Wilmington, DE: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 63.5°F in Wilmington, DE, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2025, tied 29th warmest of 110 (with 1969).

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 63.5°F; Warmest since 2025; 29th warmest of 110
Precipitation: 0.24 in; Driest since 2025; 39th driest of 128

A normal 1 to 9 October in Wilmington, DE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 59.9°F, between 55.7°F and 68.1°F in eight years of ten and 0.44 in of precipitation, between 0.02 in and 2.37 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Wilmington, DE since 1896: 63.5°F in 2026; the highest is 74.7°F, in 1941.

Normal range, 55.7 to 68.1°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	63.5	29	74	29	53	34	0.24	88	0
2025	63.9	26	75.7	19	52.2	37	0.20	94	0
2024	63.9	26	74.2	27	53.7	28	trace	114	0
2023	64.2	25	74.8	23	53.7	28	0.07	105	0
2022	55.7	94	63.7	108	47.8	71	3.22	4	0
2021	66.9	12	75.3	21	58.6	6	1.21	41	0
2020	58.7	71	70.3	54	47.1	76	0.31	82	0
2019	67.3	11	76.6	13	58	8	0.21	92	0
2018	71.4	4	78.9	6	63.9	2	0.09	104	0
2017	68.1	7	78.6	7	57.6	10	0.96	48	0
2016	62.8	35	70.6	52	55.1	21	1.32	35	0
2015	59.6	56	67.7	77	51.6	43	2.36	11	0
2014	61.1	45	71.1	45	51	48	0.89	49	0
2013	68.3	6	79.3	5	57.2	12	0.39	75	0
2012	61.6	40	69.9	62	53.3	31	0.45	71	0
2011	57.2	82	67.7	77	46.8	79	0.55	65	0
2010	58.6	73	67.7	77	49.6	58	3.95	2	0
2009	60.1	52	70	60	50.2	55	0.14	98	0
2008	59.6	56	69.9	62	49.2	61	0.04	107	0
2007	71.9	3	81.8	3	62	4	1.53	28	0
2006	61.1	45	70.1	59	52.1	40	1.38	32	0
2005	65.7	16	75.2	22	56.1	20	3.45	3	0
2004	58.8	68	69.9	62	47.7	72	0.03	110	0
2003	54.1	106	64.6	103	43.6	104	0.02	111	0
2002	66.5	13	76.8	12	56.2	19	0.04	107	0
2001	56.9	83	69	74	44.9	95	0.42	74	0
2000	59.1	65	69.1	72	49.1	63	trace	114	0
1999	55.7	94	66.6	88	44.9	95	1.27	37	0
1998	59.6	56	67.6	80	51.6	43	2.44	10	0
1997	63.9	26	75.8	18	52.1	40	0.00	120	0
1996	54.2	105	63.9	107	44.6	98	1.87	20	0
1995	66.4	15	75.7	19	57.1	13	2.07	15	0
1994	55.2	100	65.9	94	44.4	100	0.30	83	0
1993	58.4	75	70.4	53	46.4	84	0.11	102	0
1992	55.8	92	67.2	83	44.3	101	0.45	71	0
1991	62.3	39	73.7	31	51	48	0.01	113	0
1990	65.1	21	77	11	53.2	32	0.43	73	0
1989	56.3	89	65.9	94	46.8	79	1.51	29	0
1988	55.5	97	64.8	102	46.2	87	0.33	80	0
1987	53.9	107	64.9	101	42.9	107	1.21	41	0
1986	65.5	19	74.6	26	56.4	17	2.06	16	0
1985	59.9	54	69.1	72	50.7	51	1.36	34	0
1984	54.8	102	65	100	44.7	97	1.19	43	0
1983	65	22	76.3	16	53.7	28	0.24	88	0
1982	67.6	10	78	8	57.1	13	trace	114	0
1981	56.9	83	67.2	83	46.7	82	0.51	66	0
1980	59.6	56	69.3	69	49.9	57	0.75	57	0
1979	61.4	42	69.7	66	53.2	32	1.27	37	0
1978	56.2	90	66.1	92	46.3	86	0.65	63	0
1977	56.5	87	66.2	90	46.8	79	1.69	25	0
1976	63.3	32	69.6	67	57	15	1.99	18	0
1975	58.8	68	70.7	50	47	77	0.12	99	0
1974	51.9	109	64.6	103	39.3	109	trace	114	0
1973	66.5	13	76.4	14	56.6	16	0.70	60	0
1972	60.1	52	70.7	50	49.6	58	2.31	12	0
1971	64.8	23	72.2	37	57.3	11	0.51	66	0
1970	62.6	37	74.8	23	50.3	54	trace	114	0
1969	63.5	29	73.2	34	53.8	27	0.82	50	0
1968	60.8	48	72	39	49.6	58	1.72	22	0
1967	62.6	37	73.4	33	51.8	42	0.10	103	0
1966	55.2	100	67.3	82	43.1	106	1.13	45	0
1965	54.3	103	65.1	99	43.4	105	1.45	31	0
1964	54.3	103	64.4	106	44.1	103	0.76	56	0
1963	59.4	62	72.6	36	46.2	87	0.21	92	0
1962	62.7	36	71.3	42	54.1	26	0.80	53	0
1961	59.6	56	70.8	48	48.3	67	0.71	59	0
