Editing Wilmington, North Carolina (section)

==Geography==
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[[File:Welcome To Wilmington.JPG|thumb|"Welcome to Wilmington" sign]]
Wilmington is the eastern terminus of [[Interstate 40 in North Carolina|Interstate 40]], an east-west freeway that ends 2,554 miles away at [[Barstow, California]], where it joins I-15, the gateway to Southern California. This road passes through many major cities and state capitals along the way.

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|52.97|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|51.41|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|1.56|sqmi}} (2.95%) is water.<ref name="TigerWebMapServer"/>
Wrightsville Beach is a common destination in the Wilmington area. Carolina Beach and Kure Beach also add to the city's attractions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All Attractions |url=https://www.wilmingtonandbeaches.com/things-to-do/attractions-and-activities/top-attractions/ |access-date=June 2, 2022 |website=www.wilmingtonandbeaches.com}}</ref>

===Climate===
Wilmington has a [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa''), with these characteristics:
[[File:Cypress Trees in Greenfield Lake.jpg|thumb|Cypress trees in Greenfield Lake]]
* Winters are generally mild with January highs in the mid-50s °F (≈12&nbsp;°C) and lows in the mid-30s °F (≈1&nbsp;°C). Snowfall does not occur in most years, and when it does, is generally light.
* Spring is reasonably lengthy, beginning in late February and lasting to early May. The presence of abundant dense vegetation in the area causes significant pollen dusting in the springtime that tends to turn rooftops and cars yellow.
* Summer brings high humidity, with daily high temperatures usually ranging from the upper 80s to lower 90s °F (31–34&nbsp;°C), and daily low temperatures usually from 70 to 75&nbsp;°F (≈22&nbsp;°C). [[Heat Index|Heat indices]] can easily break the {{convert|100|°F|0}} mark, though the actual temperature does not in most years. Due to the proximity of warm Atlantic Ocean waters and prevailing tropical-system tracks, the Wilmington area is subject to hurricane or tropical storm activity, mostly from August to early October, with an average frequency of once every seven years. Such tropical systems can bring high winds and very heavy rains, sometimes {{convert|4|in}} or more in a single tropical system. Precipitation in Wilmington occurs year-round. April is the driest month, with just over {{convert|3|in}} of rain on average, and August and September are the wettest months, with over {{convert|8|in}} of rain each, on average.  In an average year, the July to September period delivers nearly 40% of annual rainfall.
* Autumn is also generally humid at the beginning, with the threat from tropical weather systems (hurricanes, tropical storms, and tropical depressions) peaking in September.
* Normal January mean temperature: {{convert|46.0|°F|1}}. The coldest month in recorded history was January 1977, averaging {{convert|35.7|°F|1}}. January 1981 had a colder average minimum of {{convert|25.8|°F|1}}.
* Normal July mean temperature: {{convert|81.1|°F|1}}. The hottest month in recorded history was July 2012, averaging {{convert|84.7|°F|1}}. July 1993 had a hotter average maximum of {{convert|94.0|°F|1}}.
* Average nights ≤ {{convert|32|°F}}: 39
* First and last freezes of the season: November 18 and March 20, allowing a growing season of 244 days
* Average days ≥ {{convert|90|°F|0}}: 43, but historically as low as 9 in 1909 and as high as 71 in 1980.
* First and last 90&nbsp;°F highs: May 15, September 15
* Highest recorded temperature: {{convert|104|°F}} on June 27, 1952<ref name = "Wilmington NC Extremes" >{{cite web |url=http://threadex.rcc-acis.org/ |title=Threaded Climate Extremes for Wilmington Area, NC |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date=June 28, 2010}}</ref>
* Lowest daily maximum temperature: {{convert|16|°F|0}} on [[Great Blizzard of 1899|February 13, 1899]] and December 30, 1917<ref name = "Wilmington NC Extremes" />
* Highest daily minimum temperature: {{convert|83|°F|0}} on August 1, 1999, and August 9, 2007<ref name = "Wilmington NC Extremes" />
* Lowest recorded temperature: {{convert|0|°F|0}} [[December 1989 United States cold wave|on December 25, 1989]]<ref name = "Wilmington NC Extremes" />
* Average annual precipitation: {{convert|60.15|in|mm|sigfig=3}}, but historically ranging from {{convert|27.68|in|mm|abbr=on}} in 1909 to {{convert|102.40|in|mm|abbr=on}} in 2018,<ref name="weather1">{{cite web|url=https://www.weather.gov/ilm/Raceto100|title = Wilmington's Race to 100 inches!}}</ref> aided by 23.02 inches of rain, September 13–16, from [[Hurricane Florence]]'s slow movement across [[the Carolinas]].<ref name="weather1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://maps.wunderground.com/news/2018-09-17-wilmington-north-carolina-wettest-year-florence |title=Florence Vaults Wilmington, North Carolina, to Its Record Wettest Year Since 1877 |last1=Dolce |first1=Chris |publisher=[[Weather Underground]] |date=September 17, 2018 |access-date=September 20, 2018}}</ref> The 2018 annual precipitation of 102.40 inches exceeded the previous record wettest year (1877, with 83.65 inches of precipitation).<ref name="weather1"/>
* Wettest day: {{convert|13.38|in|1|abbr=on}} on September 15, 1999<ref name = "Wilmington NC Extremes" />
* Driest month: {{convert|0.16|in|1|abbr=on}} in April 1995<ref name = NOAA/>
* Wettest month: {{convert|24.13|in|1|abbr=on}} in September 2018,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weather.gov/ilm/2018ClimateSummary|title = 2018 Climate Summary for Southeastern North Carolina and Northeastern South Carolina}}</ref> followed closely by {{convert|23.41|in|1|abbr=on}} in September 1999<ref name = NOAA/>
* Winter average snowfall: {{convert|1.6|in|cm|1}} (the median amount is 0)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.weather.gov/ilm/ILMsnowfallDatabase |title=Wilmington, NC Snowfall Database since 1870 |author=Tim Armstrong |date=April 13, 2015 |website=www.weather.gov |publisher=National Weather Service |access-date= December 5, 2015}}</ref>
