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Slaughter Beach, Delaware Weather

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

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

Slaughter Beach, DE
Saturday, July 4 at 9:39 PM
74
°
Heavy Showers
Feels like
62°
Humidity
65%
Wind
39 mph
Sunrise
1:41 AM
Sunset
4:30 PM
Slaughter Beach, DE
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSlaughter Beach, DE: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 75 to 89 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 75°H 89°
Slaughter Beach, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 4
    Heavy Rain
    19%
    0.48″
    97°76°—
  2. Sunday
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    17%
    —
    88°75°-9°
  3. Monday
    Jul 6
    Showers
    78%
    0.06″
    82°73°-6°
  4. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    78%
    0.01″
    77°71°-5°
  5. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Light Drizzle
    37%
    —
    76°68°-1°
  6. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    12%
    —
    91°66°+15°
  7. Friday
    Jul 10
    Light Drizzle
    36%
    0.02″
    99°72°+8°
Slaughter Beach, DE
Next 24 hours · Warm now
HOT 90°72°82°92°6p12a6a12pnow 89°high 89°low 75°PRECIP %
Slaughter Beach, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
WSW
241° · backing 20°
Direction
WSW
241°
Sustained
39
mph
Gust
61
mph
Peak 24h
61
avg 7
Beaufort · 8 · NEAR GALE
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 7 · pk 61
0102030MPHB1B2B3B4B5B6B7-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 2913SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Sustained 39 mph with gusts pulsing to 61 — flags snap, branches bend.
Slaughter Beach, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1013.3
+1.5 mb in 3h · rising · 29.92 inHg
Now
1013.3
mb
3h
+1.5
mb
12h
-1.7
mb
24h
-1.5
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 1010–1015
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1014.71010.31013.0
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure climbing through the change line — drier air pushing in.
Slaughter Beach, DE
Air quality
134
AQI
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups
↓-8 in 6h

AQI 134 (Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups), driven by Ozone. AQI down 8 over the last 6 hours (gradual decline). Ozone at AQI 53. 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
9.1μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
5μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
109μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 53. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~100%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 53
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 6

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.1 µg/m³, PM10 at 9.9 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.92
Wind
windy
Recent rain
1h 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
Slaughter Beach, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
100%
OVERCAST
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Visibility
2.4mi
MIST/HAZE
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
01:39 UTC · Slaughter Beach, 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
01:39 UTC · Slaughter Beach, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Slaughter Beach, DE
Satellite · infrared · animated
Slaughter Beach, DE
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Slaughter Beach, DE
Almanac · Saturday, July 4
If the first of July be rainy weather, 'twill rain more or less for four weeks together.
Civil dawn
5:10 AM
Sunrise
1:41 AM
Daylight
14h 49m
Sunset
4:30 PM
Civil dusk
9:03 PM
Planting note
Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.
Slaughter Beach, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
77% illuminated
Moonrise
11:17 PM
Moonset
11:11 AM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Slaughter Beach, DE
Microseason
Jul 1–5

Cicadas claim the afternoon

fish
Jan 151% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Slaughter Beach at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 74°F — typical for the season
  • Last frost: April 9 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest early potatoes. Begin drying onions on the surface.

16-Day Forecast — Slaughter Beach

  1. Sat97°80°19%
  2. Sun88°75°17%
  3. Mon82°73°78%
  4. Tue77°71°78%
  5. Wed76°68°37%
  6. Thu91°66°12%
  7. Fri99°72°36%
  8. Sat80°69°36%
  9. Sun79°69°22%
  10. Mon82°66°17%
  11. Tue86°64°16%
  12. Wed92°67°42%
  13. Thu83°69°39%
  14. Fri82°71°35%
  15. Sat88°73°33%
  16. Sun94°72°43%

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 — Slaughter Beach

SPC has placed Slaughter Beach 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 Slaughter Beach

  • 19963

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.