Wilmington, DE: Winter

28 February 2026: Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) averaged 31.8°F in Wilmington, DE, the coldest winter since 2011, tied 24th coldest of 109 (with 2011 and 1968).

Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026)

Mean temperature: 31.8°F; Coldest since 2011; 24th coldest of 109
Precipitation: 8.14 in; Driest since 2025; 34th driest of 105

A normal winter in Wilmington, DE (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 35.9°F, between 31.7°F and 39.4°F in eight years of ten and 9.71 in of precipitation, between 7.36 in and 12.23 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every winter in Wilmington, DE since 1896: 31.8°F in 2026; the lowest is 26.3°F, in 1918.

Normal range, 31.7 to 39.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every winter 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	31.8	84	39.9	83	23.7	86	8.14	72	0
2025	34.3	53	42.6	53	26.1	53	6.92	88	0
2024	38.6	9	46.8	12	30.5	8	16.00	4	0
2023	40.2	2	49.4	2	30.9	4	9.75	42	0
2022	37.6	16	46.9	11	28.2	30	7.14	85	0
2021	35.6	37	42.9	50	28.3	29	11.51	23	0
2020	39.3	8	47.9	5	30.7	7	11.52	22	0
2019	36	32	44.2	31	27.8	35	14.28	8	0
2018	35.5	41	44.2	31	26.7	45	9.67	44	0
2017	39.4	5	47.9	5	31	3	6.61	92	0
2016	39.4	5	47.9	5	30.9	4	11.94	19	0
2015	32	81	39.7	86	24.2	80	9.62	45	0
2014	32.1	79	40.8	72	23.5	89	13.80	10	0
2013	37.6	16	45.1	25	30	11	9.93	40	0
2012	39.5	4	48.5	4	30.4	9	9.08	54	0
2011	31.8	84	39.6	88	24.1	82	8.53	67	0
2010	33	69	39.9	83	26	55	16.97	2	0
2009	34.3	53	42.6	53	26.1	53	7.59	81	0
2008	36.7	26	44.7	27	28.7	23	10.71	31	0
2007	36.3	29	44.4	28	28.1	31	7.39	83	0
2006	36.1	31	44.3	30	27.9	32	9.74	43	0
2005	34.5	49	42.5	56	26.5	48	9.33	49	0
2004	31.7	87	39.4	89	24	84	8.92	58	0
2003	30.6	96	37.6	103	23.6	87	11.50	24	0
2002	39.9	3	48.9	3	30.9	4	5.10	100	0
2001	32.5	77	40.2	79	24.7	74	8.74	63	0
2000	35.6	37	43.7	40	27.5	39	8.77	62	0
1999	37.6	16	46.1	16	29	19	9.93	40	0
1998	39.4	5	47	9	31.7	2	10.32	34	0
1997	36.5	28	44.1	33	28.9	22	11.62	20	0
1996	31.5	91	38.7	97	24.2	80	8.42	70	0
1995	35.8	33	43.8	38	27.8	35	7.60	80	0
1994	31.4	92	39.2	92	23.5	89	12.06	15	0
1993	35.8	33	43.7	40	27.9	32	9.96	39	0
1992	37.3	22	45.9	18	28.7	23	7.12	86	0
1991	38.3	10	47.6	8	29	19	10.43	32	0
1990	35.3	45	44.1	33	26.6	46	6.18	96	0
1989	35.1	46	43.3	45	26.9	43	6.13	97	0
1988	33.6	60	41.8	62	25.3	65	8.50	69	0
1987	33.6	60	41	69	26.2	52	11.98	17	0
1986	32.2	78	40.1	80	24.3	79	7.78	77	0
1985	35.6	37	44.4	28	26.8	44	5.55	99	0
1984	31.7	87	40.3	78	23	92	12.32	14	0
1983	37.3	22	46	17	28.6	26	8.92	58	0
1982	30.8	94	38.8	96	22.7	95	10.41	33	0
1981	32	81	41	69	22.9	93	4.58	105	0
1980	33.5	64	42.2	59	24.9	71	4.71	104	0
1979	30.5	97	39	94	22	97	20.19	1	0
1978	27.9	107	36	106	19.8	107	15.99	5	0
1977	28.2	106	36.8	105	19.6	108	5.06	101	0
1976	34.9	47	43.9	35	25.8	57	8.91	60	0
1975	37.5	20	45.5	22	29.4	15	11.36	27	0
1974	35.7	35	43.9	35	27.6	38	11.96	18	0
1973	37.6	16	45.6	21	29.7	13	13.22	12	0
1972	37	24	45.4	24	28.6	26	9.26	50	0
1971	32.8	74	40.6	74	25.1	69	11.53	21	0
1970	30.1	100	37.9	101	22.2	96	11.03	29	0
1969	32.8	74	39.7	86	25.9	56	5.77	98	0
1968	31.8	84	40.4	77	23.2	91	9.05	55	0
1967	33.6	60	41.8	62	25.3	65	7.38	84	0
1966	33	69	41.2	66	24.7	74	9.26	50	0
1965	33.3	66	41.9	60	24.6	76	9.25	52	0
1964	31	93	39.1	93	22.9	93	9.35	47	0
1963	28.7	104	37	104	20.4	105	6.64	91	0
