Marking 150 years since first complete Wilmington weather observations were taken
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — It’s been 150 years since the first complete weather observations were taken in Wilmington.
The city began the longest continuous set of complete weather observations in North Carolina on April 1, 1874.
The first records were taken at the Wilmington Weather Bureau located at the corner of Front Street and Princess Street in a building which has since been torn down.
Wilmington weather records began in 1870 but only included precipitation until 1874, when temperatures and winds — along with several other parameters — were added.
The Weather Bureau was renamed the National Weather Service in 1970 and moved to its current location on Gardner Drive near the Wilmington International Airport in 1994.
