Editing Wilmington, Delaware (section)

==Neighborhoods==
[[File:Wilmington A Place to be Somebody.jpg|thumb|Typical sign on major [[thoroughfare]]s entering Wilmington]]

The city of Wilmington is made up of the following neighborhoods:<ref>{{cite web |title = Wilmington Neighborhoods |url = http://www.wilmingtonde.gov/pdf/maps/City_Neighborhood_Areas.pdf |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20101130213020/http://wilmingtonde.gov/pdf/maps/City_Neighborhood_Areas.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2010 |publisher   = City of Wilmington, Delaware |date        = February 14, 2005 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all |access-date = August 14, 2009}}</ref>

===North of the Brandywine River===
[[File:Brandywine Village.JPG|thumb|[[Brandywine Village Historic District|Brandywine Village]]]]
* Baynard Village
* Brandywine Hills – This neighborhood of approximately 225 homes in northern Wilmington was started in the 1930s. The streets in the neighborhood are named after famous American and English authors, including Byron, Emerson, Hawthorne and Milton. It is bounded by Lea Boulevard, Rockwood Road, Miller Road, and Market Street<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Brandywine_Hills  |title=Brandywine Hills  |publisher=Neighborhood Link  |date=September 22, 2010 |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527145048/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Brandywine_Hills |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* Brandywine Village<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brandywinevillage.org/ |title=Greater Brandywine Village  |publisher=Greater Brandywine Village  |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721135239/http://www.brandywinevillage.org/ |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |url-status=usurped  }}</ref>
* Eastlawn
* Eastlake
* Gander Hill - site of [[Howard R. Young Correctional Institution]]
* Harlan
* Ninth Ward – Originally a post-Civil War political creation, the city's Ninth Ward has long been an area with owner-occupied residences. The Ninth Ward was integrated as a result of population shifts in the 1960s and remains a stable, working-class neighborhood.
* Prices Run - west of [[U.S. Route 13 in Delaware|Northern Boulevard]]
* [[Riverside–11th Street Bridge]] – in the northeastern part of the city between the [[Northeast Corridor]] and [[U.S. Route 13 in Delaware|Northern Boulevard]].
* Triangle – a group of homes built in the 1920s whose corresponding streets along I-95 and Baynard Boulevard and 18th Street and Concord Avenue loosely form a triangle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://triangle.home.att.net/ |title=The Triangle Neighborhood Association |year=2009 |location=Wilmington, Delaware |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309204005/http://triangle.home.att.net/ |archive-date=March 9, 2009 }}</ref> It is bounded by W 18th St, Baynard Boulevard, Concord Ave, and Broom St.

===East of I-95===
[[File:Quaker Hill HD.JPG|thumb|[[Quaker Hill Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware)|Quaker Hill]]]]
* Center City (Downtown)
* East Side
* Justison Landing
* LOMA
* Midtown Brandywine – Located on the banks of the Brandywine River, Midtown Brandywine is bordered by North Washington Street, East 11th Street, North French Street and South Park Drive. Homes in the neighborhood were first established in the late 1800s as the Brandywine River became home to several mills and trading posts. Midtown Brandywine's boundaries include the Brandywine Park, Fletcher Brown Park, the Hercules building, a neighborhood adopted pocket park, and several notable restaurants and eateries. The neighborhood is also home to "The Little Church", previously known as The Old Presbyterian Church. Originally built on Market Street between 9th and 10th streets, the gambrel-roofed church was relocated to its current site on South Park Drive in 1917 and has since become synonymous with Midtown Brandywine.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=October 9, 2010 |url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Midtown_Brandywine  |title=Midtown Brandywine Neighbors Association  |publisher=Neighborhood Link  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527145156/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Midtown_Brandywine |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* Quaker Hill<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.quakerhillhistoric.org/ |title=Quaker Hill Historic Preservation Foundation |publisher=Quaker Hill Historic Preservation Foundation |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=October 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091008162132/http://www.quakerhillhistoric.org// }}</ref> – From a country hilltop in the 19th century to rows of city homes today, Quaker Hill (which surrounds the historical Quaker Friends Meeting House) has watched its neighborhood become much more modernized over the last three centuries. This city district was founded by Quakers William Shipley and Thomas West in the early 18th century. The nearby Meeting House keeps Quaker Hill closely tied to its rich history. The cemetery of the Wilmington Friends House is the burial site of the abolitionist Thomas Garrett and John Dickinson, signer of the U.S. Constitution.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wilmingtondefriendsmeeting.org/ |title=Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends |publisher=Wilmington Friends Meeting |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=April 18, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090418021108/http://www.wilmingtondefriendsmeeting.org/index.htm }}</ref>
* Riverfront<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.riverfrontwilm.com/ |title=Riverfront Wilmington |publisher=Riverfront Development Corporation |date=June 26, 2010 |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=February 21, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221182516/http://riverfrontwilm.com/ }}</ref> – Formerly a hub for manufacturing and the city's shipbuilding industry, which began to see a rapid series of state-sponsored urban renewal and gentrification projects beginning in the late 1990s. The neighborhood is currently home to landmarks such as the Wilmington Blue Rocks' Baseball Stadium and the Shipyard Shops.