1962	31.9	83	39.8	85	23.9	85	8.80	61	0
1961	29.3	103	38.3	99	20.4	105	9.25	52	0
1960	36.3	29	43.9	35	28.7	23	10.01	38	0
1959	30.7	95	40	81	21.4	102	4.94	102	0
1958	32.1	79	39.3	91	24.9	71	12.51	13	0
1957	35.7	35	43.6	42	27.8	35	10.15	35	0
1956	33	69	40.6	74	25.3	65	7.01	87	0
1955	33.6	60	41.7	64	25.4	63	6.66	90	0
1954	36.6	27	45.9	18	27.3	41	7.66	79	0
1953	37.7	15	45.5	22	30	11	11.44	26	0
1952	37.4	21	45.7	20	29	19	13.61	11	0
1951	33.8	58	43.1	48	24.5	78	8.55	66	0
1950	38.1	11	47	9	29.2	16	7.98	75	0
1949	38	13	46.4	13	29.5	14	14.98	6	0
1948	29.7	102	37.9	101	21.5	100	8.51	68	2
1947	34.5	49	43.3	45	25.8	57	7.44	82	0
1946	33	69	41.2	66	24.8	73	7.75	78	0
1945	30.3	99	39	94	21.5	100	10.77	30	0
1944	34.1	57	43.5	44	24.6	76	6.84	89	1
1943	32.6	76	41.1	68	24.1	82	8.98	57	0
1942	33.8	58	42.4	57	25	70	9.34	48	3
1941	33.5	64	41.3	65	25.6	59			0
1940	30.1	100	38.5	98	22	97	6.28	95	6
1939									24
1938	34.5	49	42.4	57	26.5	48			1
1937	38.1	11	46.2	15	30.1	10	14.12	9	2
1936	27.7	108	34.7	108	20.6	104			1
1935	31.6	90	40	81	23.6	87			5
1934	30.5	97	39.4	89	21.6	99			0
1933	37.8	14	46.3	14	29.2	16			0
1932	41.6	1	50.1	1	33.1	1			0
1931	34.2	55	41.9	60	26.6	46	6.57	93	0
1930	35.4	44	43.8	38	27.1	42	10.04	37	0
1929	34.2	55	42.7	51	25.6	59			0
1928	34.9	47	43.3	45	26.5	48	12.03	16	0
1927	33.2	67	40.8	72	25.5	61	8.34	71	3
1926	33	69	40.5	76	25.4	63	8.73	64	0
1925	34.5	49	42.6	53	26.4	51			0
1924	35.5	41	43.6	42	27.4	40			0
1923	31.7	87	38.2	100	25.2	68			0
1922	33.2	67	40.9	71	25.5	61			0
1921	35.6	37	42.7	51	28.4	28			0
1920	28.3	105	35.7	107	20.8	103			0
1919	37	24	44.9	26	29.1	18	11.29	28	0
1918	26.3	109	34.2	109	18.5	109			1
1917							10.09	36	36
1916							7.94	76	91
1914							8.01	74	90
1912							9.58	46	91
1909							6.31	94	90
1906							9.02	56	90
1903							14.33	7	90
1902							16.42	3	90
1900							8.09	73	90
1899							11.48	25	90
1898							8.73	64	90
1897							4.91	103	74
1896	35.5	41	43.1	48	27.9	32			8
1895									32
1894									60

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1932	41.6
2023	40.2
2002	39.9
2012	39.5
2017	39.4
2016	39.4
1998	39.4
2020	39.3
2024	38.6
1991	38.3

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1918	26.3
1936	27.7
1978	27.9
1977	28.2
1920	28.3
1963	28.7
1961	29.3
1948	29.7
1970	30.1
1940	30.1

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1979	20.19
2010	16.97
1902	16.42
2024	16.00
1978	15.99
1949	14.98
1903	14.33
2019	14.28
1937	14.12
2014	13.80

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1981	4.58
1980	4.71
1897	4.91
1959	4.94
1977	5.06
2002	5.10
1985	5.55
1969	5.77
1989	6.13
1990	6.18

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 61°F; 7 January 2026
Coldest night: 4°F; 31 January 2026
Wettest day: 1.48 in; 25 January 2026

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Winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) brought 8.14 in of precipitation in Wilmington, DE, the driest winter since 2025, 34th driest of 105.
The hottest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wilmington, DE: 61°F on Wednesday 7 January 2026.
The coldest night of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wilmington, DE: a low of 4°F on Saturday 31 January 2026.
The wettest day of winter 2026 (December 2025 to February 2026) in Wilmington, DE: 1.48 in on Sunday 25 January 2026.