Citizen station DW2778DW2778
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/3 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Broadkill Beach, Delaware
Beach in Sussex County, DelawareGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, northwest winds 20 to 25 kt and rough waters expected. For the Gale Watch, north winds 20 to 25 kt with gusts up to 35 kt and rough waters possible. * WHERE...Delaware Bay waters north of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE and Delaware Bay waters south of East Point NJ to Slaughter Beach DE. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 2 AM to 6 AM EDT Saturday. For the Gale Watch, from Saturday morning through Saturday afternoon. * IMPACTS...Strong winds can cause hazardous seas which could capsize or damage vessels and reduce visibility.
Mariners should consider altering plans to avoid possible hazardous conditions. Remain in port, seek safe harbor, alter course, and/or secure the vessel for severe wind and seas.
61°
66°/60°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 61°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Broadkill Beach until 6 PM Saturday. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely tomorrow night, from about 11 PM (88%).
Now. Broadkill Beach is 61° and mostly cloudy at 10 PM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the east at 5 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 60°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 82°, and the coolest Saturday, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (88%) and Saturday (96%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 25% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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. The day is 11 hours 14 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
82%Humidity
74%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
61feels61
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
6660
37%
Fri
Oct 16
8259
88%
Sat
Oct 17
5648
96%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5841
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6145
24%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6447
19%
Wed
Oct 21
6449
11%
61°
66°60°
82°59°
56°48°
58°41°
61°45°
64°47°
64°49°
As of 10:00 PM in Broadkill Beach, Delaware.
Air quality
The air at Broadkill Beach
Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 10 PM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 13 miles off.
23Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good22.4 mi
- Ozone23Good26 ppb3.5 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 14
Smoke, the next 41 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Broadkill Beach
None in the last 3 days, to Thu 9 PM. 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 Broadkill Beach, the next 41 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing N 10°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Sussex County
- State
- Delaware
- Latitude
- 38.8190° N
- Longitude
- 75.2005° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Broadkill Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.4 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
LewesNDBC-LWSD1
At a river or reservoir gauge/5.0 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/12.4 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/12.9 mi away/50 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
measured daily2 instruments
Lewes 0.4 WNWDE-SS-53
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/8 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LewesLEWD1
At a cooperative observer's station/5.1 mi away/3 ft/- ft from 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 Broadkill Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Lewestown, 5 mi
- Cape Henlopenfeature, 6 mi
- Miltontown, 7 mi
- Henlopen Acrestown, 9 mi
- Rehoboth Beachcity, 9 mi
- Slaughter Beachtown, 10 mi
- Dewey Beachtown, 11 mi
- Ellendaletown, 12 mi
- Lincolncommunity, 12 mi
- Georgetowntown, 13 mi
- Milfordcity, 14 mi
- Indian River Bayfeature, 14 mi
Beaches near Broadkill Beach
- Old Inlet Beachunder 1 mi
- Primehook Beach2 mi
- Lewes Public Beach5 mi
- Fowler Beach6 mi
- Slaughter Beach9 mi
- Whiskey Beach9 mi
- Rehoboth Beach10 mi
- Joy Beach10 mi