Wilmington, NC: October

9 October 2026: October 2026 so far averaged 71.7°F in Wilmington, NC, the warmest 1 to 9 October since 2024, tied 34th warmest of 151 (with 1937).

October 2026 so far, to 9 October 2026

Mean temperature: 71.7°F; Warmest since 2024; 34th warmest of 151
Precipitation: 1.05 in; Wettest since 2016; 41st wettest of 156

A normal 1 to 9 October in Wilmington, NC (1991 to 2020): a mean temperature of 68.7°F, between 64.4°F and 75.6°F in eight years of ten and 0.68 in of precipitation, between 0.00 in and 6.04 in in eight years of ten.

The mean temperature of every 1 to 9 October in Wilmington, NC since 1874: 71.7°F in 2026; the highest is 78.6°F, in 1941.

Normal range, 64.4 to 75.6°F

Every year, ranked, as a table

Every 1 to 9 October 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	71.7	34	80.9	33	62.6	39	1.05	41	0
2025	71.1	42	80.9	33	61.3	53	0.15	98	0
2024	72.7	27	82.2	21	63.2	35	trace	129	0
2023	68.4	76	79.6	54	57.3	98	trace	129	0
2022	65.2	121	75.7	114	54.8	128	trace	129	0
2021	74.1	14	82.6	15	65.7	15	0.62	71	0
2020	68.3	78	77.7	81	58.9	79	0.38	83	0
2019	77.1	6	85.8	5	68.4	8	0.04	115	0
2018	78.1	3	86.7	3	69.4	4	0.28	90	0
2017	73	23	81.9	22	64.1	26	0.10	106	0
2016	72.2	30	79.3	55	65.1	18	6.68	4	0
2015	68.6	74	76.3	101	60.9	62	13.99	1	0
2014	68.8	71	80	49	57.7	95	0.01	124	0
2013	71.1	42	81.1	28	61	61	1.49	33	0
2012	71.4	38	78.9	62	63.9	30	1.62	28	0
2011	63.2	138	74.6	125	51.9	144	0.00	144	0
2010	64.5	128	74.7	123	54.3	133	0.01	124	0
2009	68.3	78	78	75	58.7	83	0.70	62	0
2008	66.4	105	78	75	54.9	126	trace	129	0
2007	76.6	7	84.3	9	68.8	6	0.06	111	0
2006	68	86	79.8	50	56.2	109	3.84	9	0
2005	75.5	8	82.3	20	68.7	7	13.80	2	0
2004	69.8	61	79.1	57	60.4	68	0.65	67	0
2003	65.3	118	74.4	127	56.1	112	4.61	7	0
2002	75.5	8	84.2	10	66.8	11	0.00	144	0
2001	63.4	136	76.8	93	50	148	0.26	92	0
2000	65.8	114	75	118	56.7	104	0.38	83	0
1999	67.6	92	79	60	56.2	109	0.38	83	0
1998	72.8	25	80.8	38	64.9	21	1.36	36	0
1997	70.5	55	82.4	17	58.6	85	0.00	144	0
1996	66.3	109	74.6	125	58	89	5.97	5	0
1995	73.2	20	80.9	33	65.4	16	3.21	14	0
1994	66.1	112	76.8	93	55.3	118	0.72	61	0
1993	70.1	59	81	31	59.2	77	1.59	30	0
1992	63.9	133	73.8	131	54.1	135	2.85	16	0
1991	66.7	103	76	106	57.3	98	3.54	11	0
1990	73.8	16	84.4	8	63.1	36	0.27	91	0
1989	68.3	78	78.7	64	58	89	1.81	25	0
1988	62.6	142	71.8	145	53.3	138	0.61	72	0
1987	59.5	151	73.3	134	45.7	151	0.00	144	0
1986	77.7	4	87.2	1	68.1	9	0.96	46	0
1985	70.9	47	81.4	25	60.3	69	0.46	79	0
1984	64.4	129	75.9	108	53	140	0.19	96	0
1983	71.9	32	82.6	15	61.3	53	0.02	121	0
1982	69.8	61	79.7	53	60	70	trace	129	0
1981	62.8	141	76.8	93	48.8	149	trace	129	0
1980	66.9	101	77.7	81	56.2	109	0.44	81	0
1979	66.4	105	77.2	88	55.6	115	0.37	86	0
1978	66.3	109	77.2	88	55.4	117	0.77	57	0
1977	66.9	101	78.6	66	55.3	118	0.10	106	0
1976	68.3	78	78.7	64	57.9	91	0.48	78	0
1975	70.7	51	79.8	50	61.6	51	1.04	43	0
1974	59.6	150	72.2	142	46.9	150	trace	129	0
1973	73.9	15	83.8	12	64.1	26	0.57	75	0
1972	67.8	88	78.1	73	57.4	97	0.08	110	0
1971	70.8	50	79.1	57	62.4	40	1.42	35	0
1970	69.2	68	80.8	38	57.6	96	0.02	121	0
1969	71.5	36	80.1	47	62.9	37	0.93	49	0
1968	67.3	96	79.3	55	55.2	121	0.52	76	0
1967	70.7	51	82.4	17	58.9	79	0.01	124	0
1966	67.8	88	80.7	41	55	124	0.60	73	0
1965	68.1	84	77.3	87	58.8	81	2.39	20	0
1964	67.9	87	75.3	117	60.6	66	7.38	3	0
1963	65.1	123	78.1	73	52	143	0.00	144	0
1962	73.4	18	82.8	14	64.1	26	0.59	74	0
1961	65.4	116	75.9	108	55	124	0.94	48	0
1960	70.9	47	80.6	42	61.3	53	1.33	37	0