* Southbridge
* Trinity Vicinity – This neighborhood is located in the center of Wilmington, next to the Trinity Church and Interstate 95. A collection of row homes and detached houses, many of which were originally built in the late 19th century. The revitalization of the neighborhood was aided by the Urban Homesteading Act in the 1970s. The neighborhood was designated as a historic district in the 1990s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.trinityvicinity.org/ |title=Trinity Vicinity.org Website |publisher=Trinity Vicinity Neighborhood Association |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=October 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015173928/http://www.trinityvicinity.org/ }}</ref>
* Upper East Side (East Brandywine)
* West Center City
* 11th St. Bridge<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/11th_St_Bridge  |title=11th Street Bridge Civic Association  |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |publisher=Neighborhood Link  |access-date=May 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519023523/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/11th_St_Bridge |url-status=live  }}</ref>

===West of I-95===
[[File:2401 Baynard Wilmington DE.JPG|thumb|House on [[Baynard Boulevard Historic District|Baynard Boulevard]]]]
[[File:1001 Monroe Wilm DE.jpg|thumb|[[Shipley Run Historic District|Shipley Run]]]]
[[File:Sam DuPont.JPG|thumb|[[Samuel Francis Du Pont]], an 1884 statue by [[Launt Thompson]] in [[Rockford Park]]]]
* Bayard Square
* Browntown – areas in the city that were originally populated by Polish immigrants. Today, the Polish community maintains a strong presence, while other ethnicities have moved in the neighborhood's borders.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Hedgeville  |title=Hedgeville Community Association  |archive-date=May 27, 2011 |publisher=Neighborhood Link  |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527145146/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Hedgeville |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* Canby Park – About 1930 the Wilmington City Council renamed Southwest Park as Canby Park in honor of Henry and [[William Marriott Canby]].<ref name=JSTOR>{{cite web|title=Canby, William Marriott (1831–1904)|website=JSTOR, Global Plants|url=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000150660|access-date=August 17, 2021|archive-date=August 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817185147/https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000150660|url-status=live}}</ref>  Canby Park Estates is on one side of the park.
