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Selbyville, Delaware Weather

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

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

Selbyville, DE
Sunday, July 5 at 12:44 AM
82
°
Overcast
Feels like
81°
Humidity
43%
Wind
8 mph
Sunrise
1:42 AM
Sunset
4:28 PM
Selbyville, DE
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSelbyville, DE: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 75 to 89 degrees Fahrenheit with a 25% chance of precipitation at 12 AM.
L 75°H 89°
Selbyville, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Overcast
    25%
    —
    89°75°—
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Showers
    55%
    0.14″
    89°74°0°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Showers
    67%
    —
    82°70°-7°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    34%
    —
    74°67°-8°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    15%
    —
    87°65°+13°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    31%
    —
    96°73°+9°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    28%
    0.01″
    80°69°-16°
Selbyville, DE
Next 24 hours · Warm now
HOT 90°72°82°92°12a6a12p6pnow 83°high 89°low 75°PRECIP %
Selbyville, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WNW
299° · veering 56°
Direction
WNW
299°
Sustained
8
mph
Gust
15
mph
Peak 24h
37
avg 9
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 9 · pk 37 @ 11:00p
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2410SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 56° from the wnw.
Selbyville, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1010.5
+0.3 mb in 3h · steady · 29.84 inHg
Now
1010.5
mb
3h
+0.3
mb
12h
-1.7
mb
24h
-1.7
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1009–1012
1000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1012.01008.91010.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Selbyville, DE
Air quality
99
AQI
Moderate
↓-43 in 6h

AQI 99 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI down 43 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. PM2.5 at 13.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 15.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERModerate
13.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
16μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneUnhealthy SG
106μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 50. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 50
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 11

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 13.5 µg/m³, PM10 at 15.7 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.86
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 TREND50100SUNMONTUEWEDTHUFRISATSUN7-DAY PM2.5 TREND · μg/m³300
Selbyville, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
82.4mi
UNLIMITED
101 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
04:44 UTC · Selbyville, 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
04:44 UTC · Selbyville, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Selbyville, DE
Satellite · infrared · animated
Selbyville, DE
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Selbyville, DE
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:11 AM
Sunrise
1:42 AM
Daylight
14h 46m
Sunset
4:28 PM
Civil dusk
9:01 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Selbyville, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
76% illuminated
Moonrise
11:17 PM
Moonset
11:11 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Selbyville, DE
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Selbyville at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 9°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 7 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

ZIP code: 19975

15-Day Forecast — Selbyville

  1. Sun89°75°25%
  2. Mon89°74°55%
  3. Tue82°70°67%
  4. Wed74°67°34%
  5. Thu87°65°15%
  6. Fri96°73°31%
  7. Sat80°69°28%
  8. Sun77°68°20%
  9. Mon79°64°15%
  10. Tue82°63°12%
  11. Wed89°67°27%
  12. Thu85°70°25%
  13. Fri83°70°29%
  14. Sat85°72°38%
  15. Sun93°71°47%

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 — Selbyville

SPC has placed Selbyville 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 Selbyville

  • 19975

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.