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Middletown, Delaware Weather

Cicadas claim the afternoon. Day 14 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

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

Middletown, DE
Saturday, July 4 at 7:03 PM
97
°
Clear
Feels like
99°
Humidity
35%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
1:41 AM
Sunset
4:33 PM
Middletown, DE
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMiddletown, DE: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 76 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit with a 27% chance of precipitation at 12 AM.
L 76°H 97°
Middletown, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Light Drizzle
    19%
    —
    99°79°—
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Showers
    42%
    0.07″
    90°75°-9°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    85%
    0.15″
    83°73°-7°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Drizzle
    85%
    —
    86°70°+3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Showers
    27%
    —
    79°66°-7°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    13%
    —
    90°67°+11°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Overcast
    38%
    —
    92°71°+2°
Middletown, DE
Next 24 hours · Hot now
HOT 90°72°87°102°6p12a6a12pnow 97°high 97°low 76°PRECIP %
Middletown, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSW
210° · backing 27°
Direction
SSW
210°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
11
mph
Peak 24h
19
avg 5
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 5 · pk 19 @ 8:00p
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 429SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 27° from the ssw.
Middletown, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1008.7
-1.3 mb in 3h · falling · 29.79 inHg
Now
1008.7
mb
3h
-1.3
mb
12h
-3.3
mb
24h
-2.1
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1008–1013
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1012.51008.31008.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Middletown, DE
Air quality
115
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
↑+62 in 6h

AQI 115 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by Ozone. AQI up 62 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 100. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

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

PM 2.5Good
6.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
4μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
137μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.4

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

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

Present
AQI 100
UV peak
0.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 12

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 6.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.97
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 TREND50100SATSUNMONTUEWEDTHUFRISAT7-DAY PM2.5 TREND · μg/m³320
Middletown, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
115.6mi
UNLIMITED
122 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
23:03 UTC · Middletown, 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
23:03 UTC · Middletown, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Middletown, DE
Satellite · infrared · animated
Middletown, DE
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Middletown, DE
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
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 52m
Sunset
4:33 PM
Civil dusk
9:06 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Middletown, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
10:55 PM
Moonset
10:07 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Middletown, DE
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Middletown at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 25°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 13 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 19709

16-Day Forecast — Middletown

  1. Sat99°79°19%
  2. Sun90°75°42%
  3. Mon83°73°85%
  4. Tue86°70°85%
  5. Wed79°66°27%
  6. Thu90°67°13%
  7. Fri92°71°38%
  8. Sat91°72°37%
  9. Sun83°67°27%
  10. Mon78°69°21%
  11. Tue87°66°18%
  12. Wed91°65°45%
  13. Thu92°70°41%
  14. Fri93°73°34%
  15. Sat94°71°34%
  16. Sun92°71°45%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 4, 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 — Middletown

SPC has placed Middletown in the Enhanced Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYENHEnhanced Risk
  • TOMORROWSLGTSlight Risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Numerous severe storms likely. Tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts possible across the area. Track NWS warnings if storms develop.

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 Middletown

  • 19709

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.