Parks/Delaware/Alapocas Run State Park

Alapocas Run State Park, Delaware

State Park in New Castle County, Delaware

60° 78°/56°

Overcast· Feels like 60°·Light breeze 5 mph S

Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (72%).

Now. Alapocas Run State Park is 60° and overcast at 7 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south at 5 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is possible tomorrow (48%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:22 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:16 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

16Air quality

98%Humidity

98%Cloud

Now

7:00 AM

60feels60

Today

Oct 16

7856

94%

16mph

Sat

Oct 17

5445

48%

17mph

Sun

Oct 18

5637

Mon

Oct 19

5940

13%

14mph

Tue

Oct 20

6544

12%

14mph

Wed

Oct 21

6548

14mph

Thu

Oct 22

6348

13mph

60°

78°56°

54°45°

56°37°

59°40°

65°44°

65°48°

63°48°

As of 7:00 AM in Alapocas Run State Park, Delaware.

Air quality

The air at Alapocas Run State Park

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Wilmington Area (DE), 3 miles off.

16Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good7.7 mi
Ozone14Good17 ppb10.2 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)6Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

GoodModerate

25YesterdayOct 15

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Alapocas Run State Park

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.03in
Last 3 days: 0.09in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 33%

Visibility

How far you can see at Alapocas Run State Park, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 10 AM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 0.6 sq mi
Height at its point: 274 ft
County: New Castle County
State: Delaware
Latitude: 39.7775° N
Longitude: 75.5461° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Alapocas Run State Park, 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

I-95 and US 202 Interchange Wilmington DE USADEL21

Beside a road/0.7 mi away/200 ft/74 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Citizen station EW2337EW2337

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.0 mi away/99 ft/175 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

Marcus HookNDBC-MRCP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/7.3 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Wilmington AirportILG

At an airfield/7.8 mi away/79 ft/195 ft below here