1959	75.1	12	83.8	12	66.4	12	0.90	51	0
1958	65.1	123	73.3	134	56.8	102	2.08	22	0
1957	64.9	127	73.1	136	56.7	104	0.12	103	0
1956	70.7	51	80.9	33	60.6	66	0.43	82	0
1955	71.3	39	80.9	33	61.8	48	0.20	95	0
1954	72.8	25	84.2	10	61.4	52	1.30	39	0
1953	68.4	76	77.1	91	59.8	73	0.13	101	0
1952	65.3	118	75.9	108	54.8	128	2.07	23	0
1951	72.9	24	81	31	64.8	22	0.66	64	0
1950	69.1	70	77.6	86	60.7	64	0.50	77	0
1949	72.3	29	79.8	50	64.8	22	0.03	117	0
1948	65.6	115	72.3	139	58.8	81	1.66	27	0
1947	66.4	105	74.7	123	58.2	88	1.15	40	0
1946	66.3	109	74.9	119	57.8	94	2.52	19	0
1945	68.6	74	76.1	105	61.1	59	0.79	56	0
1944	73.1	21	81.8	23	64.3	25	1.04	43	0
1943	66.6	104	76.2	102	57	101	0.00	144	0
1942	67.1	100	77.7	81	56.6	106	0.35	87	0
1941	78.6	1	85.8	5	71.4	1	0.15	98	0
1940	65.2	121	74.8	122	55.6	115	0.13	101	0
1939	68.2	82	76.6	99	59.8	73	1.05	41	0
1938	60.9	148	71.4	147	50.4	147	0.19	96	0
1937	71.7	34	78.6	66	64.8	22	0.98	45	0
1936	71.9	32	78.6	66	65.2	17	3.33	13	0
1935	61.9	145	72.7	138	51.1	145	trace	129	0
1934	70.5	55	79	60	62	45	0.63	69	0
1933	69.7	64	78	75	61.3	53	0.01	124	0
1932	66.4	105	75.7	114	57.2	100	2.05	24	0
1931	72.6	28	82.4	17	62.8	38	trace	129	0
1930	62.5	143	72.2	142	52.8	141	0.00	144	0
1929	67.3	96	76	106	58.7	83	0.10	106	0
1928	70.3	57	78.8	63	61.8	48	trace	129	0
1927	73.4	18	81.7	24	65.1	18	0.88	53	0
1926	71.3	39	80.4	44	62.2	43	0.74	60	0
1925	71	44	80.1	47	61.9	46	0.93	49	0
1924	65.4	116	74.9	119	55.9	113	trace	129	0
1923	63.8	135	72.3	139	55.3	118	0.05	113	0
1922	73.5	17	80.8	38	66.2	13	1.61	29	0
1921	64.2	130	74.4	127	53.9	136	0.70	62	0
1920	60.8	149	70.9	148	50.7	146	trace	129	0
1919	77.6	5	86.1	4	69	5	trace	129	0
1918	68.2	82	76.8	93	59.7	76	0.00	144	0
1917	63.1	140	72.8	137	53.3	138	0.03	117	0
1916	68.8	71	75.8	113	61.9	46	1.31	38	0
1915	70.6	54	77.2	88	64	29	0.76	59	0
1914	68.8	71	75.9	108	61.7	50	0.66	64	0
1913	69.2	68	77.7	81	60.8	63	4.50	8	0
1912	67.4	95	76.2	102	58.6	85	0.04	115	0
1911	72.2	30	81.1	28	63.3	34	trace	129	0
1910	73.1	21	81.2	26	65	20	0.63	69	0
1909	65.1	123	74.9	119	55.2	121	0.06	111	0
1908	63.4	136	72.3	139	54.4	132	0.66	64	0
1907	68.1	84	77.7	81	58.6	85	0.11	104	0
1906	71	44	78.6	66	63.4	33	3.54	11	0
1905	70.2	58	80.3	45	60	70	0.00	144	0
1904	66	113	76.8	93	55.2	121	0.34	88	0
1903	69.9	60	79.1	57	60.7	64	0.64	68	0
1902	69.8	61	78.3	70	61.2	57	1.54	31	0
1901	63.9	133	72.1	144	55.8	114	0.25	93	0
1900	74.6	13	81.1	28	68.1	9	2.55	18	0
1899	61.9	145	69.1	150	54.7	130	0.95	47	0
1898	75.4	11	80.3	45	70.4	2	0.77	57	0
1897	67.8	88	77.8	80	57.9	91	0.05	113	0
1896	62.3	144	69.7	149	54.9	126	3.00	15	0
1895	64	132	73.7	132	54.3	133	trace	129	0
1894	71	44	78.2	72	63.8	31	3.67	10	0
1893	67.2	98	74.4	127	59.9	72	0.89	52	0
1892							0.22	94	2
1891	69.6	65	77	92	62.1	44	4.63	6	0
1890	70.9	47	78	75	63.8	31	0.03	117	0
1889							0.31	89	2
1888	63.2	138	71.7	146	54.7	130	0.84	54	0
1887	67.6	92	78.3	70	56.8	102	0.00	144	0
1886	64.1	131	75.9	108	52.3	142	0.01	124	0
1885	65.1	123	73.6	133	56.6	106	2.25	21	0
1884	78.5	2	87.1	2	69.9	3	0.00	144	0
1883	69.6	65	76.8	93	62.4	40	0.14	100	0
1882	69.6	65	78	75	61.1	59	0.00	144	0
1881	71.5	36	80.6	42	62.4	40	0.11	104	0
1880	67.7	91	76.2	102	59.2	77	1.53	32	0
1879	75.5	8	84.9	7	66.1	14	0.10	106	0
1878	71.2	41	81.2	26	61.2	57	0.02	121	0
1877	67.6	92	75.4	116	59.8	73	2.74	17	0
1876	61.3	147	68.9	151	53.7	137	1.48	34	0
1875	65.3	118	74	130	56.6	106	0.46	79	0
1874	67.2	98	76.4	100	57.9	91	0.03	117	0
1873							0.82	55	9
1872							0.00	144	9
1871							1.67	26	9

