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Weather in Elsmere, DE · National Weather Service + NOAA

Elsmere is snow country

Elsmere has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 25°, and about 20 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 56° and a normal night drops to 37°.

Winter 44°/27°Spring 64°/43°Summer 85°/65°Fall 67°/47°
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Sunrise 6:32 am · sunset 4:59 pm

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What stands out about Elsmere’s weather

Read from 30 years of NOAA records. Each one opens the full story on the Climate page.

Climate →
Snow countryAbout 20 inches a winter, more than 78 of 79 Delaware towns.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 1.9° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 91% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Elsmere’s year

Typical highs and lows month by month, from 30 years of NOAA records.

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Winter
44° / 27°
5 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
64° / 43°
Last frost around Apr 7
Summer
85° / 65°
22 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
67° / 47°
First frost around Nov 1
Pastthe usual first frost (Nov 1). Last frost next spring: Apr 7
Best months to be outside
AprMayJunSepOct
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Elsmere get?About 20 inches a winter.When is it wettest?September, with 4.6 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+1.9° vs. the 20th century.

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Road reports, first frosts and storm memories from neighbors in Elsmere.

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Forecast, conditions and alerts: National Weather Service. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000. Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals for Elsmere itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Wilmington New Castle Co Airport, DE (5 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.