Weather StoryAlmanac, microseasons, and the day's weather story.

Dover Base Housing, Delaware Weather

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

Dover Base Housing weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Dover Base Housing, DE
Sunday, July 5 at 10:40 PM
78
°
Overcast
Feels like
85°
Humidity
92%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
1:41 AM
Sunset
4:31 PM
Dover Base Housing, DE
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastDover Base Housing, DE: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit with a 51% chance of precipitation at 2 AM.
L 74°H 82°
Dover Base Housing, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    35%
    0.04″
    91°75°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Foggy
    51%
    —
    82°73°-9°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    41%
    0.02″
    84°70°+2°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    33%
    0.02″
    78°69°-6°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    T-storm w/ Hail
    44%
    0.01″
    86°68°+8°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Showers
    35%
    0.15″
    90°70°+4°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    26%
    —
    82°70°-8°
Dover Base Housing, DE
Next 24 hours · Mild now
71°78°84°6p12a6a12pnow 78°high 82°low 74°PRECIP %
Dover Base Housing, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
094° · backing 133°
Direction
E
094°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
16
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 7 mph
Beaufort · 3 · GENTLE 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 mph · pk 17 mph @ 1:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 199SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 133° from the e.
Dover Base Housing, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1013.0
+1.3 mb in 3h · rising · 29.91 inHg
Now
1013.0
mb
3h
+1.3
mb
12h
-1.4
mb
24h
-1.8
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1011–1014
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1014.41011.31012.6
Pressure climbing through the change line — drier air pushing in.
Dover Base Housing, DE
Air quality
86
AQI
Moderate
↓-6 in 6h

AQI 86 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 6 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). PM2.5 at 10.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.6 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
10.3μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneModerate
76μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 36. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 36
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 4

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.3 µg/m³, PM10 at 12.6 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.82
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background

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
Dover Base Housing, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
27.7mi
UNLIMITED
70 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
02:40 UTC · Dover Base Housing, 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
02:40 UTC · Dover Base Housing, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Dover Base Housing, DE
Satellite · infrared · animated
Dover Base Housing, DE
Loading IR frames…
IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Dover Base Housing, DE
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:10 AM
Sunrise
1:41 AM
Daylight
14h 50m
Sunset
4:31 PM
Civil dusk
9:04 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Dover Base Housing, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
67% illuminated
Moonrise
11:42 PM
Moonset
12:18 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Dover Base Housing, DE
Microseason
Jul 6–10

Queen Anne's lace lines the roads

weather
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Dover Base Housing at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 11 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

16-Day Forecast — Dover Base Housing

  1. Sun91°75°35%
  2. Mon80°73°51%
  3. Tue84°70°41%
  4. Wed78°69°33%
  5. Thu86°68°44%
  6. Fri90°70°35%
  7. Sat82°70°26%
  8. Sun81°70°16%
  9. Mon89°70°24%
  10. Tue91°76°15%
  11. Wed84°68°13%
  12. Thu83°63°33%
  13. Fri84°69°48%
  14. Sat73°67°26%
  15. Sun83°67°29%
  16. Mon79°70°26%

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 — Dover Base Housing

SPC has placed Dover Base Housing 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.

All cities in Delaware →

Dover, DE weather →

ZIP codes in Dover Base Housing

  • 19901

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.