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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
0529 PM EDT WED APR 15 2026

...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE SET AT WILMINGTON DE...

A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES WAS SET AT WILMINGTON DE
TODAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 86 DEGREES SET IN 1896.

THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 90 DEGREES TODAY, APRIL 15TH, IS THE SECOND
EARLIEST 90 DEGREE DAY ON RECORD. THE EARLIEST ON RECORD WAS APRIL
10TH IN 2013, WHEN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE WAS ALSO 90 DEGREES. APRIL
10TH, 2013 WAS ALSO THE LAST TIME 90 DEGREES WAS ACHIEVED THIS EARLY
IN THE YEAR.

TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE WILMINGTON AREA DATE BACK TO JANUARY OF
1894.

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STAARMANN