* Cool Spring & Tilton Park – bounded loosely by Pennsylvania Avenue on the north, West 7th Street on the south, North Jackson Street on the east and North Rodney Street on the west. The neighborhood is home to two Catholic schools, [[Ursuline Academy (Delaware)|Ursuline Academy]]<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ursuline.org/content/co-ed-and-single-sex |publisher = Ursuline Academy |access-date  = July 19, 2012 |title = Co-ed and Single Sex |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130605090816/http://www.ursuline.org/content/co-ed-and-single-sex |archive-date = June 5, 2013 |df = mdy-all}}</ref> and [[Padua Academy]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.paduaacademy.org/page.aspx?pid=315 |publisher= Padua Academy |access-date= July 19, 2012 |title= Padua Academy: About Us |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120312234634/http://www.paduaacademy.org/page.aspx?pid=315 |archive-date= March 12, 2012 |url-status= dead }}</ref> The neighborhood is also the location of the private University & Whist Club and the Holy Trinity [[Greek Orthodox]] Church, which hosts an annual Greek cultural festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/wilmington-de/coolsprings |title=Neighborhoodlink.com |publisher=Neighborhood Link |access-date=October 9, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714162728/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/wilmington-de/coolsprings/ |archive-date=July 14, 2011 }}</ref>
* Delaware Avenue
* The Flats – The Flats was founded by businessman William Bancroft who developed the neighborhood in 1901 under the Woodlawn Company, now known as the Woodlawn Trustees, with the intention of creating affordable homes for working class residents of Wilmington. The predominantly minority community is currently in the process of gaining authorization for a $100 million revitalization to be performed in seven phases over 12 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130818/NEWS/308180081/After-demolition-neighborhood-reborn |title=After demolition, a neighborhood reborn |first=Andrew |last=Staub |date=August 17, 2013 |newspaper=The News Journal |location=Wilmington, Delaware |access-date=August 19, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821130724/http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20130818/NEWS/308180081/After-demolition-neighborhood-reborn |archive-date=August 21, 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Forty Acres – This historically Irish neighborhood, rural until the mid-19th century, developed from the farmland of Joshua T. Heald. One of the city's first suburbs, the neighborhood is centered on the St. Ann's Roman Catholic Church. The name Forty Acres is taken from the fertility of the farmland. One acre of the land was said to be worth {{convert|40|acre|m2}} one might find someplace else. The neighborhood exists northeast of Delaware Avenue, southwest of Riddle Avenue, east of Union Street and west of DuPont Street, with Lovering Avenue as its eastern boundary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Forty_Acres  |title=Forty Acres Civic Association  |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |publisher=Neighborhood Link  |access-date=May 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519023847/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Forty_Acres |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* Greenhill
* Happy Valley – a small collection of late 19th-century row houses on the southeastern slope to Brandywine Park, between Adams Street, Van Buren Street (I-95), Wawaset Street and Gilpin Avenue. This neighborhood also includes a significant number of more modern townhouses (1970's) designed by architect Richard Chalfant.
* Hedgeville
* The Highlands – located between Pennsylvania Avenue and Delaware Avenue, the Highlands neighborhood, centered on 18th Street southeast of Rockford Park, was developed by Joshua Heald in the 19th century for affluent, middle-class residents. It contains detached and semi-detached houses of exuberant architectural detailing, representing numerous popular styles of the time.
* Hilltop – This area located along 4th Street and roughly bordered by Lancaster Avenue, Jackson Street, Clayton Street has remained one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city since the late 19th century. Today, this area is home to one of the city's fastest growing segments – the Hispanic community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ci.wilmington.de.us/neighborhood/Hilltop/wg_introduction.htm |title=Hilltop Neighborhood Working Group |publisher=City of Wilmington |work=Community Services: Neighborhoods |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=June 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090628220346/http://www.ci.wilmington.de.us/neighborhood/Hilltop/wg_introduction.htm }}</ref> Historically, Westside/Hilltop was one of the two of city's most crime and drug plagued neighborhoods based on the number of service calls for police. In the Westside/Hilltop area, drug related calls was 285 in 1989 and 808 in 1990. "This increase in reported drug activity coincides with similar increases in other cities which were related to the growth of the crack cocaine trade."<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Harris|first1=Richard J|last2=O'Connell|first2=John P|last3=Mande|first3=Mary J|last4=Kane|first4=James|date=September 1999|title=Evaluation of Operation Weed & Seed in Wilmington, Delaware|url=https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/181088NCJRS.pdf|publisher=State of Delaware Document Number 100703-990904|page=14|access-date=October 5, 2020|archive-date=October 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010200519/https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/181088NCJRS.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Little Italy, Wilmington|Little Italy]] – this neighborhood consists of the area around Union Street and Lincoln streets, between Pennsylvania Avenue and Lancaster Avenue. Anchored by the immigration waves of the late 19th century and early 20th century, Little Italy has retained its roots, even as neighborhood remodeling projects update the scenery. A central feature of the neighborhood is the St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church. The neighborhood hosts an annual Italian Festival in the summertime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discoverlittleitaly.com/ |title=Welcome to Little Italy |publisher=Little Italy Neighborhood Association |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=June 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090608192107/http://www.discoverlittleitaly.com/home.htm }}</ref>
* St. Elizabeth Area – The St. Elizabeth area is anchored by the St. Elizabeth Parish at 809 S. Broom St., considered the heart of the Catholic community. This historic church, built on the grounds of the Banning Estate, dates back to 1908.
