Wilmington, DE: Fall

9 October 2026: Fall 2026 so far averaged 69°F in Wilmington, DE, the warmest 1 September to 9 October since 2025, 19th warmest of 111.

Fall 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 69°F; Warmest since 2025; 19th warmest of 111
Precipitation: 5.97 in; Wettest since 2022; 33rd wettest of 129

A normal 1 September to 9 October in Wilmington, DE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 66.7°F, between 64.5°F and 70.4°F in eight years of ten and 5.14 in of precipitation, between 2.07 in and 7.74 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 September to 9 October in Wilmington, DE since 1895: 69°F in 2026; the highest is 72.1°F, in 2018.

Normal range, 64.5 to 70.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 September to 9 October 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	69	19	78.1	26	59.8	8	5.97	33	0
2025	69.4	17	79.9	10	58.9	17	2.06	115	0
2024	67.6	30	77.2	39	58	28	0.33	129	0
2023	68.2	25	77.6	33	58.7	18	5.15	46	0
2022	66.4	56	75.8	62	56.9	49	6.07	31	0
2021	69.6	12	78.9	20	60.2	6	6.57	24	0
2020	65.6	68	75.4	70	55.9	68	3.72	79	0
2019	71.1	3	81.7	3	60.5	5	0.69	128	0
2018	72.1	1	79.1	18	65	1	6.31	28	0
2017	69.6	12	79.4	13	59.7	10	2.08	114	0
2016	69.8	10	79.4	13	60.2	6	6.12	30	0
2015	69.5	14	79.4	13	59.6	11	4.86	52	0
2014	66.7	47	76.2	56	57.3	45	3.73	77	0
2013	66.6	53	77.8	29	55.3	78	2.31	108	0
2012	66.7	47	76.1	59	57.3	45	5.74	38	0
2011	66.9	44	75.1	74	58.6	19	6.48	26	0
2010	68	27	78.4	24	57.6	39	9.90	2	0
2009	65.1	79	73.8	93	56.5	52	5.05	48	0
2008	67.3	37	76.7	49	57.9	31	5.23	45	0
2007	70.8	6	81.8	2	59.8	8	2.02	118	0
2006	64.5	87	73.1	100	55.9	68	7.56	11	0
2005	70.4	7	81.5	4	59.3	14	3.89	72	0
2004	66.5	54	75.9	60	57	47	9.32	6	0
2003	65.2	77	74	91	56.3	60	7.41	14	0
2002	68.7	21	78.8	21	58.5	21	3.46	89	0
2001	63.6	95	74.2	88	53.1	99	2.99	98	0
2000	63.6	95	73	103	54.2	86	7.30	17	0
1999	65.3	73	74.1	89	56.5	52	13.95	1	0
1998	68.2	25	77.9	27	58.5	21	4.20	62	0
1997	65.1	79	75.7	63	54.6	82	1.93	119	0
1996	64.6	85	73.5	96	55.7	71	5.90	35	0
1995	67.8	29	77.6	33	58.1	24	7.24	21	0
1994	64.4	89	74.4	84	54.4	84	2.40	106	0
1993	66.3	58	76.4	52	56.3	60	6.37	27	0
1992	64.7	84	73.9	92	55.4	77	4.75	56	0
1991	66	62	76.4	52	55.7	71	5.37	43	0
1990	66.3	58	76.4	52	56.1	66	3.07	96	0
1989	65.6	68	74.9	77	56.3	60	5.82	36	0
1988	63.4	98	72.8	105	53.9	92	2.51	104	0
1987	64.9	82	74.1	89	55.8	70	6.06	32	0
1986	67	42	76.2	56	57.8	33	4.81	54	0
1985	67	42	76.9	46	57	47	5.92	34	0
1984	61.6	110	72.7	106	50.6	112	3.21	95	0
1983	68.3	24	80.1	9	56.4	57	3.68	82	0
1982	67.4	34	77.2	39	57.6	39	2.30	110	0
1981	64.6	85	74.3	86	54.9	80	4.33	60	0
1980	68.6	22	79.2	17	58.1	24	2.19	113	0
1979	66.7	47	75.6	66	57.8	33	7.21	22	0
1978	64.3	90	74.4	84	54.1	88	2.83	101	0
1977	66.3	58	74.9	77	57.8	33	2.98	99	0
1976	66	62	75.5	69	56.5	52	4.10	64	0
1975	63.9	94	73.4	98	54.3	85	6.31	28	0
1974	63.1	101	73.1	100	53.1	99	5.65	39	0
1973	69.5	14	79.4	13	59.5	12	3.72	79	0
1972	67.4	34	77.1	42	57.7	37	3.95	70	0
1971	69.7	11	76.9	46	62.4	2	7.50	12	0
1970	69.9	8	80.6	7	59.2	16	0.82	126	0
1969	67.1	39	76.6	50	57.6	39	7.66	10	0
1968	67.6	30	78.8	21	56.5	52	3.22	94	0
1967	64.5	87	75	75	53.9	92	1.26	123	0
1966	63	102	72.9	104	53.1	99	9.66	4	0
1965	65.9	64	75.7	63	56.1	66	3.86	73	0
1964	64.2	93	74.9	77	53.4	97	3.53	87	0
1963	62.7	108	73.3	99	52.1	109	3.71	81	0
1962	63.3	99	73.1	100	53.6	95	4.45	59	0
1961	69.5	14	79.5	11	59.5	12	3.04	97	0
1960	65.3	73	74.5	81	56.2	65	9.55	5	0
1959	71.1	3	80.5	8	61.6	3	3.93	71	0
1958	63.6	95	74.5	81	52.7	105	4.18	63	0
1957	66.4	56	75.2	73	57.7	37	7.32	16	0
1956	62.9	104	72.6	107	53.1	99	3.28	93	0
1955	66.3	58	76.3	55	56.3	60	3.58	85	0
1954	67.6	30	77.4	36	57.8	33	3.64	84	0
1953	65.8	65	77.5	35	54	90	3.98	68	0
1952	65	81	76.8	48	53.1	99	3.49	88	0
1951	66.7	47	77.8	29	55.5	73	2.53	103	0
1950	62.9	104	71.8	111	54	90	7.81	8	0
1949	64.3	90	74.5	81	54.1	88	3.75	76	0
1948	64.8	83	75.4	70	54.2	86	2.68	102	0
1947	65.5	71	75.6	66	55.5	73	2.24	112	0
1946	66.7	47	77.8	29	55.5	73	4.21	61	0
1945	66.8	46	77.1	42	56.5	52	5.50	40	0
1944	66.7	47	77.1	42	56.4	57	7.36	15	0
1943	65.2	77	77.8	29	52.6	107	2.31	108	0
1942	65.8	65	76.6	50	54.9	80	2.51	104	0
1941	71.3	2	84.4	1	58.2	23	0.73	127	0
1940	63.2	100	73.7	94	52.7	105			0
1939	66.9	44	77.3	38	56.3	60	3.86	73	1
1938			73.7	94	53.2	98			5
1937	64.3	90	75	75	53.6	95	3.34	91	1
1936	67.1	39	76.2	56	58	28	5.49	42	0
1935	61.8	109	71.9	110	51.7	110	7.30	17	0
1934	66.5	54	75.6	66	57.4	42	8.12	7	0
1933	67.6	30	77.2	39	58.1	24	3.78	75	0
1932	67.4	34	78.5	23	56.4	57	5.06	47	0
1931	71.1	3	80.8	5	61.4	4	2.06	115	0
1930	68.5	23	79.1	18	57.9	31	3.97	69	0
1929	65.3	73	75.9	60	54.6	82	7.74	9	0
1928	63	102	72.1	109	53.9	92	4.67	57	0
1927	67.2	38	77	45	57.4	42			0
1926	65.6	68	74.6	80	56.7	51	6.50	25	0
1925	68	27	77.9	27	58	28	5.04	49	0
1924	62.8	107	72.6	107	53.1	99	5.81	37	1
1923	65.3	73	75.7	63	55	79	4.79	55	0
1922	69.1	18	79.5	11	58.6	19	1.35	122	0
1921	68.9	20	78.4	24	59.3	14	4.02	67	0
1920	65.4	72	75.3	72	55.5	73	4.86	52	0
1919	67.1	39	77.4	36	56.8	50	3.34	91	0
1918	62.9	104	73.5	96	52.3	108	3.65	83	0
1917	61.5	111	71.2	112	51.6	111	4.07	66	1
1916							2.27	111	39
1915							2.04	117	39
1914							1.08	124	39
1913							5.03	51	39
1912							7.28	20	39
1911							3.40	90	39
1910							4.09	65	39
1909							3.73	77	39
1908							1.50	120	39
1907							7.45	13	39
1906							2.85	100	39
1905							6.65	23	39
1904							7.30	17	39
1903							5.50	40	39
1902							9.67	3	39
1901							3.57	86	39
1900							4.61	58	39
1899							5.31	44	39
1898							2.36	107	39
1897							1.48	121	39
1896	65.8	65	74.3	86	57.4	42	5.04	49	0
1895	69.9	8	80.8	5	58.1	24	0.97	125	2
1894									9

