Wilmington, DE: Spring

31 May 2026: Spring 2026 averaged 56.7°F in Wilmington, DE, the warmest spring since 2012, 4th warmest of 112.

Spring 2026

Mean temperature: 56.7°F; Warmest since 2012; 4th warmest of 112
Precipitation: 8.08 in; Driest since 2023; 26th driest of 119

A normal spring in Wilmington, DE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 53.3°F, between 50.7°F and 55.6°F in eight years of ten and 11.39 in of precipitation, between 7.34 in and 13.93 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every spring in Wilmington, DE since 1895: 56.7°F in 2026; the highest is 57.3°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 50.7 to 55.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every spring 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	56.7	4	67.7	3	45.7	9	8.08	94	0
2025	56.5	6	66.8	6	46.1	7	15.50	11	0
2024	55.9	8	65.4	14	46.4	2	13.95	17	0
2023	55.7	9	66.8	6	44.7	17	7.01	105	0
2022	55	16	65	16	45.1	14	11.26	47	0
2021	54.6	20	65.7	13	43.6	28	10.19	61	0
2020	53.5	38	63.2	53	43.9	22	10.14	62	0
2019	55.3	13	64.9	17	45.7	9	11.84	40	0
2018	52.4	63	61.8	77	43	43	12.92	28	0
2017	54	28	63.5	45	44.6	18	13.16	25	0
2016	54.3	22	64.3	27	44.4	19	10.94	50	0
2015	53.3	41	63.5	45	43.1	39	12.07	34	0
2014	51.7	77	62.1	75	41.3	79	13.75	20	0
2013	52.6	56	62.3	71	43	43	7.39	102	0
2012	57.3	1	67.6	4	47.1	1	5.73	117	0
2011	54.8	17	64.3	27	45.3	13	11.99	36	0
2010	56.6	5	66.8	6	46.4	2	10.12	64	0
2009	53.4	39	62.9	62	43.8	25	9.81	71	0
2008	53.1	47	63.4	48	42.8	50	11.09	49	0
2007	53	50	63.6	42	42.4	57	14.18	15	0
2006	54.1	27	64.8	20	43.4	32	6.87	107	0
2005	49.9	99	60.1	95	39.8	99	11.48	44	0
2004	55.5	12	64.6	24	46.4	2	12.98	27	0
2003	50.6	94	59.8	99	41.4	78	11.29	46	0
2002	53.8	34	64.1	33	43.4	32	9.71	76	0
2001	51.9	73	61.3	84	42.4	57	12.38	31	0
2000	54.3	22	64.2	32	44.4	19	15.54	9	0
1999	52.4	63	62.6	69	42.3	60	10.88	51	0
1998	54.7	19	64	36	45.4	12	11.90	38	0
1997	50.7	91	60.8	90	40.6	89	5.80	116	0
1996	50.3	96	59.9	97	40.8	85	11.88	39	0
1995	53.1	47	63.8	39	42.3	60	8.06	95	0
1994	53.3	41	63.7	41	42.9	49	13.90	18	0
1993	52.3	66	61.9	76	42.7	52	17.32	3	0
1992	51.3	82	60.9	88	41.8	70	10.60	56	0
1991	56.2	7	66.4	9	46.1	7	9.90	67	0
1990	53.7	35	63.6	42	43.9	22	12.60	29	0
1989	51.9	73	61.7	78	42.1	65	13.02	26	0
1988	52.6	56	62.2	72	43.1	39	9.36	79	0
1987	53.3	41	63.4	48	43.2	35	6.94	106	0
1986	53.9	32	64.7	22	43.1	39	5.65	118	0
1985	57	2	68.4	1	45.5	11	7.90	98	0
1984	49.1	107	58.6	109	39.6	103	14.67	14	0
1983	53.3	41	63.1	57	43.6	28	21.02	1	0
1982	52.5	59	63.2	53	41.8	70	12.00	35	0
1981	52.5	59	63	60	42	67	9.85	70	0
1980	53.1	47	63.2	53	43.1	39	13.17	24	0
1979	53.3	41	63.5	45	43	43	9.74	74	0
1978	49.4	104	58.8	107	39.9	98	14.69	13	0
1977	55.2	14	66.2	11	44.2	21	9.42	77	0
1976	53.6	36	64	36	43.2	35	8.70	87	0
1975	51.1	86	60.6	91	41.6	74	13.31	23	0
1974	54	28	64.6	24	43.5	31	11.60	41	0
1973	55.2	14	64.1	33	46.2	6	16.15	5	0
1972	51.2	83	61.4	81	41	82	10.72	53	0
1971	50.7	91	61.1	85	40.3	94	8.95	83	0
1970	51.8	76	61.7	78	42	67	10.11	65	0
1969	52.9	52	62.8	67	43	43	6.50	111	0
1968	52.7	54	63.1	57	42.4	57	11.10	48	0
1967	48.7	110	58.4	111	39	109	11.93	37	0
1966	50.4	95	60.2	94	40.6	89	7.32	103	0
1965	51.2	83	61	86	41.5	75	6.37	113	0
1964	52.3	66	62.8	67	41.8	70	8.39	92	0
1963	52.3	66	63.4	48	41.2	80	6.59	110	0
1962	52.5	59	62.9	62	42.1	65	9.41	78	0
1961	50.1	97	59.6	103	40.6	89	12.52	30	0
1960	49.8	100	59.9	97	39.8	99	9.76	73	0
1959	53.6	36	64.5	26	42.7	52	6.46	112	0
1958	51	88	59.8	99	42.2	63	13.90	18	0
1957	53	50	63.1	57	43	43	8.73	86	0
1956	49.4	104	59.7	102	39.2	108	10.10	66	0
1955	54.3	22	64.9	17	43.8	25	8.59	89	0
1954	52.5	59	63	60	42	67	9.25	80	0
1953	53.9	32	62.9	62	44.9	16	15.87	6	0
1952	52	71	61.4	81	42.7	52	15.53	10	0
1951	51.7	77	62.6	69	40.7	88	9.88	68	0
1950	48.6	111	58.8	107	38.4	110	9.87	69	0
1949	52.7	54	63.2	53	42.2	63	9.79	72	0
1948	51.9	73	62.2	72	41.7	73	14.18	15	0
1947	49.6	103	59.2	105	40	96	15.83	7	0
1946	54.2	26	64.7	22	43.6	28	12.29	32	1
1945	55.7	9	67.9	2	43.4	32	12.22	33	0
1944	52.3	66	63.6	42	40.8	85	13.53	21	1
1943	51.1	86	62.9	62	39.4	104			0
1942	54.8	17	66.3	10	43.2	35	9.21	81	0
1941	52	71	63.9	38	40.4	93	6.31	114	1
1940	47.9	112	57.8	112	38.1	111			0
1939	51.6	80	62.9	62	40.8	85	10.67	54	7
1938	53.2	46	64.3	27	42.3	60	8.48	90	1
1937	50.8	90	61	86	40.6	89			2
1936	54	28	64.8	20	43	43			1
1935	51.4	81	61.6	80	41.5	75			3
1934	51.2	83	62.2	72	40	96			1
1933	52.1	70	61.4	81	42.8	50	17.05	4	1
1932	49.7	101	60	96	39.4	104			1
1931	50.7	91	59.6	103	41.5	75	11.52	43	1
1930	52.4	63	63.8	39	41	82	7.52	100	0
1929	54.4	21	64.9	17	43.9	22	11.56	42	0
1928	49.7	101	59.8	99	39.7	101	10.56	58	1
1927	51	88	60.9	88	41.1	81	7.04	104	0
1926	49.1	107	60.3	92	37.9	112	8.26	93	1
1925	52.6	56	64.1	33	41	82	7.98	97	2
1924	49.2	106	59.1	106	39.4	104			0
1923	51.7	77	63.4	48	40.1	95	10.33	60	0
1922	54	28	64.3	27	43.8	25	8.92	84	0
1921	56.9	3	67.6	4	46.3	5	8.43	91	0
1920	50	98	60.3	92	39.7	101	10.53	59	0
1919	52.9	52	63.3	52	42.7	52	15.60	8	1
1918	54.3	22	65.3	15	43.2	35	9.72	75	0
1917	49.1	107	58.5	110	39.4	104			2
1916							8.63	88	92
1915							9.20	82	92
1914							6.79	108	92
1913							18.18	2	92
1912							15.35	12	92
1911							8.00	96	92
1910							6.04	115	92
1909							5.15	119	92
1908							10.87	52	92
1906							11.45	45	92
1905							8.88	85	92
1904							6.68	109	92
1903							7.65	99	92
1901							13.36	22	92
1900							7.42	101	92
1898							10.14	62	92
1897							10.60	56	92
1896	55.7	9	66	12	45	15			2
1895	53.4	39	64.3	27	42.5	56	10.65	55	0
1894									32

