WILMINGTON, DE – A sharp temperature drop is expected across northern Delaware this weekend, with Wilmington temperatures falling from a forecast high of 82 degrees Wednesday to the middle 50s Saturday as a colder weather pattern develops across the eastern United States Oct. 17-21.
According to the National Weather Service, Wilmington could reach 82 degrees Wednesday before cooler air arrives later in the week. Saturday’s forecast high is near 55 degrees, representing a 27-degree decline in daytime temperatures.
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center also favors below-normal temperatures across northern Delaware during Oct. 17-21, part of a broader pattern extending from the Great Lakes into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic…