In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/6 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Joy Beach, Delaware
Beach in Sussex County, DelawareGale Watch, in full · Every severe alert
* WHAT...For the Small Craft Advisory, west winds 15 to 25 kt with gusts up to 30 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft expected. For the Gale Watch, north winds 20 to 30 kt with gusts near 35 kt and seas 3 to 6 ft possible. * WHERE...Coastal waters from Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet NJ out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Great Egg Inlet to Cape May NJ out 20 NM, Coastal waters from Cape May NJ to Cape Henlopen DE out 20 NM and Coastal waters from Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island DE out 20 NM. * WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, from 3 PM Friday 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.
63°
66°/60°
Mostly cloudy·
Feels like 63°·Light breeze 5 mph E
Alert. A Gale Watch is in force for Joy 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 (85%).
Now. Joy Beach is 63° 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 61°, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 82°, and the coolest Saturday, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (85%) and Saturday (94%).
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 15 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
23Air quality
83%Humidity
70%Cloud
Now
10:00 PM
63feels63
now, partly cloudy
Today
Oct 15
6660
39%
Fri
Oct 16
8259
85%
Sat
Oct 17
5648
94%
14mph
Sun
Oct 18
5842
13mph
Mon
Oct 19
6145
24%
13mph
Tue
Oct 20
6447
20%
12mph
Wed
Oct 21
6449
12%
12mph
63°
66°60°
82°59°
56°48°
58°42°
61°45°
64°47°
64°49°
As of 10:00 PM in Joy Beach, Delaware.
Air quality
The air at Joy 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)17Good-
- Ozone23Good26 ppb7 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 17 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Joy Beach
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 9 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
Visibility
How far you can see at Joy Beach, the next 41 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 2 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 5 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing ENE 78°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Beach
- County
- Sussex County
- State
- Delaware
- Latitude
- 38.6790° N
- Longitude
- 75.1357° W
What is measuring near here
The 6 instruments nearest Joy Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
Beside a road/6.2 mi away/66 ft/- ft from here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
LewesNDBC-LWSD1
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/12.1 mi away/52 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Rehoboth Beach 3.3 SWDE-SS-78
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/2 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
LewesLEWD1
At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 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 Joy Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Dewey Beachtown, 3 mi
- Indian River Bayfeature, 4 mi
- Rehoboth Beachcity, 4 mi
- Long Neckcommunity, 4 mi
- Henlopen Acrestown, 4 mi
- Lewestown, 7 mi
- Cape Henlopenfeature, 9 mi
- Ocean Viewtown, 10 mi
- Millvilletown, 10 mi
- Bethany Beachtown, 11 mi
- Dagsborotown, 11 mi
- Millsborotown, 11 mi
Beaches near Joy Beach
- Indian Beach4 mi
- Rehoboth Beach4 mi
- Bayside Beach5 mi
- Whiskey Beach5 mi
- Lewes Public Beach7 mi
- Old Inlet Beach10 mi
- Broadkill Beach10 mi
- Bethany Beach10 mi