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	57.3
1985	57
1921	56.9
2026	56.7
2010	56.6
2025	56.5
1991	56.2
2024	55.9
2023	55.7
1945	55.7
More years share the last value

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1940	47.9
1950	48.6
1967	48.7
1984	49.1
1926	49.1
1917	49.1
1924	49.2
1978	49.4
1956	49.4
1947	49.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1983	21.02
1913	18.18
1993	17.32
1933	17.05
1973	16.15
1953	15.87
1947	15.83
1919	15.60
2000	15.54
1952	15.53

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1909	5.15
1986	5.65
2012	5.73
1997	5.80
1910	6.04
1941	6.31
1965	6.37
1959	6.46
1969	6.50
1963	6.59

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 96°F; 19 May 2026
Coldest night: 24°F; 18 March 2026
Wettest day: 0.94 in; 24 May 2026

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Spring 2026 brought 8.08 in of precipitation in Wilmington, DE, the driest spring since 2023, 26th driest of 119.
The hottest day of spring 2026 in Wilmington, DE: 96°F on Tuesday 19 May 2026.
The coldest night of spring 2026 in Wilmington, DE: a low of 24°F on Wednesday 18 March 2026.
The wettest day of spring 2026 in Wilmington, DE: 0.94 in on Sunday 24 May 2026.