[[File:Trolley Square mall in Wilmington, northeast side.jpg|thumb|right|One side of the Trolley Square mall. The third store from the left on the lower level was once the computer repair shop that became the originating location of the [[Hunter Biden laptop controversy|Hunter Biden laptop saga]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2023/03/17/hunter-biden-sues-wilmington-delaware-laptop-repairman-john-paul-mac-isaac/70020444007/ | title=Hunter Biden is suing Trolley Square laptop repairman at center of data leak | first=Xerxes | last=Wilson | newspaper=The News Journal | location=New Castle, Delaware | date=March 17, 2023 }}</ref>]]
* Trolley Square – settled in the 1860s after the city's trolley line had extended into farmland once owned by the Shallcross and Lovering families. The city's former trolley depot and bus barn was located on the spot where the Trolley Square shopping complex now sits. The neighborhood lies between Harrison Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, Lovering Avenue and the CSX Transportation railroad track.<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Trolley Square Delaware Shopping, Activities, Events |publisher=Trolley Square Merchant Association |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=May 9, 2009 |url=http://www.visittrolleysquare.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090509164843/http://www.visittrolleysquare.com/}}</ref> The depot and other buildings were demolished in 1974 and the mall opened in 1978.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.hagley.org/librarynews/trolley-square-wilmington%E2%80%99s-streetcar-system-and-delaware-coach-company | title=Trolley Square, Wilmington's Streetcar System, and the Delaware Coach Company | first=Clayton | last=Ruminski | publisher=Hagley Museum and Library | date=September 22, 2016 }}</ref>
* Wawaset
* Wawaset Heights
* [[Wawaset Park, Wilmington, Delaware|Wawaset Park]] – The neighborhood was constructed by the Dupont Company in 1918 to provide a residential community for their employees. Baltimore architect Edward L. Palmer, Jr. was chosen to design the community, which was to have a mix of single family homes and smaller attached Prior to the development of houses. The neighborhood was constructed on a {{convert|50|acre|m2|adj=on}} plot. Prior to its construction, the tract of land had been used as a horse racing track and a fairground. Wawaset Park was placed on the Register of Historic Places in 1986. The neighborhood is bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue, West 7th Street, Woodlawn Avenue and Greenhill Avenue.<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Wawaset_Park_Maintenance_Corp  |title=Wawaset Park Maintenance Corp.  |publisher=Neighborhood Link  |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519022054/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Wawaset_Park_Maintenance_Corp |url-status=live  }}</ref>
* West Hill
* Westmoreland – detached housing developed in the 1950s, as part of the suburban movement that followed the end of World War II. Its location is adjacent to the original [[Wilmington Country Club]], bounded by Ogle Avenue, Dupont Road, the Wilmington High School property and the Ed "Porky" Oliver Golf Course.
