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Long Neck, Delaware

Community in Sussex County, Delaware

Air quality

The air at Long Neck

Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 13 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
  • Ozone24Good-

The days ahead

Yesterday measured 49, good.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Long Neck

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Long Neck, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 1 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Long Neck, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

LewesNDBC-LWSD1

At a river or reservoir gauge/11.4 mi away/-/- ft from here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank121of 127

measured daily2 instruments

Millsboro 7.7 ENEDE-SS-93

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/3 ft/1 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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LewesLEWD1

At a cooperative observer's station/10.2 mi away/3 ft/1 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Georgetown/Sussex, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.0 mi from Long Neck, Delaware. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 6,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Georgetown/Sussex, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 6,000 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 STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETSCT 6,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, 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

62.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 6,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Georgetown/Sussex: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 6,000 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 6,000 FTTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 57.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (70 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 26 mph.

Plan of the wind at Georgetown/Sussex, north up: blowing from 70 degrees, the east northeast, at 3 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, 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 STATIONFROM 70°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 3 MPH2LIGHT 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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Delaware

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

Near Long Neck

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

Near Long Neck

River and lake gauges