Parks/Delaware/Fox Point State Park

Fox Point State Park, Delaware

State Park in New Castle County, Delaware

59° 79°/57°

Overcast· Feels like 59°·Light air 4 mph S

Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM (65%).

Now. Fox Point State Park is 59° and overcast at 5 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south at 4 mph.

Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 8 AM, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is possible tomorrow (46%).

The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 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 9 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

15Air quality

94%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

5:00 AM

59feels59

Today

Oct 16

7957

94%

16mph

Sat

Oct 17

5546

46%

17mph

Sun

Oct 18

5738

Mon

Oct 19

6041

13%

15mph

Tue

Oct 20

6645

12%

14mph

Wed

Oct 21

6649

14mph

Thu

Oct 22

6449

13mph

59°

79°57°

55°46°

57°38°

60°41°

66°45°

66°49°

64°49°

As of 5:00 AM in Fox Point State Park, Delaware.

Air quality

The air at Fox Point State Park

Index 15, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Wilmington Area (DE), 2 miles off.

15Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)15Good0.9 mi
Ozone15Good15 ppb1.7 mi
Coarse particles (PM10)7Good3.2 mi
Nitrogen dioxide5Good5 ppb23.4 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb1.7 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm23.4 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

GoodModerate

25YesterdayOct 15

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fox Point State Park

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, 0.09 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.02in
Last 3 days: 0.09in

3 days agoLast 24 hours 22%

Visibility

How far you can see at Fox Point State Park, the next 40 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 PM.

Park

Designation: State Park
Area: 0.13 sq mi
Height at its point: 15 ft
County: New Castle County
State: Delaware
Latitude: 39.7533° N
Longitude: 75.4955° W

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fox Point State Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Citizen station EW2337EW2337

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/99 ft/84 ft above here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

I-95 @ Marsh Road WilmingtonDEL14

Beside a road/1.9 mi away/236 ft/221 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Marcus HookNDBC-MRCP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.8 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Wilmington AirportILG

At an airfield/7.9 mi away/79 ft/64 ft above here