* [[Union Park Gardens]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Union_Park_Gardens  |title=Union Park Gardens  |publisher=Neighborhood Link  |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606011227/http://www.neighborhoodlink.com/Union_Park_Gardens |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

===Historic districts and Conservation District===
The City of Wilmington designates nine areas as historic districts and one area as a conservation district. The historic districts are the Baynard Boulevard, Kentmere Parkway, Rockford Park, Cool Spring/Tilton Park, the tri-part sections of the Eastside, St. Marys and [[Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes)|Old Swedes Church]], [[Quaker Hill Historic District (Wilmington, Delaware)|Quaker Hill]], Delaware Avenue, Trinity Vicinity, and Upper/Lower Market Street.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wilmingtonde.gov/districts/index.htm |title=City Historic Districts |work=Community Services |publisher=City of Wilmington |access-date=October 9, 2010 |archive-date=January 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125145215/http://wilmingtonde.gov/districts/index.htm}}</ref> The conservation district is Forty Acres.

===Gallery===
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
Image:BrandywineAcadHABS1934.jpg|The Brandywine Academy building
Image:Wilmington Meetinghouse.JPG|Friends Meeting House in Quaker Hill
Image:Cathedral of Saint Peter, Wilmington DE.jpg|Cathedral of Saint Peter in Quaker Hill
Image:Old custom House.JPG|[[Old Customshouse (Wilmington, Delaware)|Old Customshouse]]
Image:Woodward Houses Wilmington.JPG|[[Woodward Houses]]
Image:Delaware Children's Theatre 01.jpg|[[Delaware Children's Theatre|New Century Club]]
Image:Delaware swedish tercentenary half dollar commemorative obverse.jpg|[[Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes)|Old Swedes Church]] depicted on the 1937 [[Delaware Tercentenary half dollar]] coin
</gallery>

===Surrounding municipalities===
{{Geographic location
|Northwest = [[Greenville, Delaware]]
|North = [[Talleyville, Delaware]]
|Northeast = [[Bellefonte, Delaware]]
|West = [[Elsmere, Delaware]]
|Center = Wilmington, Delaware
|South = [[New Castle, Delaware]]
|Southwest = [[Newport, Delaware]]
|Southeast = [[Pennsville, New Jersey]]
|East = [[Penns Grove, New Jersey]]
}}

===Climate===
[[File:Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020) - Wilmington Area, DE(ThreadEx).svg|thumb|right|Climate chart for Wilmington]]
Wilmington has a warm [[temperate climate]] or [[humid subtropical climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Cfa''), with hot and humid summers, cool to cold winters, and precipitation evenly spread throughout the year. In July, the daily average is {{convert|76.8|°F|1}}, with an average 21 days of {{convert|90|°F|0}}+ highs annually. Summer thunderstorms are common in the hottest months.  The January daily average is {{convert|32.4|°F|1}}, although temperatures may occasionally reach {{convert|10|°F|0}} or {{convert|55|°F}} as fronts move toward and past the area. Snowfall is light to moderate, and variable, with some winters bringing very little of it and others witnessing several major snowstorms; the average seasonal total is {{convert|20.2|in|cm}}. Extremes in temperature have ranged from {{convert|-15|°F|0}} on February 9, 1934, up to {{convert|107|°F|0}} on August 7, 1918, though both {{convert|100|°F|0}}+ and {{convert|0|°F|0}} readings are uncommon; the last occurrence of each was July 18, 2012, and February 5, 1996, respectively.

