Temperature
60 F at 5 AM; 70 F at its warmest, 2 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 60F
- 5 AM
- Highest
- 70F
- 2 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 56F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Wilmington Airport, Delaware
Medium airport in New Castle County, Delaware60°
80°/57°
Overcast·
Feels like 60°·Light air 4 mph S
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM, the chance peaking at 76% around 8 PM.
Now. Wilmington Airport is 60° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible tomorrow (49%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:17 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 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
15Air quality
96%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
5:00 AM
60feels60
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8057
94%
16mph
Sat
Oct 17
5546
49%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5737
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6040
14%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6544
13%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6648
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
6448
14mph
60°
80°57°
55°46°
57°37°
60°40°
65°44°
66°48°
64°48°
As of 5:00 AM in Wilmington Airport, Delaware.
Air quality
The air at Wilmington Airport
Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Wilmington Area (DE), 6 miles off.
15Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good13.4 mi
- Ozone15Good12 ppb13.4 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)7Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 25, good.
GoodModerate
- 25YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 46 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Wilmington Airport
0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Last 3 days
- 0.04in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 75%
Visibility
How far you can see at Wilmington Airport, the next 46 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- ILG
- ICAO
- KILG
- IATA
- ILG
- Field elevation
- 80 ft
- Serves
- Wilmington
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- ILG
- Wind now
- From 200° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 05:44
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 / 19 | 7,012 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 5° / 185° | 3 mph head, on 19 | 1 mph from the right |
| 09 / 27 | 7,275 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 78° / 258° | 2 mph head, on 27 | 3 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 4,602 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 131° / 311° | 1 mph head, on 14 | 3 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Wilmington Airport (ILG), Wilmington Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 98% saturated; the humidity ran from 51% at 2 PM Thursday to 98% at 5 AM.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 5 AM
- Humidity now
- 98%
- Humidity, range
- 51 to 98%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the south southwest at 5 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 9 AM Thursday, with a gust of 22 mph at 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the south southwest
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 22mph
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
29.99 inHg at 5 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.18 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 29.99inHg
- 5 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.18inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 2 miles at 5 AM; 2 miles now.
- Now
- 2mi
- Lowest
- 2mi
- 5 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 300 ft at 5 AM; a base was reported in 18 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 300ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 300ft
- 5 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 18
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.02 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 3 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 3 AM
- Hours with some
- 2
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Wilmington Airport: 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 Wilmington Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.5 mi away/79 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/1.4 mi away/13 ft/67 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
University FarmNEWD1
On a college campus/6.8 mi away/72 ft/8 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
New Castle 2.6 WSWDE-NC-36
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/48 ft/32 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
University FarmNEWD1
On a college campus/6.8 mi away/72 ft/8 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
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Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Delaware
14 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
Near Wilmington Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Wilmington Manorcommunity, 1 mi
- New Castlecity, 2 mi
- Newporttown, 3 mi
- Elsmeretown, 4 mi
- Wilmingtoncity, 6 mi
- Bearcommunity, 6 mi
- Pike Creek Valleycommunity, 6 mi
- Brooksidecommunity, 6 mi
- Greenvillecommunity, 7 mi
- Pike Creekcommunity, 7 mi
- Delaware Citycity, 7 mi
- Edgemoorcommunity, 8 mi
Airports near Wilmington Airport
- Delaware Airpark33N, 32 mi
- Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force BaseDOV, 39 mi
- Delaware Coastal AirportGED, 70 mi