Average Weather in Delaware

Annual average temperatures, precipitation, snowfall, humidity and sunshine at cities and towns throughout Delaware are listed below.

Delaware Temperatures

This table gives the averages in degrees Fahrenheit and Celsius for maximum and minimum yearly temperatures. These normal temperatures are based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

Average annual temperatures

High °F	Low °F	Place	High °C	Low °C
66	48	Dover	19	9
67	48	Georgetown	19	9
66	45	Greenwood	19	7
67	50	Lewes	19	10
66	45	Newark	19	7
65	46	Wilmington	18	8

Delaware Precipitation

Here are the yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall in Delaware. Each place has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets in a year and for the normal amount of precipitation, based on the weather during 1991 to 2020. The calculation of days only includes those when precipitation totalled 0.01 inches (0.25 millimetres) or more.

Average total precipitation for a year

Days	Place	Inches	Milli­metres
110	Dover	47.6	1209
132	Georgetown	43.9	1115
112	Greenwood	46.3	1176
124	Lewes	47.3	1201
111	Newark	47.0	1193
122	Wilmington	45.3	1151

Annual Snowfall in Delaware

Listed here are the totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) in Delaware. The numbers are annual averages of snowfall measurements made during 1991 to 2020.

Average total snowfall

Days	Place	Inches	Centi­metres
4.9	Dover	13.2	33.5
5.3	Greenwood	12.8	32.5
2.9	Lewes	10.5	26.7
10.7	Wilmington	20.2	51.3

Annual Sunshine in Delaware

In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days in Delaware is the total days in a year when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.

Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. These numbers are averages of most the years the weather station has operated.

Days of sunshine

City	Sunny	Partly Sunny	Total Days With Sun
Wilmington	97	104	201

Humidity in Delaware

In the table below, the Daily number is the average of relative humidity readings taken every three hours throughout the day. Morning percentages are for 7 am and Afternoon levels are for 4 pm local standard time. All the humidity numbers are averages for the years 1961 to 1990.

Average annual relative humidity (%)

Daily	City	Morning	Afternoon
68	Wilmington	78	54