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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.

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#13of 34
46 inRain + melted snow
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#1
North Star48 in · Wettest month July
#2
Hockessin48 in · Wettest month July
#3
Pike Creek Valley48 in · Wettest month July
The race around Georgetown

Just behind Wilmington Manor, just ahead of Millsboro

11Edgemoor47 in12Wilmington Manor47 in13Georgetown46 in14Millsboro46 in15Selbyville46 in

All 34 towns

Rain + melted snow, highest first.

#TownRain + melted snowWettest monthSnow a year
1 North Star7,834 people 48 in July20 in
2 Hockessin13,439 people 48 in July12 in
3 Pike Creek Valley12,431 people 48 in July20 in
4 Newark30,330 people 47 in July20 in
5 Greenville3,713 people 47 in September20 in
6 Glasgow15,546 people 47 in June20 in
7 Brookside15,115 people 47 in June20 in
8 Bear22,370 people 47 in June20 in
9 Elsmere6,203 people 47 in September20 in
10 Claymont8,786 people 47 in September12 in
11 Edgemoor6,349 people 47 in July20 in
12 Wilmington Manor8,214 people 47 in June20 in
13 Georgetown7,660 people 46 in August13 in
14 Millsboro7,424 people 46 in August11 in
15 Selbyville3,097 people 46 in August8 in
16 Milford12,803 people 46 in August13 in
17 New Castle5,579 people 46 in July20 in
18 Milton3,567 people 46 in August11 in
19 Lewes3,505 people 46 in August11 in
20 Laurel4,152 people 46 in August8 in
21 Ocean View2,851 people 46 in August11 in
22 Bridgeville2,745 people 46 in August13 in
23 Seaford8,485 people 46 in August13 in
24 Harrington3,838 people 46 in August13 in
25 Wilmington71,727 people 46 in July20 in
26 Riverview2,596 people 46 in August13 in
27 Rising Sun-Lebanon4,163 people 45 in August13 in
28 Camden4,106 people 45 in August13 in
29 Dover Base Housing2,962 people 45 in August13 in
30 Dover39,837 people 45 in August13 in
31 Townsend2,832 people 45 in July20 in
32 Middletown24,661 people 45 in July20 in
33 Clayton4,222 people 45 in July13 in
34 Smyrna13,165 people 45 in July13 in
How it works

How this ranking works

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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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