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Wettest towns in Delaware

Ranked by rain and melted snow in a normal year, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for each town. Neighboring towns on the same 5 km grid square have the same numbers, so each square is listed once, under its largest town. 34 towns with 2,500+ residents.

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Map of Brookside
Delaware · Wettest

Where Brookside lands: #7 of 34

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1 North Star 48 in Wettest month July Map of Hockessin 2 Hockessin 48 in Wettest month July Map of Pike Creek Valley 3 Pike Creek Valley 48 in Wettest month July
#TownRain + melted snowWettest monthSnow a year
1 North Star7,834 people 48 in July 20 in
2 Map of Hockessin Hockessin13,439 people 48 in July 12 in
3 Map of Pike Creek Valley Pike Creek Valley12,431 people 48 in July 20 in
4 Map of Newark Newark30,330 people 47 in July 20 in
5 Map of Greenville Greenville3,713 people 47 in September 20 in
6 Glasgow Glasgow15,546 people 47 in June 20 in
7 Map of Brookside Brookside15,115 people 47 in June 20 in
8 Bear Bear22,370 people 47 in June 20 in
9 Elsmere Elsmere6,203 people 47 in September 20 in
10 Claymont Claymont8,786 people 47 in September 12 in
11 Map of Edgemoor Edgemoor6,349 people 47 in July 20 in
12 Map of Wilmington Manor Wilmington Manor8,214 people 47 in June 20 in
13 Georgetown Georgetown7,660 people 46 in August 13 in
14 Map of Millsboro Millsboro7,424 people 46 in August 11 in
15 Selbyville Selbyville3,097 people 46 in August 8 in
16 Milford Milford12,803 people 46 in August 13 in
17 New Castle New Castle5,579 people 46 in July 20 in
18 Map of Milton Milton3,567 people 46 in August 11 in
19 Lewes Lewes3,505 people 46 in August 11 in
20 Laurel Laurel4,152 people 46 in August 8 in
21 Map of Ocean View Ocean View2,851 people 46 in August 11 in
22 Map of Bridgeville Bridgeville2,745 people 46 in August 13 in
23 Seaford Seaford8,485 people 46 in August 13 in
24 Harrington Harrington3,838 people 46 in August 13 in
25 Wilmington Wilmington71,727 people 46 in July 20 in
26 Map of Riverview Riverview2,596 people 46 in August 13 in
27 Map of Rising Sun-Lebanon Rising Sun-Lebanon4,163 people 45 in August 13 in
28 Map of Camden Camden4,106 people 45 in August 13 in
29 Dover Base Housing Dover Base Housing2,962 people 45 in August 13 in
30 Dover Dover39,837 people 45 in August 13 in
31 Townsend Townsend2,832 people 45 in July 20 in
32 Middletown Middletown24,661 people 45 in July 20 in
33 Clayton Clayton4,222 people 45 in July 13 in
34 Smyrna Smyrna13,165 people 45 in July 13 in

How this ranking works

We rank every town by rain and melted snow in a normal year, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for each town. The town with the highest figure ranks #1. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast, and each town’s Climate page shows its whole year month by month.

Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded normals, about 5 km (3 miles) square, read at each town’s center, so hills and coastlines are built in. Towns whose centers fall in the same square have the same numbers, so only the largest of them is listed.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Climate: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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