Temperature
63 F at 2 AM; 72 F at its warmest, 4 AM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 63F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 72F
- 4 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Delaware Coastal Airport, Delaware
Small airport in Sussex County, Delaware63°
82°/60°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 63°·Light air 1 mph SSE
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 10 PM, the chance peaking at 68% around 4 AM.
Now. Delaware Coastal Airport is 63° and mostly cloudy at 3 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the south-southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (95%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:19 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
100%Humidity
81%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
63feels63
13%
Today
Oct 16
8260
88%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5549
95%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5842
15mph
Mon
Oct 19
6145
23%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
6448
19%
13mph
Wed
Oct 21
6450
12%
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6351
13%
12mph
63°
82°60°
55°49°
58°42°
61°45°
64°48°
64°50°
63°51°
As of 3:00 AM in Delaware Coastal Airport, Delaware.
Air quality
The air at Delaware Coastal Airport
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 1 mile off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good13.7 mi
- Ozone23Good23 ppb12.3 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Delaware Coastal Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Delaware Coastal Airport, the next 42 hours
Fog: visibility falls to 0.7 miles Fri 9 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- GED
- ICAO
- KGED
- IATA
- GED
- Field elevation
- 53 ft
- Serves
- Georgetown
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- GED
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 02:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04 / 22 | 5,500 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 33° / 213° | Calm | Calm |
| 10 / 28 | 3,109 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 90° / 270° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Georgetown/Sussex (GED), Delaware Coastal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 61 F, the air 92% saturated; the humidity ran from 66% at 2 PM Thursday to 92% at 2 AM.
- Dew point now
- 61F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 92%
- Humidity, range
- 66 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the southeast at 2 AM; at its strongest 14 mph, 5 AM Thursday, with a gust of 26 mph at 12 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the southeast
- Strongest
- 14mph
- 5 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 26mph
- 12 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.04 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.07 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.04inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.07inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 8 miles at 2 AM; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 8mi
- 2 AM
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 1,900 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,900ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- 0.00in
- 5 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Georgetown/Sussex: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Delaware Coastal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/52 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
ReddenREDD1
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.7 mi away/59 ft/6 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
SR 24 @ Millsboro Pond MillsboroDEL22
Beside a road/7.5 mi away/10 ft/43 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Georgetown 1.1 ENEDE-SS-82
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/50 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bridgeville 3ESEBRDD1
At a cooperative observer's station/10.7 mi away/33 ft/20 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Bridgeville 3ESE (BRDD1), 10.7 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
Elsewhere in Delaware
14 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Delaware Coastal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Delaware Coastal Airport
- Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force BaseDOV, 31 mi
- Delaware Airpark33N, 39 mi
- Wilmington AirportILG, 70 mi