All-time weather records — Bethany Beach, DE

Record high
102.0°F
August 8, 2007
Record low
-9.8°F
January 22, 2025
Wettest day
5.46 in
July 10, 2020

Climate change signal in Bethany Beach

41.5%

of Bethany Beach's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (152 of 366 records since 2015).

35.8%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (131 of 366 records since 2015).

If records were spread evenly across the station's history, you'd expect roughly 5% per decade. Decade-by-decade, here's where each record-breaking day was set:

Decade Heat records set # Cold records set #
1990s
3
4
2000s
147
148
2010s
132
145
2020s
84
69

Records are the all-time daily extremes that are still standing — each daily record can only be held by one year. The station's earliest hot record was set in 1999, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1999-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 78.1°F — Jan 30, 2002 -9.8°F — Jan 22, 2025 2.27 in — Jan 23, 2016
February 75.0°F — Feb 8, 2009 -5.8°F — Feb 20, 2015 1.90 in — Feb 8, 2013
March 86.0°F — Mar 27, 2007 9.1°F — Mar 7, 2015 3.15 in — Mar 21, 2000
April 93.9°F — Apr 26, 2009 23.2°F — Apr 3, 2013 2.38 in — Apr 15, 2007
May 93.0°F — May 24, 2011 33.1°F — May 5, 2003 4.31 in — May 18, 2018
June 99.0°F — Jun 24, 2010 42.1°F — Jun 2, 2014 3.21 in — Jun 9, 2018
July 100.9°F — Jul 22, 2011 50.0°F — Jul 3, 2001 5.46 in — Jul 10, 2020
August 102.0°F — Aug 8, 2007 48.0°F — Aug 31, 2025 3.72 in — Aug 27, 2011
September 93.9°F — Sep 4, 2023 43.0°F — Sep 30, 2006 4.47 in — Sep 29, 2016
October 93.9°F — Oct 2, 2019 28.0°F — Oct 24, 2003 5.25 in — Oct 29, 2012
November 82.0°F — Nov 3, 2016 15.3°F — Nov 19, 2014 2.91 in — Nov 12, 2009
December 77.0°F — Dec 10, 2007 11.1°F — Dec 25, 2022 2.94 in — Dec 26, 2012

Click a month to see every daily record for that month in Bethany Beach.