Wilmington, DE: March

31 March 2026: March 2026 averaged 48.1°F in Wilmington, DE, the warmest March since 2025, 9th warmest of 112.

March 2026

Mean temperature: 48.1°F; Warmest since 2025; 9th warmest of 112
Precipitation: 2.22 in; Driest since 2016; 22nd driest of 125

A normal March in Wilmington, DE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 42.5°F, between 38.6°F and 48°F in eight years of ten and 4.07 in of precipitation, between 1.88 in and 5.79 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every March in Wilmington, DE since 1895: 48.1°F in 2026; the highest is 51.7°F, in 1921.

Normal range, 38.6 to 48°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every March 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	48.1	9	59.2	7	37	14	2.22	104	0
2025	48.9	6	60.6	5	37.1	13	4.62	36	0
2024	47.3	12	57.2	15	37.5	9	7.20	5	0
2023	45.6	23	55.4	27	35.9	22	2.26	101	0
2022	46.2	19	56.5	19	35.9	22	2.59	87	0
2021	46.6	17	57.2	15	36.1	21	4.80	28	0
2020	48.9	6	58.4	9	39.4	4	3.34	72	0
2019	41.8	62	51.3	61	32.3	63	4.14	45	0
2018	39.3	90	47.5	91	31.1	83	4.65	33	0
2017	41.6	68	51.2	63	32	67	4.98	24	0
2016	48.6	8	59.4	6	37.9	8	1.80	113	0
2015	37.8	101	47.5	91	28.2	103	5.39	17	0
2014	38.3	99	48.3	86	28.2	103	3.82	55	0
2013	40.3	81	48.5	85	32	67	2.54	91	0
2012	51.4	3	61.4	4	41.4	1	0.92	122	0
2011	42.3	57	51.5	59	33	53	4.05	48	0
2010	47.9	10	57.4	14	38.4	7	5.37	19	0
2009	42.3	57	51.3	61	33.3	49	1.89	110	0
2008	44.5	32	54.6	32	34.4	33	4.00	52	0
2007	43.6	44	54.1	37	33.1	52	4.61	37	0
2006	44.1	39	54	39	34.2	35	0.29	124	0
2005	38.6	95	47.3	97	29.9	95	4.10	46	0
2004	44.6	29	53.4	47	35.8	25	2.96	78	0
2003	42.7	53	52.7	55	32.8	55	4.75	29	0
2002	44.3	36	53.9	40	34.7	31	4.05	48	0
2001	39.7	84	47.8	89	31.7	73	5.62	11	0
2000	47.2	13	58	11	36.5	17	9.17	1	0
1999	41.7	67	51	69	32.4	60	3.96	53	0
1998	44.6	29	53.1	49	36.2	20	4.86	26	0
1997	43.1	50	52.9	54	33.4	47	3.49	71	0
1996	38.4	97	47.5	91	29.3	97	3.63	65	0
1995	45.4	25	55.9	24	34.8	29	2.47	93	0
1994	41.8	62	50.2	74	33.4	47	7.36	4	0
1993	39	92	46.9	102	31.1	83	7.50	3	0
1992	41.4	71	49.7	76	33.2	50	4.36	40	0
1991	44.9	28	53.9	40	35.9	22	4.64	34	0
1990	46	20	56.2	21	35.8	25	2.15	106	0
1989	42	60	51.2	63	32.9	54	3.69	63	0
1988	44.2	38	54.6	32	33.7	43	1.82	112	0
1987	44.5	32	55.4	27	33.7	43	1.16	121	0
1986	43.6	44	55.2	30	32	67	1.19	118	0
1985	47.1	15	57.9	12	36.3	19	2.03	108	0
1984	35.6	110	44	111	27.2	109	5.40	16	0
1983	45.9	21	54.5	34	37.3	11	6.84	6	0
1982	41.8	62	51.2	63	32.4	60	2.87	81	0
1981	40.2	82	50	75	30.4	92	1.26	117	0
1980	40	83	49.3	80	30.7	86	6.22	7	0
1979	45.4	25	56.8	17	33.9	39	2.61	86	0
1978	37.5	105	45.9	107	29.2	98	5.59	13	0
1977	47.2	13	57.5	13	36.9	15	4.55	39	0
1976	46.5	18	56.2	21	36.7	16	2.25	103	0
1975	40.5	77	49.5	78	31.6	76	4.63	35	0
1974	44.3	36	53.7	42	34.8	29	4.56	38	0
1973	49.4	5	58.2	10	40.5	3	4.02	51	0
1972	41.2	72	50.3	73	32.2	64	2.40	96	0
1971	40.7	75	49.5	78	31.9	70	2.29	100	0
1970	38.9	93	47	99	30.7	86	3.61	66	0
1969	39.5	86	48.3	86	30.8	85	1.71	114	0
1968	44.6	29	54.7	31	34.5	32	4.75	29	0
1967	39.4	88	48	88	30.7	86	5.45	15	0
1966	42.9	52	53.1	49	32.7	56	0.81	123	0
1965	38.4	97	47	99	29.8	96	3.20	75	0
1964	43.1	50	53.6	44	32.6	57	2.20	105	0
1963	44.1	39	53.7	42	34.4	33	4.24	43	0
1962	41.2	72	51.2	63	31.2	80	4.30	42	0
1961	42.5	55	51.2	63	33.9	39	5.19	21	0
1960	32.8	112	40.8	112	24.8	112	1.71	114	0
1959	41.1	74	51.5	59	30.6	90	2.97	77	0