1960	56.4	88	67.2	83	45.7	90	0.02	111	0
1959	73.4	2	82	2	64.9	1	1.64	26	0
1958	56.2	90	66.8	86	45.6	91	1.27	37	0
1957	59.1	65	67.4	81	50.7	51	0.77	55	0
1956	57.3	80	67.9	76	46.7	82	0.51	66	0
1955	63.2	33	73.7	31	52.7	35	1.31	36	0
1954	65.6	18	74.7	25	56.4	17	0.25	86	0
1953	57.7	78	70.3	54	45.1	94	0.34	79	0
1952	56.9	83	69.3	69	44.6	98	0.37	76	0
1951	65.7	16	76.3	16	55.1	21	1.37	33	0
1950	61.3	43	71.3	42	51.3	45	0.75	57	0
1949	64.6	24	74.2	27	55	23	0.67	62	0
1948	58.4	75	66.3	89	50.4	53	0.81	52	0
1947	59.2	63	70.9	47	47.4	73	0.05	106	0
1946	60.7	51	73	35	48.3	67	0.30	83	0
1945	55.8	92	65.8	96	45.8	89	1.09	46	0
1944	61.1	45	71.2	44	50.9	50	0.78	54	0
1943	59.2	63	71.6	40	46.9	78	1.86	21	0
1942	58.8	68	70.3	54	47.2	75	0.37	76	0
1941	74.7	1	87	1	62.3	3	trace	114	0
1940	58	77	66.8	86	49.2	61			0
1939	61.5	41	70.8	48	52.2	37	2.99	9	0
1938									4
1937	60.8	48	70.2	57	51.3	45	0.65	63	0
1936	61.3	43	70	60	52.7	35	2.02	17	0
1935	50.8	110	62.3	110	39.2	110	0.70	60	0
1934	58.7	71	69.3	69	48	70	1.50	30	0
1933	60.8	48	71.6	40	50	56	0.32	81	0
1932	63.1	34	73.9	30	52.2	37	2.09	13	0
1931	67.8	9	77.3	10	58.3	7	0.82	50	0
1930	55.7	94	66.1	92	45.3	92	0.00	120	0
1929	55.4	98	65.4	97	45.3	92	3.05	7	0
1928	59.6	56	70.2	57	48.9	64	0.27	85	0
1927	67.9	8	78	8	57.9	9			0
1926	63.4	31	72.2	37	54.6	24	1.04	47	0
1925	56.7	86	64.6	103	48.8	65	3.21	5	0
1924	59.7	55	71	46	48.3	67	0.04	107	0
1923	53.5	108	65.3	98	41.7	108	0.00	120	0
1922	70	5	80.7	4	59.3	5	0.36	78	0
1921	59.1	65	69.6	67	48.6	66	0.46	70	0
1920	57.3	80	68.1	75	46.4	84	0.00	120	0
1919	65.4	20	76.4	14	54.3	25	0.12	99	0
1918	58.6	73	69.8	65	47.4	73	0.24	88	0
1917	55.3	99	66.2	90	44.3	101	0.48	69	0
1916							0.00	120	9
1915							1.55	27	9
1914							0.22	91	9
1913							1.70	23	9
1912							0.00	120	9
1911							1.22	40	9
1910							0.16	96	9
1909							0.00	120	9
1908							0.12	99	9
1907							1.90	19	9
1906							2.09	13	9
1905							1.70	23	9
1904							0.16	96	9
1903							3.00	8	9
1902							5.05	1	9
1901							0.00	120	9
1900							3.16	6	9
1899							1.19	43	9
1898							0.25	86	9
1897							0.00	120	9
1896	57.4	79	63.4	109	51.3	45	0.17	95	0
1895									2

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1941	74.7
1959	73.4
2007	71.9
2018	71.4
1922	70
2013	68.3
2017	68.1
1927	67.9
1931	67.8
1982	67.6

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1935	50.8
1974	51.9
1923	53.5
1987	53.9
2003	54.1
1996	54.2
1965	54.3
1964	54.3
1984	54.8
1994	55.2
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1902	5.05
2010	3.95
2005	3.45
2022	3.22
1925	3.21
1900	3.16
1929	3.05
1903	3.00
1939	2.99
1998	2.44

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1997	0.00
1930	0.00
1923	0.00
1920	0.00
1916	0.00
1912	0.00
1909	0.00
1901	0.00
1897	0.00
2024	trace
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 86°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 42°F; 7 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.15 in; 2 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 0.24 in of precipitation in Wilmington, DE, the driest 1 to 9 October since 2025, tied 39th driest of 128 (with 1983 and 1918).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Wilmington, DE: 86°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Wilmington, DE: a low of 42°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Wilmington, DE: 0.15 in on Friday 2 October 2026.