Wilmington, NC: July

31 July 2026: July 2026 averaged 83.3°F in Wilmington, NC, the warmest July since 2016, 7th warmest of 153.

July 2026

Mean temperature: 83.3°F; Warmest since 2016; 7th warmest of 153
Precipitation: 6.69 in; Driest since 2020; 77th driest of 156

A normal July in Wilmington, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 81.6°F, between 79.5°F and 83.4°F in eight years of ten and 5.89 in of precipitation, between 3.51 in and 12.52 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every July in Wilmington, NC since 1874: 83.3°F in 2026; the highest is 84.7°F, in 2012.

Normal range, 79.5 to 83.4°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every July in Wilmington, NC from 1871 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	83.3	7	92.3	8	74.3	15	6.69	80	0
2025	83.2	8	90.7	22	75.7	1	7.55	66	0
2024	82.5	18	90.2	29	74.8	4	7.79	59	0
2023	82.9	11	90.9	21	74.8	4	6.94	78	0
2022	83	9	90.4	25	75.7	1	7.59	65	0
2021	81.2	43	89.3	53	73	37	8.85	45	0
2020	83	9	91.5	14	74.5	10	4.65	120	0
2019	82.4	21	92	10	72.9	43	3.54	137	0
2018	79.5	95	87.4	95	71.6	98	17.10	4	0
2017	82	23	90.2	29	73.7	24	6.59	81	0
2016	83.7	4	92.6	5	74.8	4	4.71	116	0
2015	82.5	18	91.4	16	73.7	24	3.31	139	0
2014	79.8	83	87.6	91	71.9	81	12.00	16	0
2013	79.8	83	86.7	110	73	37	5.64	101	0
2012	84.7	1	93.8	2	75.6	3	2.31	152	0
2011	82.7	16	92.1	9	73.3	30	3.53	138	0
2010	81.7	29	90.3	27	73.2	34	5.34	105	0
2009	79.5	95	88.1	83	71	121	9.67	33	0
2008	80.4	67	89.1	59	71.7	94	12.43	12	0
2007	79.2	104	88.6	70	69.7	146	5.43	104	0
2006	80.7	55	89.5	48	71.8	88	3.67	133	0
2005	82.3	22	90.1	33	74.5	10	6.14	91	0
2004	80.8	51	89.3	53	72.2	66	7.14	74	0
2003	80.3	70	87.7	88	73	37	4.69	118	0
2002	81.5	36	90.2	29	72.8	48	7.78	61	0
2001	78.3	128	86.5	113	70	141	7.26	72	0
2000	78	135	86.2	118	69.8	145	7.83	58	0
1999	83.4	6	92	10	74.8	4	4.54	121	0
1998	81.8	28	89.8	38	73.7	24	3.79	131	0
1997	79.6	93	88.2	80	71.1	119	6.15	90	0
1996	80.3	70	88	84	72.6	54	13.42	10	0
1995	81.1	45	90	35	72.2	66	8.74	47	0
1994	81.6	34	89.7	42	73.6	29	4.76	115	0
1993	84.1	2	94	1	74.2	17	7.04	75	0
1992	82.9	11	91.5	14	74.4	14	3.18	142	0
1991	82.9	11	91.2	17	74.6	8	13.35	11	0
1990	81.7	29	91.1	18	72.3	62	6.59	81	0
1989	80.5	62	89.2	56	71.8	88	9.93	31	0
1988	79.8	83	88.8	66	70.9	124	14.49	7	0
1987	81.9	26	91.7	13	72	77	5.19	107	0
1986	84	3	93.4	3	74.6	8	11.28	19	0
1985	81.3	40	89.4	51	73.3	30	10.34	27	0
1984	77.9	138	85.1	140	70.7	128	9.01	43	0
1983	82.8	14	91.9	12	73.7	24	5.53	103	0
1982	79.1	109	86.9	106	71.2	115	8.59	48	0
1981	80.6	60	89.5	48	71.8	88	5.23	106	0
1980	82.8	14	92.8	4	72.9	43	5.95	93	0
1979	80.4	67	89.5	48	71.3	109	2.82	148	0
1978	80.2	75	89.1	59	71.4	105	7.38	71	0
1977	82.5	18	92.4	7	72.7	50	3.25	141	0
