All-time weather records — Wilmington, NC

Record high
104.0°F
June 27, 1952
Record low
0.0°F
December 25, 1989
Wettest day
13.38 in
September 15, 1999

Climate change signal in Wilmington

16.7%

of Wilmington's all-time daily heat records were set in the last decade (61 of 366 records since 2015).

8.5%

of all-time daily cold records were set in the last decade (31 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 #
1940s
6
2
1950s
51
58
1960s
42
67
1970s
59
52
1980s
50
82
1990s
47
31
2000s
30
30
2010s
47
30
2020s
34
14

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 1948, the latest in 2026. Period of observation: 1948-2026.

Records by month

Month Hottest day Coldest day Wettest day
January 82.9°F — Jan 26, 2024 5.0°F — Jan 21, 1985 3.03 in — Jan 23, 1998
February 86.0°F — Feb 23, 2023 10.9°F — Feb 5, 1996 3.37 in — Feb 3, 1998
March 90.0°F — Mar 23, 2026 9.0°F — Mar 4, 1980 4.38 in — Mar 2, 1994
April 95.0°F — Apr 7, 1967 28.9°F — Apr 8, 2007 3.67 in — Apr 24, 2017
May 100.9°F — May 29, 2019 35.1°F — May 2, 1963 5.52 in — May 19, 2018
June 104.0°F — Jun 27, 1952 48.0°F — Jun 2, 1983 6.62 in — Jun 30, 2017
July 102.0°F — Jul 7, 1977 55.0°F — Jul 2, 1988 6.51 in — Jul 6, 2009
August 102.9°F — Aug 1, 1999 55.0°F — Aug 7, 2004 9.56 in — Aug 31, 2006
September 98.1°F — Sep 4, 1975 44.1°F — Sep 24, 1981 13.38 in — Sep 15, 1999
October 98.1°F — Oct 3, 2019 27.0°F — Oct 27, 1962 6.34 in — Oct 7, 2005
November 87.1°F — Nov 2, 1974 16.0°F — Nov 26, 1950 4.13 in — Nov 12, 2020
December 82.0°F — Dec 7, 1998 0.0°F — Dec 25, 1989 3.85 in — Dec 24, 1978

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