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Bellefonte, Delaware Weather

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

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

Bellefonte, DE
Sunday, July 5 at 3:37 AM
72
°
Partly Cloudy
Feels like
77°
Humidity
90%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
1:39 AM
Sunset
4:33 PM
Bellefonte, DE
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBellefonte, DE: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 71 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit with a 55% chance of precipitation at 11 PM.
L 71°H 90°
Bellefonte, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Rain
    55%
    0.16″
    90°71°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Showers
    74%
    0.18″
    83°69°-7°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Showers
    68%
    0.16″
    77°67°-6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    32%
    —
    77°68°0°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    28%
    —
    83°64°+6°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    42%
    —
    84°70°+1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    31%
    —
    86°63°+2°
Bellefonte, DE
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°66°80°94°12a6a12p6pnow 72°high 90°low 71°PRECIP %
Bellefonte, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NW
325° · steady
Direction
NW
325°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
5
mph
Peak 24h
27
avg 5
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
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 5 · pk 27 @ 9:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 245SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Bellefonte, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1004.7
-3.5 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.67 inHg
Now
1004.7
mb
3h
-3.5
mb
12h
-1.5
mb
24h
-2.4
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1004–1009
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1009.21003.91004.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Bellefonte, DE
Air quality
51
AQI
Moderate
↓-53 in 6h

AQI 51 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 53 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 10.4 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 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
10.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
15μg/m³
OzoneModerate
71μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 34 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 34
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.4 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.95 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.95
Wind
light
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
Bellefonte, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
58%
PARTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
30.2mi
UNLIMITED
101 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
07:37 UTC · Bellefonte, 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
07:37 UTC · Bellefonte, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Bellefonte, DE
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bellefonte, DE
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bellefonte, DE
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:08 AM
Sunrise
1:39 AM
Daylight
14h 54m
Sunset
4:33 PM
Civil dusk
9:06 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Bellefonte, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
75% illuminated
Moonrise
11:19 PM
Moonset
11:11 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Bellefonte, DE
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bellefonte at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 72°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Bellefonte

  1. Sun90°71°55%
  2. Mon83°69°74%
  3. Tue77°67°68%
  4. Wed77°68°32%
  5. Thu83°64°28%
  6. Fri84°70°42%
  7. Sat86°63°31%
  8. Sun78°65°14%
  9. Mon77°67°13%
  10. Tue87°64°10%
  11. Wed86°66°15%
  12. Thu91°68°29%
  13. Fri83°70°30%
  14. Sat84°69°30%
  15. Sun92°69°32%

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 — Bellefonte

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

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3NONENo severe risk

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 Bellefonte

  • 19809

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.