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Wilmington, NC

34.267°N, 77.900°W · station ILMthr · 154 years of record
70°F
forecast low · Sep 7

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast low temperature for Wilmington.
74°WED9/275°THU9/374°FRI9/475°SAT9/572°SUN9/670°MON9/770°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

#92 / 152
coldest Sep 7 in 152 yrs of record

Coldest Sep 7 ever

57°F
set in 1984

Mildest Sep 7 ever

78°F
set in 2023
Forecast low 70°F — 92nd coldest Sep 7 of 152 years · record 57°F (1984) · coldest since 2025.
1874: 66°F1875: 69°F1876: 68°F1877: 71°F1878: 70°F1879: 67°F1880: 72°F1881: 72°F1882: 72°F1883: 62°F1884: 68°F1885: 62°F1886: 68°F1887: 65°F1888: 70°F1889: 70°F1890: 73°F1891: 68°F1892: 69°F1893: 72°F1894: 72°F1895: 72°F1896: 72°F1897: 67°F1898: 71°F1899: 75°F1900: 71°F1901: 66°F1902: 68°F1903: 66°F1904: 68°F1905: 68°F1906: 69°F1907: 68°F1908: 68°F1909: 65°F1910: 72°F1911: 73°F1912: 74°F1913: 69°F1914: 67°F1915: 73°F1916: 69°F1917: 70°F1918: 64°F1919: 70°F1920: 69°F1921: 74°F1922: 69°F1923: 69°F1924: 59°F1925: 72°F1926: 74°F1927: 68°F1928: 68°F1929: 74°F1930: 74°F1931: 73°F1932: 72°F1933: 71°F1934: 70°F1935: 75°F1936: 67°F1937: 74°F1938: 69°F1939: 69°F1940: 67°F1941: 71°F1942: 72°F1943: 74°F1944: 70°F1945: 72°F1946: 74°F1947: 70°F1948: 71°F1949: 73°F1950: 65°F1951: 68°F1952: 62°F1953: 63°F1954: 69°F1955: 69°F1956: 70°F1957: 73°F1958: 71°F1959: 71°F1960: 70°F1961: 71°F1962: 63°F1963: 60°F1964: 70°F1965: 59°F1966: 68°F1967: 65°F1968: 69°F1969: 68°F1970: 68°F1971: 66°F1972: 63°F1973: 71°F1974: 69°F1975: 73°F1976: 70°F1977: 72°F1978: 69°F1979: 73°F1980: 72°F1981: 69°F1982: 60°F1983: 73°F1984: 57°F1985: 74°F1986: 68°F1987: 75°F1988: 63°F1989: 64°F1990: 75°F1991: 69°F1992: 70°F1993: 69°F1994: 63°F1995: 67°F1996: 73°F1997: 57°F1998: 72°F1999: 75°F2000: 64°F2001: 64°F2002: 65°F2003: 67°F2004: 71°F2005: 69°F2006: 65°F2007: 67°F2008: 74°F2009: 70°F2010: 66°F2011: 73°F2012: 75°F2013: 65°F2014: 72°F2015: 73°F2016: 63°F2017: 61°F2018: 71°F2019: 72°F2020: 71°F2021: 73°F2022: 72°F2023: 78°F2024: 66°F2025: 64°F70° forecast556065707580188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast low · Sep 770°F
Coldest this date since2025
This-date record57°F
This-date rank#92 of 152
Coldest at any time since2026
All-time record0°F (1989)
Odds to tie/break0.0% (daily)
Period of record1873–2026

Record Book

The hottest and coldest ever recorded at Wilmington in each calendar month, and for the whole 1873–2026 record — with the year each was set.
MonthRecord HighRecord Low
Jan83°FJan 26, 20245°FJan 21, 1985
Feb86°FFeb 23, 20235°FFeb 14, 1899
Mar94°FMar 23, 19079°FMar 4, 1980
Apr95°FApr 7, 196728°FApr 19, 1875
May101°FMay 29, 201935°FMay 2, 1963
Jun104°FJun 27, 195248°FJun 2, 1983
Jul103°FJul 12, 187954°FJul 1, 1919
Aug103°FAug 1, 199955°FAug 30, 1982
Sep100°FSep 4, 192542°FSep 25, 1887
Oct98°FOct 3, 201927°FOct 27, 1962
Nov87°FNov 2, 197416°FNov 26, 1950
Dec82°FDec 7, 19980°FDec 25, 1989
All-time104°FJun 27, 19520°FDec 25, 1989

2026 Records So Far

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

Record Highs in 2026

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

Record Lows in 2026

1 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

83°F
record high minimum — the night it never cooled · Aug 1, 1999

Coldest high ever

16°F
record low maximum — the day it never warmed · Feb 13, 1899
MonthWarmest lowColdest high
Jan67°FJan 25, 193724°FJan 6, 1912
Feb68°FFeb 11, 201816°FFeb 13, 1899
Mar70°FMar 22, 192926°FMar 2, 1980
Apr74°FApr 28, 201739°FApr 3, 1915
May79°FMay 30, 201953°FMay 8, 1928
Jun81°FJun 21, 201558°FJun 12, 1913
Jul82°FJul 19, 202668°FJul 11, 1898
Aug83°FAug 1, 199967°FAug 27, 1927
Sep81°FSep 3, 202060°FSep 26, 1940
Oct77°FOct 9, 201750°FOct 25, 1903
Nov74°FNov 11, 202034°FNov 27, 1903
Dec72°FDec 24, 201516°FDec 30, 1917
All-time83°FAug 1, 199916°FFeb 13, 1899

Cold Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a low ≤ 32°F

Longest ever

21 days
record run, ended Jan 7 2001

So far in 2026

32 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: 69°F · forecast is +2° vs normal.
Jan: 57°FJan: 36°FFeb: 60°FFeb: 38°FMar: 66°FMar: 44°FApr: 74°FApr: 52°FMay: 81°FMay: 61°FJun: 87°FJun: 69°FJul: 90°FJul: 73°FAug: 88°FAug: 72°FSep: 84°FSep: 67°FOct: 76°FOct: 56°FNov: 67°FNov: 45°FDec: 60°FDec: 39°FJFMAMJJASOND

Sun & Location

Sun & Daylight Today

Sunrise5:45 AM
Sunset6:38 PM
Solar noon12:11 PM
Daylight12h 53m · losing 14 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.

Location

34.27°N, 77.90°W

Nearby Stations

Myrtle Beach, SC56 mi SWLumberton, NC70 mi WNew Bern, NC73 mi NEFayetteville, NC74 mi NWRaleigh, NC122 mi NWCape Hatteras, NC145 mi NE

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, NC — 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, NC — 2026 daily low trace
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Every Day Since 1873

Each cell is one day's low at Wilmington, coloured by temperature — 154 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
Wilmington, NC daily low heat map 1873–2026

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:
32 days ≤32°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 20th most in 154 years. Normal for this point: 22. Record: 53 in 1968.

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