77
July 10	85	65	0.00
July 11	86	62	0.00
July 12	84	68	0.00
July 13	81	72	0.27
July 14	93	74	0.07
July 15	92	77	0.00
July 16	91	71	0.06
July 17	91	69	0.00
July 18	95	72	1.14
July 19	89	70	0.00
July 20	86	68	0.00
July 21	86	66	0.00
July 22	92	71	0.00
July 23	95	72	0.00
July 24	92	68	0.00
July 25	96	73	0.72
July 26	92	73	0.00
July 27	93	75	0.00
July 28	91	73	1.02
July 29	90	71	0.60
July 30	85	73	0.63
July 31	89	74	0.30

August 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	83	74	0.00
August 2	82	69	0.00
August 3	83	64	0.00
August 4	82	64	0.00
August 5	83	65	0.00
August 6	90	75	0.00
August 7	89	67	0.00
August 8	85	67	0.00
August 9	86	68	0.00
August 10	90	75	0.00
August 11	93	78	0.05
August 12	95	79	0.00
August 13	96	81	0.00
August 14	96	79	0.00
August 15	94	73	0.10
August 16	91	75	0.00
August 17	90	75	0.21
August 18	89	74	0.07
August 19	90	70	0.00
August 20	90	68	0.00
August 21	87	70	1.01
August 22	83	62	0.00
August 23	83	56	0.00
August 24	85	63	0.00
August 25	86	67	0.00
August 26	93	72	0.00
August 27	92	68	0.00
August 28	88	66	0.00
August 29	94	68	0.00
August 30	90	68	0.00
August 31	88	64	0.11

September 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	81	66	0.18
September 2	84	61	0.00
September 3	80	62	0.00
September 4	81	61	0.00
September 5	87	57	0.00
September 6	90	65	0.00
September 7	92	68	0.00
September 8	94	71	0.04
September 9	95	79	0.00
September 10	93	76	0.00
September 11	86	67	0.00
September 12	82	55	0.00
September 13	84	61	0.00
September 14	93	65	0.00
September 15	79	62	0.00
September 16	79	56	0.00
September 17	81	61	0.00
September 18	89	67	0.00
September 19	76	68	0.97
September 20	81	66	0.00
September 21	86	64	0.00
September 22	87	58	0.00
September 23	89	57	0.00
September 24	72	53	0.00
September 25	74	49	0.00
September 26	72	48	0.00
September 27	76	59	0.14
September 28	70	52	0.20
September 29	67	61	1.32
September 30	63	57	1.95

October 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	65	59	0.04
October 2	71	62	0.01
October 3	77	57	0.01
October 4	69	54	0.00
October 5	71	51	0.00
October 6	75	52	0.00
October 7	75	51	0.00
October 8	67	60	0.25
October 9	65	50	1.01
October 10	65	44	0.00
October 11	67	39	0.00
October 12	68	43	0.00
October 13	71	48	0.00
October 14	66	41	0.00
October 15	65	39	0.00
October 16	72	44	0.00
October 17	81	57	0.00
October 18	83	57	0.00
October 19	87	63	0.00
October 20	79	63	0.00
October 21	78	55	0.04
October 22	56	48	0.06
October 23	67	43	0.00
October 24	67	46	0.00
October 25	60	36	0.00
October 26	55	30	0.00
October 27	59	44	0.63
October 28	57	38	0.00
October 29	67	35	0.00
October 30	78	55	0.17
October 31	68	41	0.00

November 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	57	36	0.00
November 2	68	47	0.00
November 3	72	53	0.00
November 4	63	39	0.00
November 5	65	34	0.00
November 6	64	43	0.00
November 7	58	35	0.00
November 8	70	32	0.00
November 9	58	47	0.36
November 10	58	36	0.00
November 11	64	42	0.00
November 12	51	29	0.00
November 13	61	32	0.00
November 14	59	30	0.00
November 15	65	38	0.00
November 16	63	34	0.00
November 17	62	42	0.00
November 18	72	35	0.00
November 19	68	37	0.08
November 20	45	37	0.00
November 21	45	37	0.00
November 22	49	31	0.00
November 23	51	26	0.00
November 24	54	39	0.00
November 25	54	37	0.00
November 26	52	39	0.00
November 27	52	35	0.00
November 28	52	30	0.00
November 29	62	47	0.79
November 30	61	56	0.68

December 2016 Wilmington Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	63	43	0.03
December 2	51	37	0.00
December 3	51	39	0.00
December 4	48	39	0.00
December 5	52	37	0.12
December 6	44	35	0.63
December 7	49	33	0.03
December 8	46	30	0.00
December 9	39	28	0.00
December 10	39	23	0.00
December 11	36	23	0.00
December 12	50	35	0.31
December 13	44	31	0.00
December 14	43	31	0.00
December 15	35	16	0.00
December 16	27	14	0.00
December 17	37	26	0.73
December 18	62	34	0.05
December 19	34	25	0.00
December 20	36	17	0.00
December 21	46	22	0.00
December 22	55	26	0.00
December 23	47	30	0.00
December 24	47	37	0.37
December 25	50	28	0.00
December 26	49	28	0.00
December 27	65	42	0.04
December 28	46	30	0.00
December 29	45	29	0.28
December 30	43	30	0.00
December 31	47	27	0.00

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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