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Bethany Beach, Delaware Weather

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

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

Bethany Beach, DE
Sunday, July 5 at 8:11 AM
80
°
Clear
Feels like
85°
Humidity
72%
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 74 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 74°H 90°
Bethany Beach, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    26%
    —
    90°75°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Drizzle
    71%
    0.04″
    83°74°-7°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Rain
    56%
    0.32″
    88°71°+5°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Drizzle
    34%
    —
    75°70°-13°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Showers
    12%
    0.18″
    83°69°+8°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    28%
    —
    85°69°+2°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    —
    85°72°0°
Bethany Beach, DE
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°70°82°94°6a12p6p12anow 80°high 90°low 74°
Bethany Beach, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SE
146° · backing 160°
Direction
SE
146°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
13
mph
Peak 24h
41
avg 7
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 7 · pk 41 @ 11:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 225SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 160° from the se.
Bethany Beach, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.6
+1.2 mb in 3h · rising · 29.96 inHg
Now
1014.6
mb
3h
+1.2
mb
12h
+3.4
mb
24h
+0.1
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1011–1015
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1014.91011.21014.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing through the change line — drier air pushing in.
Bethany Beach, DE
Air quality
58
AQI
Moderate
↓-35 in 6h

AQI 58 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 35 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 15.4 µg/m³ (AQI 63) with a 0.91 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 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 2.5DRIVERModerate
15.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
17μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneModerate
89μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.3

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 42 now. With UV 4.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 24 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 42
UV peak
4.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 24

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 15.4 µg/m³ (AQI 63) with a 0.91 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.91
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
Bethany Beach, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
5%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
43.6mi
UNLIMITED
88 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
12:11 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
12:11 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 · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:11 AM
Sunrise
1:42 AM
Daylight
14h 45m
Sunset
4:27 PM
Civil dusk
9:00 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Bethany Beach, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
73% illuminated
Moonrise
11:16 PM
Moonset
11:10 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Bethany Beach, DE
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bethany Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 19930

16-Day Forecast — Bethany Beach

  1. Sun90°75°26%
  2. Mon83°74°71%
  3. Tue88°71°56%
  4. Wed75°70°34%
  5. Thu83°69°12%
  6. Fri85°69°28%
  7. Sat85°72°26%
  8. Sun81°71°19%
  9. Mon77°69°19%
  10. Tue87°69°14%
  11. Wed86°72°10%
  12. Thu80°65°30%
  13. Fri85°64°29%
  14. Sat89°73°29%
  15. Sun87°79°36%
  16. Mon86°77°43%

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 — Bethany Beach

SPC has placed Bethany Beach 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 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.