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Wilmington, NC 34.267°N, 77.900°W · station ILMthr · 154 years of record
98°F
HOTTEST JUL 17 SINCE 1887
forecast high · Jul 17
NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Wilmington.
86° MON 7/13 88° TUE 7/14 92° WED 7/15 96° THU 7/16 98° FRI 7/17 96° SAT 7/18 96° SUN 7/19 This Day in History · Jul 17
Today ranks #2 / 152
warmest Jul 17 in 152 yrs of record
Hottest Jul 17 ever 100°F
set in 1887
Coolest Jul 17 ever 76°F
set in 1945
Hottest Jul 17 — Year by Year
Every year's high on Jul 17 at Wilmington. The forecast line shows where today lands; the ringed bar is the hottest on record.
76 88 100 1874: 92°F 1875: 98°F 1876: 91°F 1877: 89°F 1878: 89°F 1879: 96°F 1880: 96°F 1881: 96°F 1882: 82°F 1883: 95°F 1884: 90°F 1885: 88°F 1886: 85°F 1887: 100°F 1888: 82°F 1889: 80°F 1890: 86°F 1891: 84°F 1892: 87°F 1893: 95°F 1894: 86°F 1895: 93°F 1896: 88°F 1897: 86°F 1898: 93°F 1899: 87°F 1900: 89°F 1901: 84°F 1902: 94°F 1903: 83°F 1904: 90°F 1905: 88°F 1906: 87°F 1907: 88°F 1908: 87°F 1909: 88°F 1910: 88°F 1911: 85°F 1912: 86°F 1913: 83°F 1914: 89°F 1915: 94°F 1916: 86°F 1917: 85°F 1918: 86°F 1919: 78°F 1920: 88°F 1921: 82°F 1922: 87°F 1923: 80°F 1924: 89°F 1925: 93°F 1926: 78°F 1927: 88°F 1928: 86°F 1929: 84°F 1930: 86°F 1931: 95°F 1932: 90°F 1933: 82°F 1934: 97°F 1935: 82°F 1936: 84°F 1937: 89°F 1938: 87°F 1939: 87°F 1940: 84°F 1941: 85°F 1942: 94°F 1943: 90°F 1944: 86°F 1945: 76°F 1946: 82°F 1947: 85°F 1948: 86°F 1949: 85°F 1950: 85°F 1951: 86°F 1952: 86°F 1953: 89°F 1954: 82°F 1955: 94°F 1956: 93°F 1957: 87°F 1958: 93°F 1959: 87°F 1960: 85°F 1961: 93°F 1962: 86°F 1963: 88°F 1964: 90°F 1965: 89°F 1966: 78°F 1967: 87°F 1968: 94°F 1969: 89°F 1970: 85°F 1971: 91°F 1972: 90°F 1973: 82°F 1974: 87°F 1975: 87°F 1976: 97°F 1977: 90°F 1978: 88°F 1979: 91°F 1980: 92°F 1981: 90°F 1982: 88°F 1983: 97°F 1984: 89°F 1985: 89°F 1986: 96°F 1987: 84°F 1988: 95°F 1989: 88°F 1990: 88°F 1991: 87°F 1992: 92°F 1993: 91°F 1994: 93°F 1995: 89°F 1996: 85°F 1997: 89°F 1998: 89°F 1999: 87°F 2000: 90°F 2001: 86°F 2002: 95°F 2003: 91°F 2004: 88°F 2005: 93°F 2006: 92°F 2007: 94°F 2008: 88°F 2009: 90°F 2010: 91°F 2011: 86°F 2012: 93°F 2013: 89°F 2014: 87°F 2015: 89°F 2016: 90°F 2017: 81°F 2018: 87°F 2019: 95°F 2020: 89°F 2021: 92°F 2022: 89°F 2023: 94°F 2024: 94°F 2025: 91°F 98° forecast 1874 1887 2025 Forecast high · Jul 17 98°F Hottest this date since 1887 This-date record 100°F This-date rank #2 of 152
Hottest at any time since 2026 All-time record 104°F (1952) Odds to tie/break 2.0% (daily) Period of record 1873–2026
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.
Month Record High Record Low Jan 83°F 2024 5°F 1985 Feb 86°F 2023 5°F 1899 Mar 94°F 1907 9°F 1980 Apr 95°F 1967 28°F 1875 May 101°F 2019 35°F 1963 Jun 104°F 1952 48°F 1983 Jul 103°F 1879 54°F 1919 Aug 103°F 1999 55°F 1982 Sep 100°F 1925 42°F 1887 Oct 98°F 2019 27°F 1962 Nov 87°F 1974 16°F 1950 Dec 82°F 1998 0°F 1989 All-time 104°F 1952 0°F 1989
Records set or tied at Wilmington so far this year — through Jul 11.
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
Current run 9 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F
Longest ever 23 days
record run, ended Aug 29 1900
So far in 2026 30 days
days with a high ≥ 90°F this year
Normal high & low by month, from Wilmington's own 1991–2020 record. Today's normal high: 90°F · forecast is +8° vs normal .
Jan: 57°F Jan: 36°F Feb: 60°F Feb: 38°F Mar: 66°F Mar: 44°F Apr: 74°F Apr: 52°F May: 81°F May: 61°F Jun: 87°F Jun: 69°F Jul: 90°F Jul: 73°F Aug: 88°F Aug: 72°F Sep: 84°F Sep: 67°F Oct: 76°F Oct: 56°F Nov: 67°F Nov: 45°F Dec: 60°F Dec: 39°F J F M A M J J A S O N D Sun & Daylight Today Sunrise 5:09 AM Sunset 7:25 PM Solar noon 12:17 PM Daylight 14h 16m · losing 6 min/wk
Local standard time (no DST), level horizon.
Location 34.27°N, 77.90°W 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.
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.
Each cell is one day's high at Wilmington, coloured by temperature — 154 years of record, so heat waves read as warm streaks and cold snaps as blue.
How many days a year hit a given high at Wilmington — counted through Jul 17 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70° 75° 80° 85° 90° 95° 100° 105° 110°
30 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — tied for the 5th most in 154 years. Normal for this point: 14 . Record: 33 in 1991.
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