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Wilmington, NC

34.267°N, 77.900°W · station ILMthr · 154 years of record
96°F
forecast high · Sep 4

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Wilmington.
92°TUE9/195°WED9/294°THU9/396°FRI9/494°SAT9/587°SUN9/686°MON9/7

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

#3 / 152
warmest Sep 4 in 152 yrs of record

Warmest Sep 4 ever

100°F
set in 1925

Coolest Sep 4 ever

74°F
set in 1924
Forecast high 96°F — 3rd warmest Sep 4 of 152 years · record 100°F (1925) · warmest since 2020.
1874: 89°F1875: 95°F1876: 82°F1877: 82°F1878: 89°F1879: 91°F1880: 89°F1881: 89°F1882: 87°F1883: 88°F1884: 85°F1885: 82°F1886: 84°F1887: 81°F1888: 86°F1889: 82°F1890: 81°F1891: 85°F1892: 80°F1893: 79°F1894: 83°F1895: 83°F1896: 85°F1897: 81°F1898: 87°F1899: 90°F1900: 86°F1901: 82°F1902: 88°F1903: 79°F1904: 89°F1905: 87°F1906: 84°F1907: 86°F1908: 79°F1909: 82°F1910: 90°F1911: 81°F1912: 91°F1913: 84°F1914: 86°F1915: 84°F1916: 83°F1917: 84°F1918: 83°F1919: 84°F1920: 76°F1921: 94°F1922: 85°F1923: 87°F1924: 74°F1925: 100°F1926: 84°F1927: 88°F1928: 87°F1929: 84°F1930: 88°F1931: 85°F1932: 88°F1933: 88°F1934: 84°F1935: 86°F1936: 88°F1937: 88°F1938: 88°F1939: 88°F1940: 90°F1941: 89°F1942: 82°F1943: 86°F1944: 96°F1945: 75°F1946: 82°F1947: 93°F1948: 83°F1949: 86°F1950: 90°F1951: 89°F1952: 85°F1953: 87°F1954: 92°F1955: 82°F1956: 89°F1957: 92°F1958: 86°F1959: 86°F1960: 86°F1961: 93°F1962: 91°F1963: 91°F1964: 82°F1965: 81°F1966: 93°F1967: 74°F1968: 90°F1969: 86°F1970: 91°F1971: 86°F1972: 89°F1973: 89°F1974: 87°F1975: 98°F1976: 80°F1977: 90°F1978: 91°F1979: 81°F1980: 94°F1981: 83°F1982: 78°F1983: 92°F1984: 93°F1985: 93°F1986: 84°F1987: 75°F1988: 84°F1989: 80°F1990: 85°F1991: 86°F1992: 88°F1993: 94°F1994: 79°F1995: 82°F1996: 80°F1997: 75°F1998: 85°F1999: 82°F2000: 86°F2001: 80°F2002: 88°F2003: 88°F2004: 84°F2005: 86°F2006: 86°F2007: 87°F2008: 88°F2009: 81°F2010: 90°F2011: 85°F2012: 87°F2013: 87°F2014: 89°F2015: 90°F2016: 82°F2017: 87°F2018: 89°F2019: 81°F2020: 96°F2021: 83°F2022: 87°F2023: 94°F2024: 83°F2025: 85°F96° forecast707580859095100188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Sep 496°F
Hottest this date since2020
This-date record100°F
This-date rank#3 of 152
Hottest at any time since2026
All-time record104°F (1952)
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

Hot Streaks

Current run

0 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

23 days
record run, ended Aug 29 1900

So far in 2026

59 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: 86°F · forecast is +10° 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 high 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 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, NC — 2026 daily high trace
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Every Day Since 1873

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.
Wilmington, NC daily high heat map 1873–2026

Days Above the Mark

How many days a year hit a given high at Wilmington — counted through Sep 4 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
59 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — the 2nd most in 154 years. Normal for this point: 32. Record: 63 in 2019.

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