Historical weather data, all-time temperature records, and monthly climate averages for Newark, DE. Explore typical weather conditions by week for trip planning, and see how today compares to the historical record.
April 5 in Newark runs mild but unpredictable — the historical average sits at 61°/38°, but this date has swung from a balmy 80° back in 1942 to a brutal 23° low in 1995. There's about a 1-in-3 chance of rain today, though snow is nearly off the table at just 3%.
Newark's weather has real range — 84 years of daily records are bookended by a scorching 105° in July 1983 and a bone-chilling -12° in February 1899, a spread of 117 degrees. The wettest single day on record dumped 8.67 inches during Hurricane Floyd in September 1999, and a February 1979 storm buried the area under 15 inches of snow.
Newark follows a classic Mid-Atlantic pattern: summers peak in the third week of July with average highs around 88°, while January and early February bottom out near 40–41°. Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, but mid-July is the wettest stretch, averaging over an inch of precipitation in a single week. If you're chasing comfortable weather, May (75°) and September (79°) are your sweet spots.