Warmest, coldest, wettest and driest

Warmest
Year	Mean, °F
1941	78.6
1884	78.5
2018	78.1
1986	77.7
1919	77.6
2019	77.1
2007	76.6
2005	75.5
2002	75.5
1879	75.5

Coldest
Year	Mean, °F
1987	59.5
1974	59.6
1920	60.8
1938	60.9
1876	61.3
1935	61.9
1899	61.9
1896	62.3
1930	62.5
1988	62.6

Wettest
Year	Precipitation, in
2015	13.99
2005	13.80
1964	7.38
2016	6.68
1996	5.97
1891	4.63
2003	4.61
1913	4.50
2006	3.84
1894	3.67

Driest
Year	Precipitation, in
2011	0.00
2002	0.00
1997	0.00
1987	0.00
1963	0.00
1943	0.00
1930	0.00
1918	0.00
1905	0.00
1887	0.00
More years share the last value

The hottest, coldest and wettest days

Hottest day: 90°F; 2 October 2026
Coldest night: 56°F; 7 October 2026
Wettest day: 0.54 in; 3 October 2026

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October 2026 so far brought 1.05 in of precipitation in Wilmington, NC, the wettest 1 to 9 October since 2016, tied 41st wettest of 156 (with 1939).
The hottest day of October 2026 so far in Wilmington, NC: 90°F on Friday 2 October 2026.
The coldest night of October 2026 so far in Wilmington, NC: a low of 56°F on Wednesday 7 October 2026.
The wettest day of October 2026 so far in Wilmington, NC: 0.54 in on Saturday 3 October 2026.