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Dover Base Housing, Delaware

Community in Kent County, Delaware

Air quality

The air at Dover Base Housing

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Kent County (DE), 6 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good9.9 mi
  • Ozone20Good24 ppb9.9 mi

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 23, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Dover Base Housing

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Dover Base Housing, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Sat 5 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Dover Base Housing, DelawareReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Dover Base Housing, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Dover AFBDOV

At an airfield/1.2 mi away/30 ft/4 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank26of 127

DoverDRSD1

At a river or reservoir gauge/3.4 mi away/3 ft/23 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank39of 127

measured daily2 instruments

DoverDOVD1

At a cooperative observer's station/2.6 mi away/16 ft/10 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank78of 127

Station report

The weather at Dover AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 1.2 mi from Dover Base Housing, Delaware. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 1,400 ft, a few clouds at 2,000 ft, overcast at 4,000 ft; the ceiling is 4,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Dover AFB, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,000 feet, the ceiling at 4,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DOVFIG. A THE SKY OVER DOVER AFBSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 1,400 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEDover AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS DOVTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DOV-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.6 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 82 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Dover AFB: temperature 64.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 82 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DOVFIG. B THE AIR AT DOVER AFBTHE 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 F80 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 64.6 FDEW POINT 59.0 FSPREAD 5.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 82 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 POINTTITLEDover AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS DOVTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DOV-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southeast (130 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Dover AFB, north up: blowing from 130 degrees, the southeast, at 6 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT DOVFIG. C THE WIND AT DOVER AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 130°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEDover AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS DOVTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-DOV-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Delaware

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Near Dover Base Housing

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