Wilmington, DE: February

28 February 2026: February 2026 averaged 32.1°F in Wilmington, DE, the coldest February since 2015, 33rd coldest of 110.

February 2026

Mean temperature: 32.1°F; Coldest since 2015; 33rd coldest of 110
Precipitation: 1.99 in; Driest since 2024; 34th driest of 126

A normal February in Wilmington, DE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 36.2°F, between 30.1°F and 40.6°F in eight years of ten and 2.51 in of precipitation, between 1.31 in and 5.22 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every February in Wilmington, DE since 1895: 32.1°F in 2026; the lowest is 20.2°F, in 1934.

Normal range, 30.1 to 40.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every February in Wilmington, DE from 1895 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	32.1	78	39.9	84	24.3	72	1.99	93	0
2025	35.9	38	44.5	41	27.3	44	2.33	77	0
2024	38.9	13	48.2	15	29.6	16	1.80	104	0
2023	40.6	6	50.8	4	30.4	9	1.65	113	0
2022	38.7	15	49.9	6	27.4	40	2.92	54	0
2021	33.8	63	40	82	27.5	38	4.51	14	0
2020	40.6	6	49.6	8	31.6	4	2.94	52	0
2019	36.1	37	44.3	44	27.8	34	3.43	37	0
2018	40.8	5	49.8	7	31.8	3	6.00	4	0
2017	43.1	1	53.6	1	32.5	2	1.35	119	0
2016	36.5	32	45.1	34	28	29	4.43	16	0
2015	24.8	107	33.6	106	15.9	107	2.16	83	0
2014	31.4	86	39.7	86	23.1	87	5.35	10	0
2013	34.5	57	42	67	27.1	45	2.31	79	0
2012	39.9	9	48.9	11	31	6	2.09	88	0
2011	35.9	38	45.5	31	26.3	55	2.90	55	0
2010	30.9	90	37	97	24.8	68	5.87	7	0
2009	36.5	32	46.1	25	26.9	46	0.30	126	0
2008	36.9	29	46.3	24	27.4	40	4.32	19	0
2007	28.1	101	35.1	103	21.1	98	1.94	96	0
2006	34.9	51	43.3	55	26.5	50	2.38	76	0
2005	35.1	48	43.5	50	26.6	48	2.65	71	0
2004	34	62	43.1	56	24.9	67	2.33	77	0
2003	28.7	99	35.3	102	22	92	5.21	11	0
2002	39.4	12	49.6	8	29.2	21	0.43	125	0
2001	36.2	36	44.7	39	27.6	37	2.81	59	0
2000	36.6	31	44.9	37	28.3	25	2.00	91	0
1999	36.8	30	45.9	27	27.8	34	3.51	35	0
1998	40.9	4	48.5	12	33.4	1	2.95	49	0
1997	38.9	13	47.5	19	30.3	11	1.83	101	0
1996	33.3	70	41	72	25.6	60	1.67	112	0
1995	30.3	94	38.6	91	22	92	2.28	81	0
1994	31.5	83	40.1	81	23	88	3.55	33	0
1993	30.9	90	40	82	21.9	95	3.11	45	0
1992	37.2	28	45.7	28	28.7	24	1.81	103	0
1991	39.7	10	49.1	10	30.3	11	0.97	123	0
1990	41.1	3	51.4	3	30.8	7	1.35	119	0
1989	34.3	58	41.6	70	26.9	46	2.75	62	0
1988	34.7	55	43.1	56	26.4	51	4.14	24	0
1987	31.9	80	39.9	84	23.9	78	1.52	114	0
1986	31.5	83	37.5	96	25.6	60	2.77	61	0
1985	37.4	26	46.6	23	28.2	26	2.05	90	0
1984	38.6	16	47.1	22	30.1	13	4.27	20	0
1983	35.3	46	44.6	40	26	57	3.55	33	0
1982	34.2	59	42.5	62	25.9	59	2.71	65	0
1981	37.9	22	47.9	16	27.9	30	3.23	42	0
1980	29.9	96	39.2	89	20.6	100	0.83	124	0
1979	22.1	109	29.7	110	14.4	108	7.02	1	0
1978	22.7	108	31.6	108	13.9	109	1.77	106	0
1977	33.3	70	42.7	60	23.8	79	1.09	122	0
1976	41.2	2	51.8	2	30.5	8	1.70	111	0
1975	35.9	38	43.7	49	28.1	27	2.95	49	0
1974	33.1	72	41.8	68	24.4	69	1.73	108	0
1973	35.5	43	44.4	42	26.6	48	3.42	38	0
1972	32.5	76	41.3	71	23.8	79	5.43	9	0
1971	35.5	43	43.4	52	27.5	38	6.29	2	0
1970	33.4	68	42.5	62	24.4	69	2.13	85	0
1969	33.5	67	39.7	86	27.4	40	1.76	107	0
1968	30.5	93	40.2	77	20.8	99	1.52	114	0
1967	29.3	98	38.3	94	20.4	101	1.90	97	0
1966	31.8	81	40.2	77	23.5	86	4.90	12	0
1965	33.6	65	43.4	52	23.8	79	2.17	82	0
1964	31.6	82	39.2	89	24	76	3.37	40	0
1963	27.5	103	36.3	99	18.6	104	2.09	88	0
1962	31.2	87	38.5	92	24	76	3.26	41	0
