Wilmington, DE: April

30 April 2026: April 2026 averaged 57.6°F in Wilmington, DE, the warmest April since 2023, 7th warmest of 112.

April 2026

Mean temperature: 57.6°F; Warmest since 2023; 7th warmest of 112
Precipitation: 2.53 in; Driest since 2021; 35th driest of 127

A normal April in Wilmington, DE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.6°F, between 51°F and 56.5°F in eight years of ten and 2.88 in of precipitation, between 1.83 in and 5.64 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every April in Wilmington, DE since 1894: 57.6°F in 2026; the highest is 59°F, in 2023.

Normal range, 51 to 56.5°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every April in Wilmington, DE from 1894 to 2026, ranked: the mean temperature, the mean high and the mean low from the warmest, the precipitation from the wettest; a year missing more than a tenth of its days is not ranked.

Year	Mean, °F	Rank	High, °F	Rank	Low, °F	Rank	Precipitation, in	Rank	Days missing
2026	57.6	7	69	4	46.2	8	2.53	93	0
2025	56	11	66.4	17	45.7	9	4.15	39	0
2024	55.1	19	64.8	31	45.4	11	4.58	27	0
2023	59	1	70.3	2	47.8	2	4.55	28	0
2022	53.1	51	63.1	54	43.1	41	5.71	14	0
2021	54.6	27	65.7	22	43.4	35	2.36	97	0
2020	51.4	76	61	85	41.7	63	4.35	34	0
2019	58	5	68.7	7	47.4	3	2.73	80	0
2018	50.3	89	60.4	92	40.3	85	2.59	88	0
2017	58.8	2	68.6	8	49	1	2.32	99	0
2016	52.6	55	63.5	50	41.6	66	1.84	111	0
2015	54	39	64.7	35	43.3	38	4.29	36	0
2014	52.6	55	63.6	49	41.5	68	6.84	2	0
2013	54	39	64.4	41	43.5	32	2.69	81	0
2012	53.4	47	64.8	31	42	59	2.56	90	0
2011	55.9	12	65.5	26	46.4	6	4.71	25	0
2010	56.3	10	67.5	12	45.1	14	2.43	95	0
2009	54.5	31	64.5	39	44.5	20	4.03	41	0
2008	54.7	24	64.6	37	44.8	17	1.97	106	0
2007	50.6	86	60.2	97	40.9	74	8.55	1	0
2006	55.6	15	66.7	16	44.5	20	4.36	33	0
2005	53.8	43	64.8	31	42.8	44	5.12	20	0
2004	53.7	45	63.2	52	44.2	25	5.61	15	0
2003	51	79	60.8	88	41.2	71	2.62	87	0
2002	55.7	14	66.4	17	44.9	15	2.26	100	0
2001	53.3	49	63.7	48	42.8	44	1.43	121	0
2000	51.8	67	61.3	79	42.4	52	3.43	56	0
1999	52.7	54	62.9	59	42.4	52	3.36	58	0
1998	54.2	35	64.4	41	44	27	2.91	70	0
1997	50.3	89	60.4	92	40.1	88	1.49	120	0
1996	52.6	55	62.7	61	42.5	51	4.98	21	0
1995	51.5	72	62.6	63	40.4	84	2.10	104	0
1994	58.4	3	69.7	3	47.1	5	2.85	73	0
1993	52.8	53	63.1	54	42.4	52	5.87	11	0
1992	52	64	61.9	74	42	59	1.76	115	0
1991	54.7	24	64.5	39	44.9	15	3.28	59	0
1990	53.7	45	63.9	46	43.5	32	3.42	57	0
1989	51.5	72	62.3	67	40.8	75	2.76	78	0
1988	50.8	82	59.6	103	41.9	62	2.59	88	0
1987	52.3	59	61.5	78	43	42	2.63	85	0
1986	52.3	59	62	71	42.7	49	2.77	77	0
1985	58	5	70.7	1	45.3	12	0.35	127	0
1984	50.7	84	60.7	90	40.7	79	4.24	37	0
1983	53.1	51	62.9	59	43.3	38	6.80	4	0
1982	50.6	86	62.5	65	38.7	103	5.41	18	0
1981	55	21	65.7	22	44.3	23	3.54	53	0
1980	54.6	27	64.7	35	44.5	20	4.55	28	0
1979	50.6	86	60.4	92	40.8	75	4.03	41	0
1978	50.3	89	61.3	79	39.3	96	2.16	101	0
1977	54.4	32	65.9	20	42.8	44	3.91	46	0
1976	54.6	27	66.3	19	43	42	1.40	122	0
1975	47.5	110	57.3	111	37.6	110	3.03	67	0
1974	55.5	17	67.3	14	43.7	29	3.08	65	0
1973	54.7	24	63.8	47	45.5	10	6.57	5	0
1972	50	95	61	85	38.9	100	4.47	30	0
1971	51	79	63.5	50	38.6	104	2.15	102	0
1970	51.9	66	62	71	41.7	63	5.56	17	0
1969	55.1	19	65.6	25	44.6	18	1.58	118	0
1968	54.1	36	65.5	26	42.6	50	1.57	119	0
1967	51.5	72	62.5	65	40.5	81	2.69	81	0
1966	47.9	109	57	112	38.8	102	3.16	62	0
1965	49.2	103	58.8	107	39.7	92	1.76	115	0
1964	49.4	101	58.6	110	40.1	88	5.97	10	0
1963	52.6	55	64.3	44	40.8	75	1.12	125	0