1976	81.7	29	90.7	22	72.7	50	8.28	52	0
1975	79.8	83	88.2	80	71.5	100	9.76	32	0
1974	79.1	109	88.5	72	69.7	146	8.36	50	0
1973	79.8	83	89.2	56	70.3	137	9.33	38	0
1972	80.1	77	89.3	53	70.9	124	6.36	87	0
1971	79.8	83	88.3	77	71.2	115	8.08	56	0
1970	80.2	75	88.9	63	71.5	100	5.71	100	0
1969	80.8	51	89.6	43	71.9	81	13.46	9	0
1968	80.5	62	89.6	43	71.4	105	9.31	39	0
1967	81.1	45	89.6	43	72.5	58	5.78	98	0
1966	80.8	51	89.6	43	72.1	73	15.12	6	0
1965	79.1	109	87.4	95	70.8	127	12.09	15	0
1964	78.3	128	86.1	120	70.5	132	7.45	68	0
1963	78	135	87.3	100	68.7	151	11.74	18	0
1962	79.5	95	88.5	72	70.6	131	5.86	96	0
1961	81.4	38	90.6	24	72.2	66	1.65	154	0
1960	78.9	119	87.4	95	70.5	132	10.28	29	0
1959	79.1	109	87	105	71.2	115	10.90	23	0
1958	82	23	91	19	73.1	35	4.34	123	0
1957	79	114	88.6	70	69.3	149	3.59	136	0
1956	81.3	40	90	35	72.5	58	3.31	139	0
1955	80.9	49	89.8	38	72	77	9.25	40	0
1954	80.5	62	90	35	70.9	124	4.18	128	0
1953	80.3	70	89.4	51	71.3	109	4.28	124	0
1952	80.8	51	90.2	29	71.4	105	4.94	112	0
1951	79.5	95	87.1	104	71.8	88	10.53	25	0
1950	78.1	131	84.5	144	71.7	94	18.90	3	0
1949	81.7	29	89.1	59	74.3	15	4.12	129	0
1948	80.7	55	87.7	88	73.7	24	5.05	109	0
1947	76.3	153	84	150	68.7	151	10.35	26	0
1946	77.9	138	85.5	133	70.2	139	19.14	2	0
1945	79.2	104	85.8	129	72.6	54	11.92	17	0
1944	78.6	124	86.1	120	71.1	119	5.14	108	0
1943	78.9	119	86.1	120	71.7	94	10.32	28	0
1942	82.7	16	91	19	74.5	10	3.63	135	0
1941	80.4	67	86.8	108	73.9	21	7.79	59	0
1940	79.6	93	87.9	86	71.4	105	1.38	155	0
1939	79.2	104	86.5	113	72	77	7.43	69	0
1938	78.3	128	85	141	71.5	100	11.00	22	0
1937	79.8	83	87.5	92	72	77	6.45	83	0
1936	80.5	62	89	62	71.9	81	4.95	111	0
1935	77.9	138	83.9	152	71.8	88	15.97	5	0
1934	81.2	43	88.3	77	74.2	17	3.09	144	0
1933	77.7	145	85.5	133	69.9	143	7.63	63	0
1932	81.5	36	90.4	25	72.7	50	4.28	124	0
1931	81.9	26	89.8	38	73.9	21	6.33	88	0
1930	81.6	34	90.1	33	73.1	35	7.48	67	0
1929	77.9	138	85.8	129	70.1	140	5.03	110	0
1928	79	114	86.5	113	71.6	98	9.57	35	0
1927	77.9	138	85.3	136	70.5	132	6.42	84	0
1926	80	79	87.3	100	72.6	54	3.68	132	0
1925	80.7	55	88.4	76	73	37	4.25	126	0
1924	77.9	138	85.3	136	70.5	132	13.82	8	0
1923	77.9	138	85.2	139	70.7	128	8.77	46	0
1922	79.5	95	86.3	117	72.6	54	9.64	34	0
1921	78.5	125	84.9	143	72.2	66	11.17	20	0
1920	77.7	145	85.5	133	70	141	7.23	73	0
1919	78.4	126	86.6	112	70.3	137	8.43	49	0
1918	76.6	152	85.3	136	67.9	153	6.41	85	0
1917	78.9	119	85.9	126	71.9	81	12.37	14	0
1916	78.1	131	84.4	147	71.8	88	10.83	24	0
1915	79.4	100	87.4	95	71.5	100	8.12	55	0
1914	79.4	100	87.9	86	71	121	2.38	151	0
1913	80	79	87.7	88	72.3	62	5.93	94	0
1912	78.9	119	86	124	71.9	81	2.81	150	0
1911	79.8	83	87.4	95	72.1	73	3.64	134	0
1910	79	114	86.2	118	71.9	81	6.99	77	0
