#1Ocean View
Sussex County · 3,107 peopleJanuary low·July high 86°·81 freezing nights a year
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Towns with the mildest winters in Delaware
Ocean View has the mildest winters of Delaware’s 34 towns of 2,500+: January nights average a low of 30° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 25°; none of the 34 stay above freezing.
The average January low. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#130°
#2Millsboro
Sussex County · 7,890 peopleJanuary low·July high 87°·83 freezing nights a year
#3Lewes
Sussex County · 3,826 peopleJanuary low·July high 86°·59 freezing nights a year
All 34 towns
January low, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 15 towns here).
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#TownJanuary lowNights ≤32°July high
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Questions people ask
Which Delaware town has the mildest winters?
Ocean View (Sussex County): January nights average a low of 30°. Millsboro (29°) and Lewes (29°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average January low (the coldest month’s nights), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (34 in Delaware): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the Delaware page.
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