{{Weather box
|location = Wilmington, Delaware ([[New Castle County Airport]]), 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1894–present
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 75
|Feb record high F = 78
|Mar record high F = 86
|Apr record high F = 97
|May record high F = 98
|Jun record high F = 102
|Jul record high F = 103
|Aug record high F = 107
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 98
|Nov record high F = 85
|Dec record high F = 75
|year record high F = 107
|Jan avg record high F = 63.1
|Feb avg record high F = 63.8
|Mar avg record high F = 73.8
|Apr avg record high F = 83.3
|May avg record high F = 89.1
|Jun avg record high F = 93.5
|Jul avg record high F = 95.8
|Aug avg record high F = 93.8
|Sep avg record high F = 89.7
|Oct avg record high F = 82.6
|Nov avg record high F = 72.3
|Dec avg record high F = 64.2
|year avg record high F = 96.9
|Jan high F = 41.4
|Feb high F = 44.1
|Mar high F = 52.5
|Apr high F = 64.2
|May high F = 73.5
|Jun high F = 82.2
|Jul high F = 86.8
|Aug high F = 84.9
|Sep high F = 78.5
|Oct high F = 67.0
|Nov high F = 55.9
|Dec high F = 46.0
|year high F = 64.8
|Jan mean F = 33.5
|Feb mean F = 35.5
|Mar mean F = 43.2
|Apr mean F = 53.9
|May mean F = 63.5
|Jun mean F = 72.6
|Jul mean F = 77.6
|Aug mean F = 75.8
|Sep mean F = 68.9
|Oct mean F = 57.2
|Nov mean F = 46.6
|Dec mean F = 38.2
|year mean F = 55.5
|Jan low F = 25.6
|Feb low F = 27.0
|Mar low F = 33.9
|Apr low F = 43.5
|May low F = 53.4
|Jun low F = 63.0
|Jul low F = 68.3
|Aug low F = 66.6
|Sep low F = 59.3
|Oct low F = 47.3
|Nov low F = 37.4
|Dec low F = 30.3
|year low F = 46.3
|Jan avg record low F = 9.7
|Feb avg record low F = 12.0
|Mar avg record low F = 18.9
|Apr avg record low F = 30.2
|May avg record low F = 39.2
|Jun avg record low F = 49.9
|Jul avg record low F = 58.3
|Aug avg record low F = 56.0
|Sep avg record low F = 45.1
|Oct avg record low F = 33.4
|Nov avg record low F = 23.3
|Dec avg record low F = 16.4
|year avg record low F = 7.4
|Jan record low F = −14
|Feb record low F = −15
|Mar record low F = 2
|Apr record low F = 11
|May record low F = 30
|Jun record low F = 40
|Jul record low F = 48
|Aug record low F = 43
|Sep record low F = 32
|Oct record low F = 23
|Nov record low F = 11
|Dec record low F = −7
|year record low F = -15
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.23
|Feb precipitation inch = 2.83
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.16
|Apr precipitation inch = 3.51
|May precipitation inch = 3.57
|Jun precipitation inch = 4.67
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.41
|Aug precipitation inch = 3.98
|Sep precipitation inch = 4.38
|Oct precipitation inch = 3.68
|Nov precipitation inch = 3.06
|Dec precipitation inch = 3.85
|year precipitation inch = 45.33
|Jan snow inch = 6.1
|Feb snow inch = 7.8
|Mar snow inch = 3.1
|Apr snow inch = 0.1
|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 = 0.2
|Dec snow inch = 2.9
|year snow inch = 20.2
|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 10.8
|Feb precipitation days = 10.0
|Mar precipitation days = 11.2
|Apr precipitation days = 11.1
|May precipitation days = 11.7
|Jun precipitation days = 11.0
|Jul precipitation days = 10.0
|Aug precipitation days = 8.9
|Sep precipitation days = 8.8
|Oct precipitation days = 8.9
|Nov precipitation days = 8.8
|Dec precipitation days = 10.6
|year precipitation days = 121.8
|unit snow days = 0.1 in
|Jan snow days = 3.5
|Feb snow days = 3.5
|Mar snow days = 1.7
|Apr snow days = 0.1
|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 = 0.2
|Dec snow days = 1.7
|year snow days = 10.7
|source 1 = [[NOAA]]<ref name= NOAA>{{cite web
|url = https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=phi
|title = NowData - NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = June 18, 2021
|archive-date = March 5, 2012
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120305104542/https://w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=phi
|url-status = live
}}</ref><ref name=NCEI>{{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=USW00013781&format=pdf
|title = Station: Wilmington New Castle CO AP, DE
|work = U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020)
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = June 18, 2021
|archive-date = June 11, 2021
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210611115146/https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&startDate=0001-01-01&endDate=9996-12-31&stations=USW00013781&format=pdf
|url-status = live
}}</ref>
}}
{{Graph:Weather monthly history
| table=Ncei.noaa.gov/weather/Wilmington, Delaware.tab
| title=Wilmington monthly weather statistics
}}