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Wilmington, DE

39.674°N, 75.606°W · station ILGthr · 133 years of record
66°F
forecast high · Oct 23

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Wilmington.
55°SAT10/1757°SUN10/1860°MON10/1965°TUE10/2065°WED10/2163°THU10/2266°FRI10/23

This Day in History

Every year's high 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 hottest on record.

Ranks

#51 / 110
warmest Oct 23 in 110 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 23 ever

86°F
set in 1947

Coolest Oct 23 ever

47°F
set in 1969
Forecast high 66°F — 51st warmest Oct 23 of 110 years · record 86°F (1947) · warmest since 2024.
1895: 60°F1896: 58°F1917: 60°F1918: 59°F1919: 62°F1920: 79°F1921: 65°F1922: 65°F1923: 55°F1924: 52°F1925: 52°F1926: 58°F1927: 62°F1928: 65°F1929: 68°F1931: 67°F1932: 65°F1933: 71°F1934: 65°F1935: 74°F1936: 77°F1937: 63°F1938: 66°F1939: 61°F1940: 50°F1941: 68°F1942: 69°F1943: 66°F1944: 55°F1945: 65°F1946: 70°F1947: 86°F1948: 57°F1949: 69°F1950: 58°F1951: 66°F1952: 64°F1953: 75°F1954: 71°F1955: 64°F1956: 66°F1957: 70°F1958: 67°F1959: 75°F1960: 56°F1961: 57°F1962: 66°F1963: 68°F1964: 60°F1965: 67°F1966: 70°F1967: 63°F1968: 67°F1969: 47°F1970: 72°F1971: 70°F1972: 59°F1973: 68°F1974: 66°F1975: 79°F1976: 52°F1977: 59°F1978: 81°F1979: 78°F1980: 65°F1981: 65°F1982: 53°F1983: 60°F1984: 79°F1985: 72°F1986: 75°F1987: 63°F1988: 55°F1989: 65°F1990: 68°F1991: 70°F1992: 60°F1993: 61°F1994: 62°F1995: 74°F1996: 59°F1997: 53°F1998: 62°F1999: 55°F2000: 67°F2001: 70°F2002: 61°F2003: 47°F2004: 57°F2005: 60°F2006: 54°F2007: 81°F2008: 57°F2009: 67°F2010: 67°F2011: 63°F2012: 69°F2013: 59°F2014: 58°F2015: 67°F2016: 56°F2017: 76°F2018: 68°F2019: 68°F2020: 78°F2021: 65°F2022: 64°F2023: 62°F2024: 83°F2025: 64°F66° forecast455055606570758085901920194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 2366°F
Hottest this date since2024
This-date record86°F
This-date rank#51 of 110
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record107°F (1918)
Odds to tie/break—
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 Oct 15.

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

Hot Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

16 days
record run, ended Aug 18 1895

So far in 2026

30 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year

Climate Normals

Normal high & low by month, from Wilmington's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 64°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

Sunrise6:13 AM
Sunset5:22 PM
Solar noon11:48 AM
Daylight11h 09m · 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 high 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 high

2026 So Far

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

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

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Wilmington — counted through Oct 23 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
30 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 23rd most in 133 years. Normal for this point: 18. Record: 59 in 1895.

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