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Wilmington, NC

34.267°N, 77.900°W · station ILMthr · 154 years of record
73°F
forecast high · Oct 23

7-Day Forecast

NWS NDFD forecast high temperature for Wilmington.
68°SAT10/1763°SUN10/1866°MON10/1969°TUE10/2071°WED10/2171°THU10/2273°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

#85 / 152
warmest Oct 23 in 152 yrs of record

Warmest Oct 23 ever

86°F
set in 2007

Coolest Oct 23 ever

50°F
set in 1923
Forecast high 73°F — 85th warmest Oct 23 of 152 years · record 86°F (2007) · warmest since 2025.
1874: 75°F1875: 67°F1876: 78°F1877: 70°F1878: 69°F1879: 72°F1880: 67°F1881: 78°F1882: 66°F1883: 62°F1884: 80°F1885: 63°F1886: 76°F1887: 67°F1888: 65°F1889: 69°F1890: 74°F1891: 58°F1892: 72°F1893: 74°F1894: 75°F1895: 77°F1896: 66°F1897: 69°F1898: 60°F1899: 72°F1900: 80°F1901: 80°F1902: 76°F1903: 78°F1904: 69°F1905: 66°F1906: 71°F1907: 73°F1908: 68°F1909: 78°F1910: 68°F1911: 72°F1912: 77°F1913: 69°F1914: 70°F1915: 72°F1916: 62°F1917: 72°F1918: 71°F1919: 85°F1920: 80°F1921: 80°F1922: 75°F1923: 50°F1924: 59°F1925: 64°F1926: 72°F1927: 84°F1928: 75°F1929: 70°F1930: 65°F1931: 74°F1932: 76°F1933: 73°F1934: 72°F1935: 81°F1936: 84°F1937: 64°F1938: 73°F1939: 75°F1940: 66°F1941: 82°F1942: 80°F1943: 72°F1944: 68°F1945: 77°F1946: 71°F1947: 81°F1948: 65°F1949: 78°F1950: 79°F1951: 80°F1952: 67°F1953: 74°F1954: 72°F1955: 73°F1956: 80°F1957: 77°F1958: 68°F1959: 77°F1960: 64°F1961: 68°F1962: 77°F1963: 77°F1964: 79°F1965: 72°F1966: 82°F1967: 73°F1968: 78°F1969: 57°F1970: 74°F1971: 82°F1972: 75°F1973: 76°F1974: 74°F1975: 81°F1976: 68°F1977: 77°F1978: 81°F1979: 82°F1980: 68°F1981: 81°F1982: 51°F1983: 73°F1984: 82°F1985: 80°F1986: 78°F1987: 72°F1988: 68°F1989: 72°F1990: 80°F1991: 78°F1992: 74°F1993: 67°F1994: 80°F1995: 74°F1996: 79°F1997: 62°F1998: 64°F1999: 69°F2000: 80°F2001: 81°F2002: 71°F2003: 65°F2004: 68°F2005: 66°F2006: 61°F2007: 86°F2008: 63°F2009: 82°F2010: 73°F2011: 74°F2012: 74°F2013: 75°F2014: 70°F2015: 82°F2016: 66°F2017: 80°F2018: 75°F2019: 75°F2020: 82°F2021: 80°F2022: 77°F2023: 70°F2024: 81°F2025: 73°F73° forecast505560657075808590188018901900191019201930194019501960197019801990200020102020
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The Numbers

Forecast high · Oct 2373°F
Hottest this date since2025
This-date record86°F
This-date rank#85 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 Oct 15.

Record Highs in 2026

6 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

1 days
consecutive days with a high ≥ 90°F

Longest ever

23 days
record run, ended Aug 29 1900

So far in 2026

70 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: 74°F · forecast is -1° 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

Sunrise6:18 AM
Sunset5:36 PM
Solar noon11:57 AM
Daylight11h 19m · 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 Oct 23 each year, so you can see whether 2026 is running hot. Pick a threshold:
70 days ≥90°F so far in 2026 — the 3rd most in 154 years. Normal for this point: 36. Record: 77 in 2019.

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