Wilmington 3 N Threshold Days by Year (USC00339219)

19 fixed thresholds counted per year at Wilmington 3 N (USC00339219): hot days, frost, tropical nights and heavy rain, with the most days in a year.

Key Facts for Wilmington 3 N Thresholds

Wilmington 3 N: days with 10 mm (0.39 in) or more of precipitation in 99 years, most in 1927 with 58.
Wilmington 3 N: days with 25 mm (0.98 in) or more of precipitation in 99 years, most in 2002 with 21.
Wilmington 3 N: days with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F) in 98 years, most in 1939 with 98.
Wilmington 3 N: days with a maximum temperature at or below 0 C (32 F) in 98 years, most in 1978 with 60.
19 fixed thresholds have at least one qualifying day at Wilmington 3 N.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

98 years with a qualifying day

Days per year at Wilmington 3 N with a maximum temperature at or above 30 C (86 F), with the decade average as a line. The most was 98 in 1939.

Days at or above 30 C (86 F) per year at Wilmington 3 N
Year	Days	Decade average
1918	55	64
1919	73	64
1920	43	58.6
1921	78	58.6
1922	73	58.6
1923	67	58.6
1924	44	58.6
1925	75	58.6
1926	54	58.6
1927	45	58.6
1928	59	58.6
1929	48	58.6
1930	85	78.3
1931	71	78.3
1932	69	78.3
1933	78	78.3
1934	89	78.3
1935	57	78.3
1936	97	78.3
1937	69	78.3
1938	70	78.3
1939	98	78.3
1940	67	73.5
1941	80	73.5
1942	76	73.5
1943	66	73.5
1944	94	73.5
1945	58	73.5
1946	57	73.5
1947	66	73.5
1948	81	73.5
1949	90	73.5
1950	46	58.8
1951	75	58.8
1952	69	58.8
1953	73	58.8
1954	57	58.8
1955	68	58.8
1956	40	58.8
1957	48	58.8
1958	30	58.8
1959	82	58.8
1960	44	50.1
1961	43	50.1
1962	59	50.1
1963	40	50.1
1964	66	50.1
1965	54	50.1
1966	55	50.1
1967	38	50.1
1968	51	50.1
1969	51	50.1
1970	59	37.9
1971	44	37.9
1972	37	37.9
1973	58	37.9
1975	51	37.9
1976	12	37.9
1977	38	37.9
1978	27	37.9
1979	15	37.9
1980	45	35.2
1981	18	35.2
1982	26	35.2
1983	69	35.2
1984	22	35.2
1985	24	35.2
1986	28	35.2
1987	48	35.2
1988	51	35.2
1989	21	35.2
1990	20	33
1991	42	33
1992	20	33
1993	50	33
1994	26	33
1995	35	33
1996	30	33
1997	19	33
1998	34	33
1999	54	33
2000	16	30.6
2001	25	30.6
2002	53	30.6
2003	20	30.6
2004	10	30.6
2005	43	30.6
2007	61	30.6
2009	17	30.6
2010	64	43.4
2011	56	43.4
2012	50	43.4
2013	26	43.4
2014	23	43.4
2015	36	43.4
2016	61	43.4
2017	26	43.4
2018	49	43.4

For each year, a bar from the first to the last day at Wilmington 3 N meeting 30 C (86 F).

