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Pike Creek, Delaware Weather

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

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

Pike Creek, DE
Saturday, July 4 at 10:10 PM
77
°
Overcast
Feels like
78°
Humidity
80%
Wind
16 mph
Sunrise
1:40 AM
Sunset
4:34 PM
Pike Creek, DE
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPike Creek, DE: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 74 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit with a 44% chance of precipitation at 9 PM.
L 74°H 90°
Pike Creek, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Drizzle
    43%
    0.06″
    99°76°—
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    54%
    4.0″
    90°72°-9°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Thunderstorm
    93%
    0.17″
    84°68°-6°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    86%
    —
    71°68°-13°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Overcast
    27%
    —
    77°66°+6°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    14%
    —
    89°66°+12°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    43%
    0.01″
    90°73°+1°
Pike Creek, DE
Next 24 hours · Mild now
HOT 90°70°82°94°6p12a6a12pnow 77°high 90°low 74°PRECIP %
Pike Creek, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
W
270° · backing 174°
Direction
W
270°
Sustained
16
mph
Gust
35
mph
Peak 24h
37
avg 6
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 6 · pk 37 @ 9:00p
010203040MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7B8-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 3513SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 16 mph with gusts pulsing to 35 — flags snap, branches bend.
Pike Creek, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1004.6
+3.1 mb in 3h · rising rapidly · 29.67 inHg
Now
1004.6
mb
3h
+3.1
mb
12h
-0.9
mb
24h
-0.5
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1000–1006
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1005.71000.21004.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing out of the rain band — clearing edging in.
Pike Creek, DE
Air quality
104
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
↑+12 in 6h

AQI 104 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by Ozone. AQI up 12 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise). Ozone at AQI 58. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~84%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

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

PM 2.5Good
7.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
8μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
112μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 58. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~84%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 58
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 7

PM × Wind × Precip

PM scrubbed by 2 hours of recent rain — PM2.5 down to 7.5 µg/m³, PM10 to 7.9 µg/m³.

PM2.5/PM10
0.95
Wind
breezy
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
Pike Creek, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
91%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
36.5mi
UNLIMITED
108 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
02:10 UTC · Pike 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
02:10 UTC · Pike Creek, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Pike Creek, DE
Satellite · infrared · animated
Pike Creek, DE
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Pike Creek, DE
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:08 AM
Sunrise
1:40 AM
Daylight
14h 54m
Sunset
4:34 PM
Civil dusk
9:07 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Pike Creek, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:19 PM
Moonset
11:12 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Pike Creek, DE
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Pike Creek at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 14 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Pike Creek

  1. Sat99°77°43%
  2. Sun90°72°54%
  3. Mon84°68°93%
  4. Tue71°68°86%
  5. Wed77°66°27%
  6. Thu89°66°14%
  7. Fri90°73°43%
  8. Sat85°65°37%
  9. Sun76°65°29%
  10. Mon84°61°23%
  11. Tue87°64°17%
  12. Wed84°66°27%
  13. Thu87°67°29%
  14. Fri89°67°26%
  15. Sat88°70°36%
  16. Sun93°73°42%

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 — Pike Creek

SPC has placed Pike 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 Pike Creek

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  • 19711

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.