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Little Creek, Delaware Weather

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

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

Little Creek, DE
Sunday, July 5 at 12:12 AM
77
°
Overcast
Feels like
83°
Humidity
85%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
1:41 AM
Sunset
4:31 PM
Little Creek, DE
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastLittle Creek, DE: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit with a 37% chance of precipitation at 12 AM.
L 74°H 87°
Little Creek, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    37%
    0.03″
    87°74°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Showers
    79%
    —
    82°72°-5°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    79%
    —
    77°70°-5°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    36%
    —
    78°68°+1°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    25%
    —
    89°67°+11°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Drizzle
    36%
    0.06″
    95°72°+6°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    34%
    —
    80°67°-15°
Little Creek, DE
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°70°80°90°12a6a12p6pnow 77°high 87°low 74°PRECIP %
Little Creek, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
280° · backing 7°
Direction
W
280°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
14
mph
Peak 24h
28
avg 6
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 · pk 28 @ 11:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 267SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 7° from the w.
Little Creek, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1014.4
+1.9 mb in 3h · rising · 29.96 inHg
Now
1014.4
mb
3h
+1.9
mb
12h
+0.1
mb
24h
+0.3
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-24hNOW1014.61010.71014.4
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing through the change line — drier air pushing in.
Little Creek, DE
Air quality
74
AQI
Moderate
↓-32 in 6h

AQI 74 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 32 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.7 µg/m³, PM10 to 10.4 µg/m³.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.7μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
8μg/m³
OzoneModerate
90μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 43. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~79%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 43
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 10

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 9.7 µg/m³, PM10 to 10.4 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
light
Recent rain
2h in last 6h
Pattern
washed out

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
Little Creek, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
32.4mi
UNLIMITED
112 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
04:12 UTC · Little Creek, 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
04:12 UTC · Little Creek, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Little Creek, DE
Satellite · infrared · animated
Little Creek, DE
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Little Creek, DE
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:09 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.
Little Creek, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:18 PM
Moonset
11:11 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Little Creek, DE
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Little Creek 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 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

15-Day Forecast — Little Creek

  1. Sun87°74°37%
  2. Mon82°72°79%
  3. Tue77°70°79%
  4. Wed78°68°36%
  5. Thu89°67°25%
  6. Fri95°72°36%
  7. Sat80°67°34%
  8. Sun80°69°17%
  9. Mon83°65°13%
  10. Tue87°64°13%
  11. Wed89°67°25%
  12. Thu86°68°29%
  13. Fri82°71°32%
  14. Sat88°73°33%
  15. Sun91°73°46%

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 — Little Creek

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

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWSLGTSlight Risk
  • 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 Little Creek

  • 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.