1958	38.9	93	46	105	31.9	70	5.39	17	0
1957	42.1	59	50.4	72	33.9	39	2.64	85	0
1956	38.6	95	47	99	30.2	94	5.18	22	0
1955	43.5	47	53.2	48	33.7	43	4.86	26	0
1954	41.5	69	50.7	71	32.2	64	4.03	50	0
1953	44.4	34	52.3	58	36.5	17	5.72	9	0
1952	40.5	77	48.8	83	32.2	64	5.35	20	0
1951	41.5	69	51.1	68	31.9	70	3.76	58	0
1950	37.6	103	47.6	90	27.6	107	4.74	31	0
1949	43.2	49	53.1	49	33.2	50	3.00	76	0
1948	43.4	48	54.3	36	32.5	58	3.76	58	0
1947	36.5	108	44.7	109	28.3	101	2.39	97	0
1946	50.5	4	61.8	3	39.1	5	3.29	73	1
1945	51.5	2	64.2	1	38.8	6	2.73	84	0
1944	39.2	91	49.2	82	28.8	100	6.02	8	1
1943	42.6	54	54.5	34	30.7	86	2.76	83	0
1942	43.8	42	54.1	37	33.5	46	5.60	12	0
1941	35.6	110	44.9	108	26.3	111	1.99	109	0
1940	36.3	109	44.6	110	28.1	105	5.64	10	0
1939	41.9	61	52.4	56	31.7	73	3.85	54	1
1938	45	27	55.7	25	34.2	35	2.41	95	0
1937	37.6	103	46	105	29.2	98			0
1936	46.8	16	56.4	20	37.2	12			0
1935	45.7	22	56.6	18	35	27			1
1934	38	100	48.6	84	27.3	108	3.60	68	1
1933	39.5	86	47.4	95	31.7	73	5.14	23	0
1932	37.2	106	46.4	103	28	106			0
1931	39.4	88	46.1	104	32.4	60	4.34	41	1
1930	42.4	56	53.5	45	31.3	79	2.57	88	0
1929	47.9	10	58.5	8	37.4	10	2.30	99	0
1928	40.5	77	49.3	80	31.6	76	2.55	90	0
1927	43.7	43	53.5	45	34	38	1.56	116	0
1926	37.2	106	47.5	91	26.9	110	2.92	80	0
1925	44.4	34	55.4	27	33.8	42	3.26	74	2
1924	40.4	80	49.6	77	31.2	80	4.16	44	0
1923	41.8	62	53.1	49	30.5	91	3.69	63	0
1922	43.6	44	53.1	49	34.1	37	4.07	47	0
1921	51.7	1	62.4	2	40.9	2	2.34	98	0
1920	41.8	62	52.4	56	31.2	80	3.75	60	0
1919	45.5	24	56	23	34.9	28	4.93	25	0
1918	44.1	39	55.6	26	32.5	58	2.26	101	0
1917	39.6	85	47.3	97	31.6	76			1
1916							3.54	70	31
1915							1.17	119	31
1914							1.86	111	31
1913							5.56	14	31
1912							8.17	2	31
1911							2.57	88	31
1910							0.23	125	31
1909							1.17	119	31
1908							2.49	92	31
1907							3.59	69	31
1906							4.70	32	31
1905							3.75	60	31
1904							2.81	82	31
1903							3.77	57	31
1902							3.81	56	31
1901							3.75	60	31
1900							2.46	94	31
1898							2.96	78	31
1897							2.14	107	31
1896	37.8	101	47.4	95	28.3	101			2
1895	40.7	75	51	69	30.4	92	3.61	66	0

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1921	51.7
1945	51.5
2012	51.4
1946	50.5
1973	49.4
2025	48.9
2020	48.9
2016	48.6
2026	48.1
2010	47.9
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1960	32.8
1984	35.6
1941	35.6
1940	36.3
1947	36.5
1932	37.2
1926	37.2
1978	37.5
1950	37.6
1937	37.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2000	9.17
1912	8.17
1993	7.50
1994	7.36
2024	7.20
1983	6.84
1980	6.22
1944	6.02
1953	5.72
1940	5.64

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1910	0.23
2006	0.29
1966	0.81
2012	0.92
1987	1.16
1915	1.17
1909	1.17
1986	1.19
1981	1.26
1927	1.56

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 83°F; 11 March 2026, 10 March 2026
Coldest night: 24°F; 18 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.73 in; 16 March 2026

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March 2026 brought 2.22 in of precipitation in Wilmington, DE, the driest March since 2016, 22nd driest of 125.
The hottest day of March 2026 in Wilmington, DE: 83°F on Wednesday 11 March 2026 and Tuesday 10 March 2026.
The coldest night of March 2026 in Wilmington, DE: a low of 24°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The wettest day of March 2026 in Wilmington, DE: 0.73 in on Monday 16 March 2026.