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Bethany Beach, Delaware Weather

Queen Anne's lace lines the roads. Day 16 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Bethany Beach, DE
Monday, July 6 at 3:26 AM
75
°
Overcast
Feels like
83°
Humidity
100%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
1:42 AM
Sunset
4:27 PM
Bethany Beach, DE
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBethany Beach, DE: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 73 to 86 degrees Fahrenheit with a 48% chance of precipitation at 3 PM.
L 73°H 86°
Bethany Beach, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 6
    Drizzle
    48%
    0.02″
    86°74°—
  2. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    46%
    0.03″
    75°71°-11°
  3. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    38%
    —
    76°70°+1°
  4. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Thunderstorm
    31%
    0.57″
    83°70°+7°
  5. Friday
    Jul 10
    Heavy Drizzle
    38%
    —
    92°71°+9°
  6. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    36%
    —
    86°73°-6°
  7. Sunday
    Jul 12
    Showers
    13%
    0.51″
    80°71°-6°
Bethany Beach, DE
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°70°80°90°6a12p6p12anow 75°high 86°low 73°PRECIP %
Bethany Beach, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
127° · backing 93°
Direction
SE
127°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 6 mph
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 6 mph · pk 17 mph @ 5:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 165SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 93° from the se.
Bethany Beach, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1012.7
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 29.91 inHg
Now
1012.7
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
-0.6
mb
24h
-0.6
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1012–1015
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1014.61012.11012.7
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Bethany Beach, DE
Air quality
52
AQI
Moderate
↓-8 in 6h

AQI 52 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 8 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
3.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneGood
47μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

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 TREND50100MONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUNMON7-DAY PM2.5 TREND · μg/m³300
Bethany Beach, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
24.9mi
UNLIMITED
56 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
07:26 UTC · Bethany Beach, 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
07:26 UTC · Bethany Beach, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Bethany Beach, DE
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bethany Beach, DE
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bethany Beach, DE
Almanac · Monday, July 6
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:11 AM
Sunrise
1:42 AM
Daylight
14h 45m
Sunset
4:27 PM
Civil dusk
9:00 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Bethany Beach, DE
The moon
Last Quarter
65% illuminated
Moonrise
11:40 PM
Moonset
12:16 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Bethany Beach, DE
Microseason
Jul 6–10

Queen Anne's lace lines the roads

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

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Bethany Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 75°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

ZIP code: 19930

15-Day Forecast — Bethany Beach

  1. Mon87°73°48%
  2. Tue75°71°46%
  3. Wed76°70°38%
  4. Thu83°70°31%
  5. Fri92°71°38%
  6. Sat86°73°36%
  7. Sun80°71°13%
  8. Mon80°69°12%
  9. Tue86°68°11%
  10. Wed86°70°16%
  11. Thu79°69°19%
  12. Fri83°66°43%
  13. Sat77°65°48%
  14. Sun79°66°42%
  15. Mon81°71°35%

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

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 6, 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 — Bethany Beach

SPC includes Bethany Beach in the general thunderstorm area today — no severe risk, but storms are possible.

  • TODAYTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

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 Bethany Beach

  • 19930

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.