Records for Wilmington Area, North Carolina (ILMthr) on 05-17
  Record Highs
  
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      1:  92°F (1990)
    
 
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      2:  92°F (1960)
    
 
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      3:  91°F (1944)
    
 
  
 
  Record Lows
  
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      1:  44°F (1984)
    
 
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      2:  46°F (1875)
    
 
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      3:  48°F (1983)
    
 
  
 
  Lowest Highs
  
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      1:  72°F (1976)
    
 
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      2:  71°F (1991)
    
 
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      3:  71°F (1945)
    
 
  
 
  Highest Lows
  
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      1:  59°F (1934)
    
 
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      2:  63°F (1895)
    
 
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      3:  66°F (2001)
    
 
  
 
  Highest May temperature:
  
  101°F on 05-29-2019.
  Lowest May temperature:
  
  35°F on 05-02-1963.
  Average temperature is 71.3°F
  Average high is 81.3°F
  Average low is 61.3°F
 
  Temperature data from 1874 to 2022.
  Record Precipitation
  
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      1:  2.51" (1922)
    
 
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      2:  2.26" (2009)
    
 
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      3:  2.13" (1998)
    
 
  
 
  Precipitation data from 1871 to 2022.