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Weather in Lewes, DE · National Weather Service + NOAA

Lewes has milder winters than most of Delaware

Lewes has mild winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 86°, a January night drops to 29°, and about 11 inches of snow falls in a normal winter. In November, a normal day reaches 58° and a normal night drops to 41°.

Winter 47°/31°Spring 63°/45°Summer 84°/67°Fall 68°/51°
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Sunrise 6:28 am · sunset 4:59 pm

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What stands out about Lewes’s weather

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

Climate →
Milder winters than most of DelawareJanuary nights average 29°, milder than 71 of 79 Delaware towns.Cool summersJuly afternoons average 86°, cooler than 70 of 79 Delaware towns.A long growing season231 frost-free days, from Mar 29 to Nov 14.Warming faster than mostThe last 30 years averaged 2.0° warmer than the 1900s, a bigger shift than 95% of U.S. towns.
A normal year

Where today sits in Lewes’s year

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

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Winter
47° / 31°
2 days with an inch or more of snow
Spring
63° / 45°
Last frost around Mar 29
Summer
84° / 67°
29 days reach 90° in a normal year
Fall now
68° / 51°
First frost around Nov 14
12 daysuntil the usual first frost (Nov 14)
Best months to be outside
AprMayJunSepOct
Highs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
How much snow does Lewes get?About 11 inches a winter.When is it wettest?August, with 4.6 inches.Is it warmer than it used to be?+2.0° vs. the 20th century.

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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 Lewes itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts: the NOAA station at Lewes, DE (1 mi). Sunrise and sunset are calculated from the town’s position. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast.