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Arden, Delaware

Village in New Castle County, Delaware

Air quality

The air at Arden

Index 16, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Wilmington Area (DE), 6 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)16Good3.4 mi
  • Ozone12Good11 ppb2.5 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)6Good6.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide8Good8 ppb21 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb2.5 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm21 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Arden

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Arden, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Arden, DelawareReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Arden, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Marcus HookNDBC-MRCP1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.9 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank116of 127

measured daily2 instruments

Wilmington 5.4 NNEDE-NC-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/292 ft/19 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WilmingtonWILD1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.9 mi away/157 ft/116 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Wilmington Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Arden, Delaware. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 400 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Wilmington Airport, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 400 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ILGFIG. A THE SKY OVER WILMINGTON AIRPORTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEWilmington Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ILGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ILG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 400 ft.

Chart of the air at Wilmington Airport: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ILGFIG. B THE AIR AT WILMINGTON AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 60.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.0 F, 61.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEWilmington Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ILGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ILG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Wilmington Airport, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ILGFIG. C THE WIND AT WILMINGTON AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWilmington Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ILGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ILG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wilmington Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Delaware

14 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Arden

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Arden

River and lake gauges