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Dover Base Housing, Delaware Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 15 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 6:17 PM
83
°
Clear
Feels like
89°
Humidity
81%
Wind
14 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 72 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit with a 47% chance of precipitation at 3 AM.
L 72°H 87°
Dover Base Housing, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Showers
    35%
    0.08″
    91°75°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Heavy Rain
    47%
    0.56″
    87°72°-4°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    43%
    0.04″
    75°68°-12°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    33%
    —
    77°68°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Drizzle
    44%
    —
    90°68°+13°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Showers
    35%
    0.24″
    91°71°+1°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    26%
    —
    82°69°-9°
Dover Base Housing, DE
Next 24 hours · Warm now
HOT 90°68°79°90°6p12a6a12pnow 84°high 87°low 72°PRECIP %
Dover Base Housing, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
101° · backing 11°
Direction
E
101°
Sustained
14
mph
Gust
20
mph
Peak 24h
20
avg 7
Beaufort · 4 · MOD 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 20
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2312SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A fresh breeze drives the e-bound air across the harbor.
Dover Base Housing, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1011.1
-1.5 mb in 3h · falling · 29.86 inHg
Now
1011.1
mb
3h
-1.5
mb
12h
-2.6
mb
24h
+0.9
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1010–1014
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1014.41010.11011.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure slipping through the change line — wetter air on the way.
Dover Base Housing, DE
Air quality
104
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
↑+59 in 6h

AQI 104 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by Ozone. AQI up 59 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 76 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

CAUTION Sensitive groups (children, elderly, respiratory conditions) should limit prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
11.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
13μg/m³
NO₂Good
2μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
123μg/m³
UV IndexLow
1.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 76 — peak already passed at 1 PM under partly cloudy skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 76
UV peak
0.9 at earlier today
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 76

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.4 µg/m³, PM10 at 13.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.85
Wind
breezy
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 TREND50100SUNMONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN7-DAY PM2.5 TREND · μg/m³300
Dover Base Housing, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
3%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
33.8mi
UNLIMITED
77 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
22:17 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
22:17 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
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Dover Base Housing, DE
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:10 AM
Sunrise
1:41 AM
Daylight
14h 50m
Sunset
4:31 PM
Civil dusk
9:04 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Dover Base Housing, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
69% illuminated
Moonrise
11:18 PM
Moonset
11:11 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Dover Base Housing, DE
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

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Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Dover Base Housing at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 11 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Dover Base Housing

  1. Sun91°75°35%
  2. Mon87°72°47%
  3. Tue75°68°43%
  4. Wed77°68°33%
  5. Thu90°68°44%
  6. Fri91°71°35%
  7. Sat82°69°26%
  8. Sun80°68°16%
  9. Mon89°68°24%
  10. Tue76°67°15%
  11. Wed79°65°13%
  12. Thu82°65°28%
  13. Fri84°68°35%
  14. Sat81°69°32%
  15. Sun80°70°16%
  16. Mon75°66°26%

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 — 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.

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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.