* Snowiest 24-hour period: {{convert|12.1|in|cm|1|abbr=on}} on February 17–18, 1896<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.weather.gov/ilm/Feb1896Snow|title = "Snow Balling" Snowstorm: February 17-18, 1896}}</ref>
* Snowiest month: {{convert|15.3|in|cm|1|abbr=on}} [[December 1989 United States cold wave|in December 1989]], making the winter of 1989–90 the snowiest<ref name = NOAA/>
{{Weather box
|location = [[Wilmington International Airport|Wilmington Int'l]], North Carolina (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1870–present){{efn|Official snowfall records for Wilmington were kept at the Weather Bureau in downtown from December 1870 to September 1951, and at Wilmington Int'l since October 1951. Precipitation, minimum temperature, and maximum temperature records date to January 1, 1871, March 1, 1873, and April 1, 1874, respectively.<ref name = NOAA/> For more information, see [http://threadex.rcc-acis.org ThreadEx].}}
|collapsed = Y
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 83
|Feb record high F = 86
|Mar record high F = 94
|Apr record high F = 95
|May record high F = 101
|Jun record high F = 104
|Jul record high F = 103
|Aug record high F = 103
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 98
|Nov record high F = 87
|Dec record high F = 82
|year record high F = 104
|Jan avg record high F = 74.7
|Feb avg record high F = 76.6
|Mar avg record high F = 82.4
|Apr avg record high F = 86.9
|May avg record high F = 92.0
|Jun avg record high F = 96.3
|Jul avg record high F = 97.0
|Aug avg record high F = 96.0
|Sep avg record high F = 92.1
|Oct avg record high F = 87.0
|Nov avg record high F = 81.2
|Dec avg record high F = 75.4
|year avg record high F = 98.3
|Jan high F = 57.2
|Feb high F = 60.3
|Mar high F = 66.5
|Apr high F = 74.6
|May high F = 81.1
|Jun high F = 87.0
|Jul high F = 90.0
|Aug high F = 88.3
|Sep high F = 83.9
|Oct high F = 76.1
|Nov high F = 67.4
|Dec high F = 60.3
|year high F = 74.4
|Jan mean F = 46.8
|Feb mean F = 49.3
|Mar mean F = 55.3
|Apr mean F = 63.6
|May mean F = 71.1
|Jun mean F = 78.2
|Jul mean F = 81.5
|Aug mean F = 80.0
|Sep mean F = 75.3
|Oct mean F = 65.9
|Nov mean F = 56.1
|Dec mean F = 49.7
|year mean F = 64.4
|Jan low F = 36.3
|Feb low F = 38.4
|Mar low F = 44.1
|Apr low F = 52.6
|May low F = 61.1
|Jun low F = 69.3
|Jul low F = 73.0
|Aug low F = 71.7
|Sep low F = 66.7
|Oct low F = 55.6
|Nov low F = 44.8
|Dec low F = 39.1
|year low F = 54.4
|Jan avg record low F = 19.3
|Feb avg record low F = 23.1
|Mar avg record low F = 27.9
|Apr avg record low F = 36.4
|May avg record low F = 47.2
|Jun avg record low F = 57.6
|Jul avg record low F = 65.2
|Aug avg record low F = 63.5
|Sep avg record low F = 54.9
|Oct avg record low F = 39.6
|Nov avg record low F = 29.2
|Dec avg record low F = 23.6
|year avg record low F = 17.5
|Jan record low F = 5
|Feb record low F = 5
|Mar record low F = 9
|Apr record low F = 28
|May record low F = 35
|Jun record low F = 48
|Jul record low F = 54
|Aug record low F = 55
|Sep record low F = 42
|Oct record low F = 27
|Nov record low F = 16
|Dec record low F = 0
|year record low F = 0
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.81
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.47
|Mar precipitation inch = 3.97
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.07
|May precipitation inch = 4.54
|Jun precipitation inch = 5.67
|Jul precipitation inch = 6.86
|Aug precipitation inch = 8.16
|Sep precipitation inch = 8.69
|Oct precipitation inch = 4.66
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.56
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.69
|year precipitation inch = 60.15
|Jan snow inch = 0.7
|Feb snow inch = 0.2
|Mar snow inch = 0.0
|Apr snow inch = 0.0
|May snow inch = 0.0
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
|Sep snow inch = 0.0
|Oct snow inch = 0.0
|Nov snow inch = 0.0
|Dec snow inch = 0.0
|year snow inch = 0.9
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 9.9
|Feb precipitation days = 9.5
|Mar precipitation days = 9.6
|Apr precipitation days = 7.7
|May precipitation days = 9.6
|Jun precipitation days = 11.2
|Jul precipitation days = 13.2
|Aug precipitation days = 13.9
|Sep precipitation days = 10.7
|Oct precipitation days = 8.0
|Nov precipitation days = 8.5
|Dec precipitation days = 9.9
|year precipitation days = 121.7
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 0.4
|Feb snow days = 0.2
|Mar snow days = 0.0
|Apr snow days = 0.0
|May snow days = 0.0
|Jun snow days = 0.0
|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.0
|Nov snow days = 0.0
|Dec snow days = 0.1
|year snow days = 0.7
|Jan humidity = 70.7
|Feb humidity = 68.4
|Mar humidity = 69.1
|Apr humidity = 66.8
|May humidity = 73.7
|Jun humidity = 76.3
|Jul humidity = 78.3
|Aug humidity = 80.7
|Sep humidity = 79.9
|Oct humidity = 75.9
|Nov humidity = 73.2
|Dec humidity = 71.5
|year humidity = 73.7
|Jan sun = 181.5
|Feb sun = 182.1
|Mar sun = 238.0
|Apr sun = 276.3
|May sun = 285.3
|Jun sun = 280.1
|Jul sun = 280.7
|Aug sun = 254.3
|Sep sun = 230.0
|Oct sun = 229.3
|Nov sun = 197.4
|Dec sun = 181.1
|Jan percentsun = 58
|Feb percentsun = 59
|Mar percentsun = 64
|Apr percentsun = 71
|May percentsun = 66
|Jun percentsun = 65
|Jul percentsun = 64
|Aug percentsun = 61
|Sep percentsun = 62
|Oct percentsun = 65
|Nov percentsun = 63
|Dec percentsun = 59
|year percentsun = 63
|source 1 = [[NOAA]] (relative humidity and sun 1961–1990)<ref name="NOAA">{{cite web
| url = http://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=ilm |title=NowData: NOAA Online Weather Data
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = May 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name="NOAA txt">
{{cite web
| url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00013748&format=pdf
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| title = Station: Wilmington INTL AP, NC
| work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991–2020)
| access-date = May 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name="sundata">
{{cite web
| url = ftp://ftp.atdd.noaa.gov/pub/GCOS/WMO-Normals/TABLES/REG_IV/US/GROUP2/00319457.TXT
| title = WILMINGTON WSO AP, NC Climate Normals 1961–1990
| publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
| access-date = May 14, 2021}}</ref>
|date = February 2012
}}

