Delaware · THREADEX · 1894–2026

Wilmington, DE

39.674°N, 75.606°W · station ILGthr · 133 years of record
63°F
forecast low · Jul 14

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Wilmington.
63°TUE7/1470°WED7/1574°THU7/1672°FRI7/1771°SAT7/1870°SUN7/19

This Day in History · Jul 14

Today ranks

#17 / 112
coldest Jul 14 in 112 yrs of record

Coldest Jul 14 ever

57°F
set in 1940

Mildest Jul 14 ever

83°F
set in 1894

Coldest Jul 14 — Year by Year

Every year's low on Jul 14 at Wilmington. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the coldest on record.
5770831894: 83°F1895: 65°F1896: 76°F1917: 69°F1918: 60°F1919: 65°F1920: 65°F1921: 71°F1922: 66°F1923: 61°F1924: 70°F1925: 61°F1926: 60°F1927: 73°F1928: 68°F1929: 65°F1930: 70°F1931: 70°F1932: 68°F1933: 58°F1934: 68°F1935: 69°F1936: 69°F1937: 65°F1938: 72°F1939: 65°F1940: 57°F1941: 67°F1942: 69°F1943: 71°F1944: 69°F1945: 64°F1946: 64°F1947: 67°F1948: 73°F1949: 68°F1950: 63°F1951: 70°F1952: 68°F1953: 60°F1954: 68°F1955: 60°F1956: 67°F1957: 71°F1958: 70°F1959: 67°F1960: 67°F1961: 68°F1962: 64°F1963: 62°F1964: 68°F1965: 69°F1966: 72°F1967: 69°F1968: 67°F1969: 65°F1970: 64°F1971: 65°F1972: 71°F1973: 75°F1974: 65°F1975: 70°F1976: 65°F1977: 67°F1978: 66°F1979: 72°F1980: 59°F1981: 67°F1982: 71°F1983: 63°F1984: 67°F1985: 73°F1986: 69°F1987: 63°F1988: 72°F1989: 62°F1990: 64°F1991: 68°F1992: 74°F1993: 72°F1994: 71°F1995: 72°F1996: 70°F1997: 68°F1998: 66°F1999: 60°F2000: 61°F2001: 58°F2002: 67°F2003: 67°F2004: 66°F2005: 72°F2006: 67°F2007: 67°F2008: 69°F2009: 58°F2010: 71°F2011: 62°F2012: 69°F2013: 75°F2014: 72°F2015: 73°F2016: 72°F2017: 72°F2018: 64°F2019: 71°F2020: 67°F2021: 77°F2022: 72°F2023: 80°F2024: 73°F2025: 74°F63° forecast189419402025

The Numbers

Forecast low · Jul 1463°F
Coldest this date since2011
This-date record57°F
This-date rank#17 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°F1950-14°F1984
Feb78°F1930-15°F1934
Mar86°F19482°F1984
Apr97°F189611°F1923
May98°F189530°F1978
Jun102°F189440°F1945
Jul103°F193648°F1988
Aug107°F191843°F1982
Sep100°F195332°F1940
Oct98°F201923°F1936
Nov85°F195011°F1929
Dec75°F1998-7°F1917
All-time107°F1918-15°F1934

2026 Records So Far

Records set or tied at Wilmington so far this year — through Jul 11.

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

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: 68°F · forecast is -5° 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

Sunrise4:45 AM
Sunset7:30 PM
Solar noon12:08 PM
Daylight14h 45m · losing 7 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 Jul 14 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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