Wilmington, DE Weather

New Castle County4:10 AM EDT39.75°N, 75.55°WElevation 92 ft
Frost Advisory until 9:00 AM Sat

Current conditions

Mostly Clear
43°
Mostly Clear
Feels like 41°
High 64°·Low 38° tonight
WindNNW 3 mph
Humidity81%
Dew point37°
Pressure30.50 inHg
Visibility10 mi
Cloud cover8%
UV index0 Low
Sunrise7:22 AM
Sunset6:12 PM

Observed at Philadelphia, Philadelphia International Airport · 35 min ago

Forecast

10-day

  • Friday Night

    Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Northeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Saturday

    Sunny, with a high near 64. East wind 0 to 5 mph.

  • Saturday Night

    Clear, with a low around 39. Southwest wind around 0 mph.

National Weather Service forecast updated 1 day ago.

Hourly

Hourly forecast
  1. Now Mostly Clear 41°
  2. 5 AM Mostly Clear 41°
  3. 6 AM Sunny 40°
  4. 7 AM Sunny 40°
  5. 8 AM Sunny 41°
  6. 9 AM Sunny 46°
  7. 10 AM Sunny 51°
  8. 11 AM Sunny 56°
  9. 12 PM Sunny 59°
  10. 1 PM Sunny 61°
  11. 2 PM Sunny 62°
  12. 3 PM Sunny 64°
  13. 4 PM Sunny 64°
  14. 5 PM Sunny 63°
  15. 6 PM Clear 59°
  16. 7 PM Clear 54°
  17. 8 PM Clear 50°
  18. 9 PM Clear 47°
  19. 10 PM Clear 45°
  20. 11 PM Clear 44°
  21. Sun12 AM Clear 43°
  22. 1 AM Clear 42°
  23. 2 AM Clear 42°
  24. 3 AM Clear 42°

10-day forecast

Details
  1. TonightOct 22 Clear Clear46°
  2. FriOct 23 Sunny Sunny38°62°
  3. TodayOct 24 Sunny Sunny39°64°
  4. SunOct 25 Sunny Sunny42°66°
  5. MonOct 26 Sunny Sunny51°69°
  6. TueOct 27 Sunny Sunny47°67°
  7. WedOct 28 Partly Sunny Partly Sunny49°64°
  8. ThuOct 29 Mostly Sunny Mostly Sunny66°
  9. FriOct 30 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy50°71°
  10. SatOct 31 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy47°62°

Days after the National Weather Service's seven are MET Norway's outlook, a computer model with no forecaster's review.

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Air quality

37
Good
Fine particles (PM2.5)

Air quality is satisfactory, and air pollution poses little or no risk.

Wilmington Area, DE reporting area · 1 hr ago. Data from AirNow (EPA and its state, local and tribal partners); preliminary and subject to change.

Sun & moon

Sunrise 7:22 AM
Sunset 6:12 PM
Daylight 10 h 49 min (−2 min 25 s tomorrow)
Waxing Gibbous · 96% lit
Moonrise 5:02 PM Moonset 5:35 AM
Full moon Oct 26 New moon Nov 9

Almanac

Monthly
Normal high / low64° / 44°
Month to date2.87 in (normal 2.81 in)

Wilmington Area, records since 1894. Normals 1991–2020. Data from NOAA's Regional Climate Centers (ACIS).

Nearby

Forecasters' discussion

From the National Weather Service office in PHI, issued 5 hrs ago

What Has Changed

Aviation section updated for 00Z TAFs.

Marine section updated.

Key Messages

1. Elevated tide cycles persist due to Post- Tropical Cyclone Josephine well off the coast, resulting in widespread minor coastal flooding continuing for back bay areas in Ocean County, NJ and Sussex County, DE.

2. Frost and freeze impacts tonight and Saturday night where the growing season continues.

Discussion

KEY MESSAGE 1...Elevated tide cycles persist due to Post- Tropical Cyclone Josephine well off the coast, resulting in widespread minor coastal flooding continuing for back bay areas in Ocean County, NJ and Sussex County, DE.

Post-Tropical Cyclone Josephine has pulled away from the region as it's now over the Canadian Maritimes. However elevated water levels persist, mainly in the back bay areas of Ocean County, NJ and Sussex County, Delaware. The Coastal Flood Advisory for these counties is in effect until 7 AM Saturday.

KEY MESSAGE 2...Frost and freeze impacts tonight and Saturday night where the growing season continues.

A Freeze Warning was issued for areas north and west of the I-95 corridor from midnight until 9 AM Saturday where the growing season remains active. For the I-95 corridor and areas south and east, a Frost Advisory was issued from midnight until 9 AM Saturday for all other zones, excluding Sussex County in Delaware and the barrier islands in New Jersey.

As an upper-level trough pivots across the Northeast tonight, a strong mid-level ridge in the Plains to Midwest shifts eastward through the weekend. This will support strong surface high pressure shifting eastward into the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic through the weekend.

A chilly and dry airmass will accompany this strong surface high, and as the high itself settles more overhead, forecast soundings show surface winds decoupling. This will set the stage for efficient radiational cooling both tonight and Saturday night. The forecast lows are in the upper 20s to mid 30s for much of the area (with the only exception along the immediate coastal strip) with a favorable setup for frost and freeze. Some scattered to broken cirrus will be in place overnight. However, the thin cloud coverage will be the only limiting reagent to the efficient radiational cooling. This will probably slow cooling down by a few degrees at best, likely aiding to prevent a widespread freeze situation, but it is not expected to slam the brakes hard on the efficient radiational cooling setup overnight.

Aviation

The following discussion is for KPHL, KPNE, KTTN, KABE, KRDG, KILG, KMIV, KACY and surrounding areas.

Tonight...VFR. Winds will go calm for a time, then increase slightly out of the north to northeast less than 5 kts after 06Z. High confidence.

Saturday...VFR. Winds 5 kts or less favoring a north to northeast direction early, then shifting more easterly and becoming variable after 18Z. Winds may become calm at times. High confidence.

Saturday night...VFR/SKC. Calm winds. High confidence.

Outlook...

Sunday through Wednesday...VFR. No significant weather expected.

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