===Cityscape===
[[File:Wilmington theater and banking area.JPG|thumb|Wilmington theater and banking area]]
Wilmington boasts a large [[Wilmington Historic District|historic district]] encompassing nearly 300 blocks. Abandoned warehouses on downtown's northern end have been recently demolished making room for multimillion dollar projects, such as what was the world headquarters of [[PPD, Inc.|Pharmaceutical Product Development]] and current tallest building in Wilmington at {{convert|228|ft}}. (The building was then bought by [[Thermo Fisher Scientific]]. In 2023, it was bought by the City of Wilmington and renamed "Skyline Center". It is now the main building for city government operations.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=New Downtown Campus |url=https://www.wilmingtonnc.gov/departments/major-projects/new-downtown-campus |access-date=March 19, 2024 |website=www.wilmingtonnc.gov |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |author=WECT Staff |date=November 28, 2023 |title=Wilmington City Council approves new name for former Thermo Fisher building, nCino Sports Complex construction funding |url=https://www.wect.com/2023/11/29/wilmington-city-council-approves-new-name-thermo-fisher-building-ncino-sports-complex-construction-funding/ |access-date=November 29, 2023 |website=WECT |language=en}}</ref>) Other completed projects include a state-of-the-art convention center, Live Oak Bank Pavilion, Pier 33 Apartments, and The Cove houseboat community in Port City Marina.

'''Downtown'''/'''Old Wilmington'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Downtown Monuments and Historic Buildings
|-
| The [[George Davis Monument]] (removed)
|-
| The [[Confederate Memorial (Wilmington, North Carolina)|Confederate Memorial]] (removed)
|-
| The [[Bellamy Mansion]]
|-
| [[Cotton Exchange of Wilmington]]
|-
| The [[Temple of Israel (Wilmington, North Carolina)|Temple of Israel]]
|-
| The [[Murchison Building]]
|}