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Delaware weather by city

VSWeather covers 21 cities and towns in Delaware, from Wilmington (population 71,124) down to New Castle (population 5,519). Milford is the state's sunniest covered city at 210 sunny days a year. Wilmington Manor is its snowiest at 20 in of snow in an average winter. Every figure is a 30 year average for 1991 to 2020.

Delaware climate standouts

The top 10 covered cities in the state for each measure.

Sunniest

  1. 1Milford 210 sunny days
  2. 2Dover 209 sunny days
  3. 3Smyrna 209 sunny days
  4. 4Seaford 209 sunny days
  5. 5Georgetown 209 sunny days
  6. 6Millsboro 208 sunny days
  7. 7Middletown 207 sunny days
  8. 8Bear 207 sunny days
  9. 9Glasgow 207 sunny days
  10. 10Wilmington 203 sunny days

Snowiest

  1. 1Wilmington Manor 20 in of snow
  2. 2New Castle 20 in of snow
  3. 3Brookside 19 in of snow
  4. 4Newark 19 in of snow
  5. 5North Star 19 in of snow
  6. 6Pike Creek Valley 19 in of snow
  7. 7Pike Creek 19 in of snow
  8. 8Hockessin 18 in of snow
  9. 9Bear 18 in of snow
  10. 10Glasgow 17 in of snow

Rainiest

  1. 1Newark 120 wet days a year
  2. 2Brookside 120 wet days a year
  3. 3Hockessin 120 wet days a year
  4. 4Pike Creek Valley 120 wet days a year
  5. 5North Star 120 wet days a year
  6. 6Pike Creek 120 wet days a year
  7. 7Wilmington 120 wet days a year
  8. 8Claymont 120 wet days a year
  9. 9Wilmington Manor 120 wet days a year
  10. 10Edgemoor 120 wet days a year

Warmest

  1. 1Millsboro 58 °F average
  2. 2Georgetown 58 °F average
  3. 3Dover 57 °F average
  4. 4Smyrna 57 °F average
  5. 5Seaford 57 °F average
  6. 6Milford 57 °F average
  7. 7Claymont 56 °F average
  8. 8Newark 56 °F average
  9. 9Middletown 56 °F average
  10. 10Brookside 56 °F average

Popular Delaware comparisons

The state's biggest cities, head to head.

All covered Delaware cities and towns

Every place links to its full climate profile.

National rankings

See how Delaware cities place among the sunniest cities and snowiest cities and more in the US city weather rankings.

About this data

Figures are 30 year averages for 1991 to 2020, computed from daily climate history at each city's own coordinates. Sunny days count clear plus partly cloudy days; snowfall is anchored to NOAA station measurements. Methods and sources are described on the data sources page.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5, ERA5-Land).