462  
SXUS71 KPHI 030638 CCA  
RERILG  
 
RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ  
0209 AM EDT FRI JUL 03 2026  
 
...RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE AND RECORD WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE SET AT  
WILMINGTON DE...  
 
A RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 103 DEGREES WAS SET AT WILMINGTON DE  
YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 98 DEGREES, WHICH WAS FIRST  
SET IN 1941 AND TIED AGAIN IN 1966.  
 
ADDITIONALLY, A RECORD WARMEST LOW TEMPERATURE OF 78 DEGREES WAS SET  
AT WILMINGTON DE YESTERDAY. THIS BREAKS THE OLD RECORD OF 75  
DEGREES, WHICH WAS FIRST SET IN 1941 AND TIED AGAIN IN 2014.  
 
THE HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 103 DEGREES YESTERDAY WAS THE HOTTEST  
TEMPERATURE RECORDED AT THE NEW CASTLE COUNTY AIRPORT SINCE JULY  
7TH, 2010, WHEN THE HIGH WAS ALSO 103 DEGREES.  
 
TEMPERATURE RECORDS FOR THE WILMINGTON AREA DATE BACK TO JANUARY OF  
1894.  
 

 
 
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