1909	77	150	84.5	144	69.6	148	2.97	147	0
1908	79	114	85.7	131	72.2	66	9.40	36	0
1907	80.3	70	88.3	77	72.3	62	6.40	86	0
1906	78.1	131	84.1	149	72.1	73	7.64	62	0
1905	79.4	100	86.7	110	72.1	73	7.42	70	0
1904	79.1	109	86.9	106	71.3	109	6.11	92	0
1903	80	79	88.2	80	71.9	81	3.00	145	0
1902	80.5	62	88.5	72	72.5	58	2.98	146	0
1901	79.7	91	86.4	116	72.9	43	8.25	53	0
1900	81.3	40	88.8	66	73.8	23	1.08	156	0
1899	78	135	84.5	144	71.5	100	8.05	57	0
1898	79	114	85.9	126	72.2	66	7.03	76	0
1897	80.1	77	87.5	92	72.7	50	4.50	122	0
1896	79.9	82	86.8	108	72.9	43	5.72	99	0
1895	78.4	126	86.1	120	70.7	128	4.82	114	2
1894	77.6	147	84	150	71.3	109	9.08	42	0
1893	80.6	60	88.9	63	72.3	62	4.23	127	0
1892	78.1	131	85	141	71.2	115	10.26	30	0
1891	76.9	151	83.6	153	69.9	143	6.21	89	2
1890	77.4	148	84.4	147	70.4	136	8.22	54	0
1889	79.2	104	85.9	126	72.4	61	11.10	21	2
1888	77.4	148	86	124	68.8	150	5.87	95	0
1887	81.4	38	88.8	66	74	20	6.77	79	0
1886	79.3	103	87.3	100	71.3	109	21.12	1	0
1885	81.1	45	88.9	63	73.3	30	4.04	130	0
1884	80.3	70	87.3	100	73.3	30	8.29	51	0
1883	82	23	89.8	38	74.2	17	4.71	116	0
1882	78.9	119	85.6	132	72.2	66	8.89	44	0
1881	80.9	49	88.7	69	73	37	12.40	13	0
1880	80.7	55	89.6	43	71.7	94	9.20	41	0
1879	79.7	91	88	84	71.3	109	4.67	119	0
1878	81	48	89.2	56	72.8	48	3.11	143	0
1877	81.7	29	90.3	27	73	37	9.35	37	0
1876	80.7	55	88.5	72	72.9	43	7.62	64	0
1875	83.5	5	92.6	5	74.5	10	1.95	153	0
1874	79.2	104	87.5	92	71	121	5.83	97	0
1873							4.93	113	31
1872							5.54	102	31
1871							2.82	148	31

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
2012	84.7
1993	84.1
1986	84
2016	83.7
1875	83.5
1999	83.4
2026	83.3
2025	83.2
2022	83
2020	83

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1947	76.3
1918	76.6
1891	76.9
1909	77
1890	77.4
1888	77.4
1894	77.6
1933	77.7
1920	77.7
1984	77.9
More years share the last value

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
1886	21.12
1946	19.14
1950	18.90
2018	17.10
1935	15.97
1966	15.12
1988	14.49
1924	13.82
1969	13.46
1996	13.42

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
1900	1.08
1940	1.38
1961	1.65
1875	1.95
2012	2.31
1914	2.38
1912	2.81
1979	2.82
1871	2.82
1909	2.97

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 102°F; 8 July 2026
Coldest night: 67°F; 1 July 2026
Wettest day: 1.82 in; 24 July 2026

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July 2026 brought 6.69 in of precipitation in Wilmington, NC, the driest July since 2020, 77th driest of 156.
The hottest day of July 2026 in Wilmington, NC: 102°F on Wednesday 8 July 2026.
The coldest night of July 2026 in Wilmington, NC: a low of 67°F on Wednesday 1 July 2026.
The wettest day of July 2026 in Wilmington, NC: 1.82 in on Friday 24 July 2026.