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Bear, Delaware Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bear weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Bear, DE
Sunday, July 5 at 2:18 AM
74
°
Overcast
Feels like
82°
Humidity
89%
Wind
3 mph
Sunrise
1:41 AM
Sunset
4:33 PM
Bear, DE
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBear, DE: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 92 degrees Fahrenheit with a 53% chance of precipitation at 11 PM.
L 73°H 92°
Bear, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Rain
    53%
    0.31″
    92°73°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    73%
    0.01″
    85°70°-7°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Showers
    63%
    0.10″
    77°68°-8°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    34%
    —
    76°68°-1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    29%
    —
    84°65°+8°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    40%
    —
    84°71°0°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    29%
    —
    87°65°+3°
Bear, DE
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°68°82°96°12a6a12p6pnow 74°high 92°low 73°PRECIP %
Bear, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
315° · veering 10°
Direction
NW
315°
Sustained
3
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
26
avg 6
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 26 @ 9:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 305SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 10° from the nw.
Bear, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1009.7
-3.4 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.82 inHg
Now
1009.7
mb
3h
-3.4
mb
12h
-1.2
mb
24h
-1.7
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1008–1013
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1013.41008.21009.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Bear, DE
Air quality
64
AQI
Moderate
↓-49 in 6h

AQI 64 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 49 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 9.9 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
12μg/m³
OzoneModerate
81μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 38 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 12 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 38
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 12

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.9 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 3 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke

Trends

Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.

Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).

7-DAY AQI TREND50100SUNMONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN7-DAY PM2.5 TREND · μg/m³300
Bear, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
29.2mi
UNLIMITED
118 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
06:18 UTC · Bear, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
06:18 UTC · Bear, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Bear, DE
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bear, DE
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bear, DE
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:09 AM
Sunrise
1:41 AM
Daylight
14h 52m
Sunset
4:33 PM
Civil dusk
9:07 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Bear, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
75% illuminated
Moonrise
11:19 PM
Moonset
11:12 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Bear, DE
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bear at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 74°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 14 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 19701

15-Day Forecast — Bear

  1. Sun92°73°53%
  2. Mon85°70°73%
  3. Tue77°68°63%
  4. Wed76°68°34%
  5. Thu84°65°29%
  6. Fri84°71°40%
  7. Sat87°65°29%
  8. Sun76°67°14%
  9. Mon76°68°13%
  10. Tue86°64°12%
  11. Wed85°66°27%
  12. Thu92°68°29%
  13. Fri85°71°26%
  14. Sat85°69°36%
  15. Sun92°69°42%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 5, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Bear

SPC has placed Bear in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

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ZIP codes in Bear

  • 19701
  • 19702

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.