First to last qualifying date each year at Wilmington 3 N
Year	First date	Last date
1918	1918-05-17	1918-08-25
1919	1919-05-28	1919-10-04
1920	1920-05-24	1920-09-27
1921	1921-05-21	1921-09-21
1922	1922-05-09	1922-10-06
1923	1923-05-28	1923-09-28
1924	1924-05-07	1924-09-13
1925	1925-04-23	1925-09-27
1926	1926-05-02	1926-10-04
1927	1927-05-10	1927-10-06
1928	1928-05-04	1928-10-16
1929	1929-03-25	1929-09-28
1930	1930-04-11	1930-09-25
1931	1931-05-19	1931-09-23
1932	1932-05-07	1932-09-19
1933	1933-05-20	1933-09-27
1934	1934-05-04	1934-09-26
1935	1935-06-13	1935-10-13
1936	1936-05-06	1936-09-23
1937	1937-04-23	1937-10-02
1938	1938-03-22	1938-10-18
1939	1939-05-06	1939-10-10
1940	1940-05-06	1940-09-21
1941	1941-04-13	1941-10-07
1942	1942-04-26	1942-09-19
1943	1943-05-06	1943-09-30
1944	1944-05-12	1944-09-20
1945	1945-06-01	1945-09-28
1946	1946-04-22	1946-10-06
1947	1947-05-28	1947-09-21
1948	1948-04-25	1948-09-20
1949	1949-05-03	1949-10-11
1950	1950-05-04	1950-09-01
1951	1951-04-30	1951-10-05
1952	1952-05-05	1952-10-01
1953	1953-05-25	1953-10-03
1954	1954-05-31	1954-10-05
1955	1955-05-04	1955-09-19
1956	1956-05-12	1956-09-13
1957	1957-04-26	1957-09-03
1958	1958-06-04	1958-09-26
1959	1959-05-02	1959-10-05
1960	1960-04-23	1960-09-23
1961	1961-06-01	1961-09-25
1962	1962-04-26	1962-09-13
1963	1963-05-09	1963-09-20
1964	1964-05-19	1964-09-21
1965	1965-05-06	1965-09-21
1966	1966-05-23	1966-09-12
1967	1967-05-27	1967-10-04
1968	1968-06-06	1968-09-23
1969	1969-05-05	1969-09-06
1970	1970-05-20	1970-09-24
1971	1971-05-18	1971-10-01
1972	1972-05-25	1972-09-17
1973	1973-06-03	1973-09-25
1975	1975-05-21	1975-09-09
1976	1976-04-21	1976-07-28
1977	1977-05-20	1977-09-06
1978	1978-05-27	1978-09-22
1979	1979-05-12	1979-09-13
1980	1980-06-07	1980-09-22
1981	1981-06-15	1981-08-06
1982	1982-05-14	1982-09-12
1983	1983-06-11	1983-09-20
1984	1984-06-09	1984-09-23
1985	1985-05-14	1985-09-10
1986	1986-04-27	1986-09-30
1987	1987-05-21	1987-09-11
1988	1988-05-16	1988-08-19
1989	1989-06-01	1989-09-10
1990	1990-06-15	1990-09-07
1991	1991-05-15	1991-09-17
1992	1992-06-18	1992-09-10
1993	1993-05-10	1993-09-15
1994	1994-05-24	1994-09-15
1995	1995-06-19	1995-09-01
1996	1996-05-19	1996-08-24
1997	1997-06-21	1997-09-03
1998	1998-06-19	1998-09-28
1999	1999-06-06	1999-09-29
2000	2000-06-02	2000-09-03
2001	2001-06-13	2001-08-10
2002	2002-06-04	2002-09-11
2003	2003-06-25	2003-08-30
2004	2004-06-09	2004-09-23
2005	2005-06-06	2005-09-12
2007	2007-05-24	2007-10-09
2009	2009-05-24	2009-08-18
2010	2010-05-24	2010-09-25
2011	2011-05-12	2011-09-04
2012	2012-05-04	2012-09-07
2013	2013-05-16	2013-09-12
2014	2014-05-28	2014-09-06
2015	2015-05-07	2015-09-09
2016	2016-05-28	2016-09-24
2017	2017-06-04	2017-09-28
2018	2018-05-14	2018-10-09

Every Fixed Threshold

Fixed thresholds at Wilmington 3 N
Threshold	Years with a qualifying day	Most days in a year	Year	Latest year days
30 C (86 F): Days	98	98	1939	49
35 C (95 F): Days	64	37	1944	4
40 C (104 F): Days	8	8	1936	1
90 F (32.2 C): Days	95	72	1936	13
100 F (37.8 C): Days	19	15	1936	1
110 F (43.3 C): Days	1	2	1934	2
0 C (32 F): Ice days (max	98	60	1978	22
0 C (32 F): Frost days (min	98	175	1976	133
-10 C (14 F): Days with min	98	54	1978	26
-20 C (-4 F): Days with min	68	20	1977	4
-30 C (-22 F): Days with min	6	2	1982	2
20 C (68 F): Tropical nights (min	98	33	1983	24
25 C (77 F): Days with min	3	1	1927	1
10 mm (0.39 in): Days with 10 mm or more rain	99	58	1927	43
25 mm (0.98 in): Days with 25 mm or more rain	99	21	2002	9
50 mm (1.97 in): Days with 50 mm or more rain	68	5	1925	3
100 mm (3.94 in): Days with 100 mm or more rain	4	1	1954	1
10 cm (3.9 in): Days with 10 cm or more snowfall	58	8	1934	4
25 cm (9.8 in): Days with 25 cm or more snowfall	4	1	1936	1

Years with under 90 percent of days observed are left out of the most days column. Threshold history at this station starts in 1918.

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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Threshold counts are computed by this site.

Data as of 2025-12-31. Last revised 31 December 2025 (2025-12-31).

Wilmington 3 N Threshold Days by Year (USC00339219)

Key Facts for Wilmington 3 N Thresholds

Days at or above 30 C (86 F)

Every Fixed Threshold

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