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Wilmington, DE

39.674°N, 75.606°W · station ILGthr · 133 years of record
60°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Wilmington.
72°WED9/270°THU9/373°FRI9/465°SAT9/562°SUN9/660°MON9/761°TUE9/8

This Day in History

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

Ranks

#46 / 112
coldest Sep 7 in 112 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

43°F
set in 1924

Mildest Sep 7 ever

75°F
set in 1985
Forecast low 60°F — 46th coldest Sep 7 of 112 years · record 43°F (1924) · coldest since 2025.
1894: 67°F1895: 63°F1896: 65°F1917: 52°F1918: 55°F1919: 67°F1920: 65°F1921: 66°F1922: 68°F1923: 64°F1924: 43°F1925: 68°F1926: 68°F1927: 60°F1928: 51°F1929: 67°F1930: 64°F1931: 57°F1932: 68°F1933: 61°F1934: 66°F1935: 57°F1936: 55°F1937: 59°F1938: 59°F1939: 59°F1940: 52°F1941: 67°F1942: 58°F1943: 67°F1944: 60°F1945: 63°F1946: 60°F1947: 69°F1948: 61°F1949: 55°F1950: 50°F1951: 58°F1952: 55°F1953: 64°F1954: 67°F1955: 60°F1956: 67°F1957: 64°F1958: 65°F1959: 64°F1960: 63°F1961: 70°F1962: 49°F1963: 52°F1964: 55°F1965: 58°F1966: 55°F1967: 62°F1968: 68°F1969: 72°F1970: 56°F1971: 66°F1972: 53°F1973: 65°F1974: 57°F1975: 63°F1976: 52°F1977: 66°F1978: 71°F1979: 67°F1980: 68°F1981: 64°F1982: 58°F1983: 71°F1984: 48°F1985: 75°F1986: 55°F1987: 71°F1988: 47°F1989: 57°F1990: 72°F1991: 61°F1992: 66°F1993: 67°F1994: 57°F1995: 65°F1996: 71°F1997: 54°F1998: 68°F1999: 72°F2000: 50°F2001: 57°F2002: 55°F2003: 54°F2004: 60°F2005: 53°F2006: 57°F2007: 70°F2008: 72°F2009: 65°F2010: 61°F2011: 65°F2012: 68°F2013: 48°F2014: 64°F2015: 64°F2016: 65°F2017: 55°F2018: 72°F2019: 54°F2020: 59°F2021: 59°F2022: 68°F2023: 71°F2024: 58°F2025: 57°F60° forecast404550556065707519201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 760°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record43°F
This-date rank#46 of 112
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record-15°F (1934)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1894–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Wilmington in each calendar month, and for the whole 1894–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan75°FJan 26, 1950-14°FJan 22, 1984
Feb78°FFeb 25, 1930-15°FFeb 9, 1934
Mar86°FMar 21, 19482°FMar 10, 1984
Apr97°FApr 17, 189611°FApr 1, 1923
May98°FMay 10, 189530°FMay 1, 1978
Jun102°FJun 24, 189440°FJun 1, 1945
Jul103°FJul 10, 193648°FJul 1, 1988
Aug107°FAug 7, 191843°FAug 29, 1982
Sep100°FSep 2, 195332°FSep 27, 1940
Oct98°FOct 2, 201923°FOct 28, 1936
Nov85°FNov 1, 195011°FNov 30, 1929
Dec75°FDec 4, 1998-7°FDec 30, 1917
All-time107°FAug 7, 1918-15°FFeb 9, 1934

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

8 broke
plus 5 tied — daily record highs set this year
Monthly high record this year: Jul (103°F)

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 · Aug 7, 1918

Coldest high ever

4°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Dec 30, 1917
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan56°FJan 4, 19504°FJan 19, 1994
Feb54°FFeb 20, 19397°FFeb 5, 1918
Mar62°FMar 22, 194822°FMar 1, 1980
Apr74°FApr 19, 189635°FApr 1, 1923
May75°FMay 30, 189544°FMay 5, 1917
Jun78°FJun 25, 202556°FJun 5, 1926
Jul83°FJul 14, 189464°FJul 11, 1917
Aug84°FAug 7, 191861°FAug 27, 1927
Sep79°FSep 3, 192151°FSep 28, 1984
Oct73°FOct 8, 201739°FOct 30, 2002
Nov68°FNov 2, 197125°FNov 28, 1930
Dec60°FDec 24, 20154°FDec 30, 1917
All-time84°FAug 7, 19184°FDec 30, 1917

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

82 days
record run, ended Mar 4 1920

So far in 2026

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

Climate Normals

Normal low & low by month, from Wilmington's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal low: 62°F · forecast is -2° vs normal.
Jan: 41°FJan: 25°FFeb: 44°FFeb: 27°FMar: 52°FMar: 34°FApr: 64°FApr: 43°FMay: 73°FMay: 53°FJun: 82°FJun: 63°FJul: 87°FJul: 68°FAug: 85°FAug: 66°FSep: 78°FSep: 59°FOct: 67°FOct: 47°FNov: 56°FNov: 37°FDec: 46°FDec: 30°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:30 AM
Sunset6:34 PM
Solar noon12:02 PM
Daylight13h 04m · losing 17 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

39.67°N, 75.61°W

Nearby Stations

Philadelphia, PA24 mi NEReading, PA51 mi NWAtlantic City, NJ57 mi ETrenton, NJ59 mi NEBaltimore Downtown, MD60 mi WAtlantic City Marina, NJ66 mi E

The Last 6 Weeks

Wilmington'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.
Wilmington, DE — last six weeks of daily low

2026 So Far

Every day this year against Wilmington's own record — the record low, the normal, and the full span ever seen. A shareable look at where the year stands.
Wilmington, DE — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1894

Each cell is one day's low at Wilmington, coloured by temperature — 133 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Wilmington, DE daily low heat map 1894–2026

Days Below the Mark

How many days a year hit a given low at Wilmington — counted through Sep 7 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running cold. Pick a threshold:
62 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 71st most in 133 years. Normal for this point: 55. Record: 83 in 1926.

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