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Georgetown, DE

38.690°N, 75.362°W · station GEDthr · 82 years of record
62°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Georgetown.
73°WED9/272°THU9/374°FRI9/468°SAT9/564°SUN9/662°MON9/763°TUE9/8

This Day in History

Every year's low on each of the next 7 forecast dates at Georgetown — toggle a day below. The forecast line shows where it lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.

Ranks

#40 / 79
coldest Sep 7 in 79 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

45°F
set in 1962

Mildest Sep 7 ever

73°F
set in 2008
Forecast low 62°F — 40th coldest Sep 7 of 79 years · record 45°F (1962) · coldest since 2025.
1945: 68°F1947: 69°F1948: 55°F1949: 56°F1950: 47°F1951: 60°F1952: 48°F1953: 65°F1954: 67°F1955: 69°F1956: 66°F1957: 64°F1958: 65°F1959: 62°F1960: 61°F1961: 70°F1962: 45°F1963: 46°F1964: 53°F1965: 47°F1966: 46°F1967: 55°F1968: 67°F1969: 68°F1970: 50°F1971: 60°F1972: 48°F1973: 69°F1974: 61°F1975: 63°F1976: 51°F1977: 67°F1978: 65°F1979: 63°F1980: 64°F1981: 56°F1982: 50°F1983: 70°F1984: 49°F1985: 71°F1986: 55°F1987: 66°F1988: 55°F1989: 53°F1990: 68°F1991: 63°F1992: 65°F1993: 61°F1994: 54°F1995: 57°F1996: 72°F1998: 69°F1999: 72°F2000: 55°F2001: 55°F2002: 54°F2003: 56°F2004: 67°F2005: 57°F2006: 58°F2007: 65°F2008: 73°F2009: 71°F2010: 61°F2011: 72°F2012: 64°F2013: 52°F2014: 65°F2015: 62°F2016: 67°F2017: 56°F2018: 73°F2019: 57°F2020: 59°F2021: 60°F2022: 70°F2023: 71°F2024: 66°F2025: 61°F62° forecast4550556065707519501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 762°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record45°F
This-date rank#40 of 79
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-13°F (1987)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1945–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Georgetown in each calendar month, and for the whole 1945–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan77°FJan 30, 2002-13°FJan 28, 1987
Feb77°FFeb 25, 2017-8°FFeb 11, 1979
Mar88°FMar 17, 19453°FMar 7, 1960
Apr94°FApr 17, 200220°FApr 4, 1965
May98°FMay 28, 199126°FMay 9, 1947
Jun101°FJun 30, 195935°FJun 2, 1993
Jul104°FJul 22, 201143°FJul 2, 1952
Aug100°FAug 31, 195342°FAug 31, 1976
Sep98°FSep 2, 195332°FSep 21, 1956
Oct96°FOct 2, 201921°FOct 30, 1952
Nov86°FNov 1, 195014°FNov 25, 1989
Dec77°FDec 1, 1991-7°FDec 16, 1958
All-time104°FJul 22, 2011-13°FJan 28, 1987

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Georgetown so far this year — through Aug 30.

Record Highs in 2026

13 broke
plus 3 tied — daily record highs set this year

Record Lows in 2026

0 broke
plus 0 tied — daily record lows set this year

Record Warm Nights & Cold Days

Two more daily records, kept separate from the rankings: the warmest a night has ever stayed (record high minimum) and the coldest a day has ever gotten (record low maximum) — the flip side of the usual record high and low.

Warmest low ever

84°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Jul 23, 2011

Coldest high ever

9°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Jan 20, 1994
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan59°FJan 4, 19509°FJan 20, 1994
Feb64°FFeb 21, 201814°FFeb 19, 1979
Mar68°FMar 20, 194519°FMar 2, 1980
Apr71°FApr 29, 201735°FApr 9, 1972
May74°FMay 23, 195348°FMay 5, 1987
Jun78°FJun 24, 202558°FJun 3, 2015
Jul84°FJul 23, 201166°FJul 6, 1972
Aug80°FAug 21, 200965°FAug 29, 1986
Sep77°FSep 4, 201255°FSep 25, 1950
Oct74°FOct 3, 201240°FOct 11, 1979
Nov69°FNov 2, 201828°FNov 23, 1989
Dec66°FDec 25, 201513°FDec 26, 1983
All-time84°FJul 23, 20119°FJan 20, 1994

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

61 days
record run, ended Mar 11 1978

So far in 2026

61 days
days with a low ≤ 32°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Georgetown's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 63°F · forecast is -1° vs normal.
Jan: 45°FJan: 27°FFeb: 48°FFeb: 28°FMar: 55°FMar: 35°FApr: 66°FApr: 44°FMay: 74°FMay: 53°FJun: 83°FJun: 63°FJul: 88°FJul: 68°FAug: 86°FAug: 66°FSep: 80°FSep: 60°FOct: 69°FOct: 48°FNov: 59°FNov: 38°FDec: 50°FDec: 31°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:30 AM
Sunset6:32 PM
Solar noon12:01 PM
Daylight13h 02m · losing 16 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

38.69°N, 75.36°W

Nearby Stations

Salisbury, MD25 mi SWWallops Island, VA52 mi SAnnapolis, MD64 mi WAtlantic City, NJ67 mi NEWilmington, DE69 mi NAtlantic City Marina, NJ69 mi NE

The Last 6 Weeks

Georgetown's observed daily low for the last six weeks — a white ring marks any day that broke or tied its daily record for that date.
Georgetown, DE — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Georgetown's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Georgetown, DE — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1945

Each cell is one day's low at Georgetown, coloured by temperature — 82 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Georgetown, DE daily low heat map 1945–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Georgetown — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
61 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 47th most in 82 years. Normal for this point: 61. Record: 80 in 1970.

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