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Pike Creek Valley, Delaware Weather

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

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

Pike Creek Valley, DE
Saturday, July 4 at 6:02 PM
99
°
Clear
Feels like
100°
Humidity
32%
Wind
9 mph
Sunrise
1:40 AM
Sunset
4:34 PM
Pike Creek Valley, DE
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPike Creek Valley, DE: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 76 to 99 degrees Fahrenheit with a 26% chance of precipitation at 4 AM.
L 76°H 99°
Pike Creek Valley, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Overcast
    17%
    —
    99°78°—
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Heavy Rain
    49%
    5.0″
    90°72°-9°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Light Showers
    93%
    0.23″
    78°72°-12°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Showers
    87%
    0.01″
    81°68°+3°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Drizzle
    27%
    0.03″
    79°66°-2°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Overcast
    14%
    —
    89°67°+10°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    42%
    —
    89°71°0°
Pike Creek Valley, DE
Next 24 hours · Hot now
HOT 90°70°88°105°6p12a6a12pnow 99°high 99°low 76°PRECIP %
Pike Creek Valley, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
215° · veering 9°
Direction
SW
215°
Sustained
9
mph
Gust
14
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 @ 7:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 325SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 9° from the sw.
Pike Creek Valley, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1004.3
-2.0 mb in 3h · falling · 29.66 inHg
Now
1004.3
mb
3h
-2.0
mb
12h
-2.8
mb
24h
-2.0
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1004–1008
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1008.11004.31004.3
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure giving way — clouds thicken and rain edges closer.
Pike Creek Valley, DE
Air quality
111
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
↑+57 in 6h

AQI 111 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by Ozone. AQI up 57 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Ozone at AQI 104 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

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

PM 2.5Good
8.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
9μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy
141μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 104 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 104
UV peak
0.6 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 104

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 8.4 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.9 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
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
Pike Creek Valley, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
119.9mi
UNLIMITED
121 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
22:02 UTC · Pike Creek Valley, 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
22:02 UTC · Pike Creek Valley, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Pike Creek Valley, DE
Satellite · infrared · animated
Pike Creek Valley, DE
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Pike Creek Valley, 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 Valley, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
78% illuminated
Moonrise
10:56 PM
Moonset
10:06 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Pike Creek Valley, DE
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

plant
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Pike Creek Valley at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 27°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 Valley

  1. Sat99°78°17%
  2. Sun90°72°49%
  3. Mon78°72°93%
  4. Tue81°68°87%
  5. Wed79°66°27%
  6. Thu89°67°14%
  7. Fri89°71°42%
  8. Sat88°71°37%
  9. Sun83°68°29%
  10. Mon80°69°24%
  11. Tue86°67°17%
  12. Wed90°67°45%
  13. Thu90°70°41%
  14. Fri92°73°34%
  15. Sat94°71°34%
  16. Sun90°74°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 — Pike Creek Valley

SPC has placed Pike Creek Valley 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 Pike Creek Valley

  • 19808
  • 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.