1962	52.2	62	62.7	61	41.7	63	3.50	54	0
1961	48.9	105	58.7	109	39	99	4.88	23	0
1960	56.4	9	68.4	9	44.3	23	2.93	69	0
1959	54.3	34	65.3	29	43.2	40	2.15	102	0
1958	53.4	47	63	58	43.8	28	4.62	26	0
1957	54.1	36	64.8	31	43.4	35	3.73	49	0
1956	49.9	97	60.3	95	39.4	95	2.80	75	0
1955	54.8	23	65	30	44.6	18	2.55	92	0
1954	55.6	15	67.5	12	43.7	29	2.84	74	0
1953	52.3	59	61.8	77	42.8	44	4.76	24	0
1952	54.6	27	64	45	45.2	13	5.57	16	0
1951	51.6	71	63.1	54	40.1	88	2.56	90	0
1950	48.3	108	59.3	105	37.2	111	1.81	113	0
1949	52	64	62.3	67	41.6	66	2.69	81	0
1948	51	79	61.2	82	40.8	75	3.07	66	0
1947	51.5	72	61.9	74	41	73	6.20	8	0
1946	50.2	92	60.9	87	39.5	94	1.88	109	0
1945	55.4	18	67.9	10	42.8	44	4.32	35	0
1944	49.9	97	61.3	79	38.6	104	5.20	19	0
1943	47.4	111	59.3	105	35.5	113	3.56	52	0
1942	54.9	22	67.3	14	42.4	52	1.12	125	0
1941	55.9	12	68.9	5	43.5	32	2.90	71	1
1940	46.8	112	56.8	113	36.8	112			0
1939			59.9	101	39.6	93	6.47	7	4
1938	53.8	43	65.9	20	42.2	57	2.02	105	1
1937	50.8	82	61.2	82	40.6	80	4.41	32	2
1936	49.7	100	60.3	95	38.9	100	2.98	68	1
1935	50.2	92	58.8	107	41.5	68	3.68	50	0
1934	51.1	78	62	71	40.1	88	4.00	44	0
1933	52.1	63	62.1	69	42	59	5.75	13	1
1932	50.2	92	61.2	82	39.1	98			0
1931	50.7	84	60.8	88	40.5	81	2.63	85	0
1930	49.9	97	60.5	91	39.3	96	1.80	114	0
1929	54.4	32	64.6	37	44.1	26	6.51	6	0
1928	48.8	107	59.6	103	38	108	5.78	12	0
1927	49.3	102	60	100	38.5	106	3.16	62	0
1926	48.9	105	60.1	98	37.8	109	1.83	112	1
1925	53.9	42	65.7	22	42.2	57	2.87	72	0
1924	49.2	103	60.1	98	38.3	107			0
1923	51.7	70	63.1	54	40.3	85	4.45	31	0
1922	53.3	49	63.2	52	43.4	35	2.64	84	0
1921	57.2	8	67.9	10	46.4	6	2.76	78	0
1920	50	95	59.8	102	40.2	87	3.88	47	0
1919	51.2	77	61.9	74	40.5	81	3.95	45	0
1918	51.8	67	62.1	69	41.5	68	3.66	51	0
1917	51.8	67	62.6	63	41.1	72	1.62	117	0
1916							2.47	94	30
1915							3.15	64	30
1914							4.04	40	30
1913							6.84	2	30
1912							3.28	59	30
1911							4.21	38	30
1910							3.88	47	30
1909							1.92	107	30
1908							2.43	95	30
1906							4.01	43	30
1905							2.80	75	30
1904							1.85	110	30
1903							3.28	59	30
1901							5.98	9	30
1900							2.35	98	30
1899							1.34	124	30
1898							1.89	108	30
1897							3.44	55	30
1896	58.1	4	68.8	6	47.4	3	1.37	123	0
1895	54.1	36	64.4	41	43.7	29	4.89	22	0
1894	54	39	65.5	26	42.4	52			1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2023	59
2017	58.8
1994	58.4
1896	58.1
2019	58
1985	58
2026	57.6
1921	57.2
1960	56.4
2010	56.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	46.8
1943	47.4
1975	47.5
1966	47.9
1950	48.3
1928	48.8
1961	48.9
1926	48.9
1965	49.2
1924	49.2

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2007	8.55
2014	6.84
1913	6.84
1983	6.80
1973	6.57
1929	6.51
1939	6.47
1947	6.20
1901	5.98
1964	5.97

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1985	0.35
1963	1.12
1942	1.12
1899	1.34
1896	1.37
1976	1.40
2001	1.43
1997	1.49
1968	1.57
1969	1.58

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 15 April 2026
Coldest night: 30°F; 21 April 2026, 8 April 2026
Wettest day: 0.84 in; 1 April 2026

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April 2026 brought 2.53 in of precipitation in Wilmington, DE, the driest April since 2021, 35th driest of 127.
The hottest day of April 2026 in Wilmington, DE: 90°F on Wednesday 15 April 2026.
The coldest night of April 2026 in Wilmington, DE: a low of 30°F on Tuesday 21 April 2026 and Wednesday 8 April 2026.
The wettest day of April 2026 in Wilmington, DE: 0.84 in on Wednesday 1 April 2026.