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2018	72.1
1941	71.3
2019	71.1
1959	71.1
1931	71.1
2007	70.8
2005	70.4
1970	69.9
1895	69.9
2016	69.8

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1917	61.5
1984	61.6
1935	61.8
1963	62.7
1924	62.8
1956	62.9
1950	62.9
1918	62.9
1966	63
1928	63

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1999	13.95
2010	9.90
1902	9.67
1966	9.66
1960	9.55
2004	9.32
1934	8.12
1950	7.81
1929	7.74
1969	7.66

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2024	0.33
2019	0.69
1941	0.73
1970	0.82
1895	0.97
1914	1.08
1967	1.26
1922	1.35
1897	1.48
1908	1.50

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 93°F; 1 September 2026
Coldest night: 42°F; 7 October 2026
Wettest day: 1.58 in; 27 September 2026

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Fall 2026 so far brought 5.97 in of precipitation in Wilmington, DE, the wettest 1 September to 9 October since 2022, 33rd wettest of 129.
The hottest day of fall 2026 so far in Wilmington, DE: 93°F on Tuesday 1 September 2026.
The coldest night of fall 2026 so far in Wilmington, DE: a low of 42°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The wettest day of fall 2026 so far in Wilmington, DE: 1.58 in on Sunday 27 September 2026.