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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 2:15 AM
77
°
Overcast
Feels like
83°
Humidity
80%
Wind
5 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 39% chance of precipitation at 9 PM.
L 74°H 87°
Little Creek, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Drizzle
    39%
    0.03″
    87°75°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Showers
    79%
    —
    82°72°-5°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Showers
    79%
    0.04″
    77°70°-5°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    36%
    —
    74°69°-3°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    25%
    —
    80°67°+6°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    36%
    —
    85°72°+5°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Overcast
    34%
    —
    80°69°-5°
Little Creek, DE
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°72°81°90°12a6a12p6pnow 77°high 87°low 74°PRECIP %
Little Creek, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
338° · veering 60°
Direction
NNW
338°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
20
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 20 @ 1:00a
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2614SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 60° from the nnw.
Little Creek, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1011.9
-3.1 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 29.88 inHg
Now
1011.9
mb
3h
-3.1
mb
12h
-1.2
mb
24h
-2.0
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-24hNOW1015.11010.71012.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure slipping through the change line — wetter air on the way.
Little Creek, DE
Air quality
52
AQI
Moderate
↓-51 in 6h

AQI 52 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 51 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 10.4 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 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 2.5DRIVERGood
10.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
10μg/m³
OzoneModerate
77μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 36 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 11 around 1 PM.

Present
AQI 36
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
partly cloudy
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.4 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.93 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
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
Little Creek, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
36.7mi
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
06:15 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
06:15 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
5:10 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.
Little Creek, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
75% 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°75°39%
  2. Mon82°72°79%
  3. Tue77°70°79%
  4. Wed74°69°36%
  5. Thu80°67°25%
  6. Fri85°72°36%
  7. Sat80°69°34%
  8. Sun78°70°17%
  9. Mon78°72°13%
  10. Tue78°69°13%
  11. Wed79°68°25%
  12. Thu88°70°29%
  13. Fri86°72°32%
  14. Sat84°70°33%
  15. Sun85°71°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
  • 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 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.