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Bethel, Delaware

Town in Sussex County, Delaware

Air quality

The air at Bethel

Index 23, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 15 miles off.

23Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good-
  • Ozone23Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 25, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Bethel

0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. 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 Bethel, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 10 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Bethel, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.7 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

ReddenREDD1

At a river or reservoir gauge/16.0 mi away/59 ft/36 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank27of 127

measured daily2 instruments

Seaford 3.4 SSEDE-SS-63

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.7 mi away/35 ft/12 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Bridgeville 3ESEBRDD1

At a cooperative observer's station/11.0 mi away/33 ft/10 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank2of 127

Station report

The weather at Georgetown/Sussex, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 16.1 mi from Bethel, Delaware. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:39 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 400 ft, broken at 900 ft, overcast at 1,500 ft; the ceiling is 400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Georgetown/Sussex, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 400 feet, broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,500 feet, the ceiling at 400 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GEDFIG. A THE SKY OVER GEORGETOWN/SUSSEXSECTION, 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 1,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEGeorgetown/Sussex, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS GEDTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GED-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 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 Georgetown/Sussex: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 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 GEDFIG. B THE AIR AT GEORGETOWN/SUSSEXTHE 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 61.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 400 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 62.0 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 POINTTITLEGeorgetown/Sussex, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS GEDTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GED-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Georgetown/Sussex, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT GEDFIG. C THE WIND AT GEORGETOWN/SUSSEXPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEGeorgetown/Sussex, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS GEDTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-GED-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Georgetown/Sussex, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at Bridgeville 3ESE (BRDD1), 11.0 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in Delaware

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

Near Bethel

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

Near Bethel

River and lake gauges