1961	34.6	56	42.8	59	26.4	51	3.74	29	0
1960	35.8	41	43.8	48	27.9	30	3.69	30	0
1959	33	73	42.2	65	23.8	79	1.80	104	0
1958	27.3	104	34.3	105	20.2	102	4.14	24	0
1957	37.4	26	45.1	34	29.7	15	3.76	28	0
1956	37.5	24	45.6	30	29.4	17	4.21	21	0
1955	34.1	60	44	46	24.2	75	2.93	53	0
1954	40.4	8	50.3	5	30.4	9	1.82	102	0
1953	38.4	19	47.4	21	29.3	20	2.69	67	0
1952	37.5	24	45.7	28	29.4	17	2.73	63	0
1951	34.8	53	44.3	44	25.3	62	2.96	48	0
1950	33.6	65	40.9	73	26.3	55	3.11	45	0
1949	38.6	16	47.8	17	29.4	17	4.18	23	0
1948	31	88	40.2	77	21.8	96	2.66	69	0
1947	27.8	102	36.2	100	19.3	103	1.47	118	0
1946	35	49	44.9	37	25.1	65	1.95	94	0
1945	33.4	68	42.6	61	24.3	72	3.15	44	0
1944	34.1	60	43	58	25.1	65	2.00	91	1
1943	34.8	53	45.2	33	24.3	72	1.88	99	0
1942	31	88	39.3	88	22.4	90	2.67	68	2
1941	30.2	95	38.5	92	22	92	1.88	99	0
1940	33	73	40.8	75	25.2	64	2.87	56	1
1939	38.6	16	48.3	13	28.8	23	5.90	6	0
1938	36.4	34	45.5	31	27.4	40	2.52	73	0
1937	35.2	47	44	46	26.4	51	2.30	80	0
1936	24.9	106	32.8	107	17.2	106	2.72	64	1
1935	32	79	40.4	76	23.6	85	3.48	36	0
1934	20.2	110	29.9	109	10.5	110	2.83	58	0
1933	35.5	43	45.1	34	26	57	3.59	32	0
1932	38.3	20	47.5	19	29.1	22			0
1931	34.9	51	43.5	50	26.4	51	1.72	110	0
1930	37.8	23	47.6	18	27.9	30	2.95	49	0
1929	32.7	75	41.7	69	23.7	83	4.33	17	0
1928	33.8	63	42.3	64	25.3	62	4.45	15	0
1927	38	21	46.1	25	30	14	3.06	47	0
1926	32.3	77	40.2	77	24.4	69	4.19	22	0
1925	39.7	10	48.3	13	31.1	5	2.66	69	0
1924	30.9	90	38.2	95	23.7	83	4.33	17	0
1923	28.3	100	34.9	104	21.6	97	2.71	65	0
1922	36.3	35	44.4	42	28.1	27			0
1921	35.6	42	43.4	52	27.9	30			0
1920	29.7	97	36.5	98	22.8	89	3.64	31	0
1919	35	49	42.2	65	27.8	34	3.42	38	0
1918	31.5	83	40.9	73	22.1	91	1.49	117	0
1917							1.90	97	4
1916							2.64	72	29
1915							6.21	3	28
1914							2.79	60	28
1913							1.73	108	28
1912							3.21	43	29
1911							2.13	85	28
1910							1.20	121	28
1909							1.50	116	28
1907							2.86	57	28
1906							2.52	73	28
1905							2.14	84	28
1903							4.86	13	28
1902							5.54	8	28
1900							3.98	27	28
1899							4.05	26	28
1898							2.40	75	28
1897							2.11	87	28
1896							6.00	4	6
1895	27.2	105	35.6	101	18.1	105	1.95	94	1

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2017	43.1
1976	41.2
1990	41.1
1998	40.9
2018	40.8
2023	40.6
2020	40.6
1954	40.4
2012	39.9
1991	39.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1934	20.2
1979	22.1
1978	22.7
2015	24.8
1936	24.9
1895	27.2
1958	27.3
1963	27.5
1947	27.8
2007	28.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	7.02
1971	6.29
1915	6.21
2018	6.00
1896	6.00
1939	5.90
2010	5.87
1902	5.54
1972	5.43
2014	5.35

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2009	0.30
2002	0.43
1980	0.83
1991	0.97
1977	1.09
1910	1.20
2017	1.35
1990	1.35
1947	1.47
1918	1.49

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 58°F; 28 February 2026
Coldest night: 6°F; 9 February 2026
Wettest day: 0.64 in; 22 February 2026

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February 2026 brought 1.99 in of precipitation in Wilmington, DE, the driest February since 2024, 34th driest of 126.
The hottest day of February 2026 in Wilmington, DE: 58°F on Saturday 28 February 2026.
The coldest night of February 2026 in Wilmington, DE: a low of 6°F on Monday 9 February 2026.
The wettest day of February 2026 in Wilmington, DE: 0.64 in on Sunday 22 February 2026.