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Every forecast in the First State,
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Official National Weather Service forecasts, nor'easters and coastal flooding, the rain-snow line, rip currents and severe storms — for all three Delaware counties, from the Brandywine and I-95 at Wilmington down the peninsula to Dover, Georgetown and Fenwick Island.

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Delaware Interstates Shields Major Cities
3
Counties
1.03M
People
60 ft
Mean Elevation
Oct–Apr
Nor'easter Season

Delaware Right Now

Services · Live conditions

Live Satellite & Radar

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Regions of Delaware

Guide · 3 zones
Zone 1 · I-95
Wilmington & New Castle
Wilmington · Newark · Middletown
Zone 2 · DE-1
Dover & Kent
Dover · Smyrna · Milford
Zone 3 · DE-1
The Beaches & Sussex
Lewes · Rehoboth Beach · Georgetown

The Delaware Weather Story

Alerts & Climate
Services · Oct–Apr
Nor'easters & Coastal Flooding Soon
The storms that come up the coast, the water they push into the Delaware Bay and the inland bays, and the tide gauges that decide when Route 1 closes.
Route Shield · Jun–Aug
Severe & Tornadoes Live
Summer squall lines off the Piedmont, the sea-breeze collisions that fire over Kent, and every watch and warning the Storm Prediction Center has out right now.
Services · Dec–Mar
Snow & the Rain-Snow Line
The line that decides Delaware's winters usually falls between Smyrna and Harrington — a foot at Wilmington, rain at Georgetown, in the same storm.
Recreation · May–Sep
Beaches & Rip Currents Soon
Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island — surf, rip current risk, water temperature and the days the flags go up.
Recreation
Heat & Humidity
Mid-Atlantic humidity, the heat that matters most to the poultry houses in Sussex, and the urban heat island along I-95.
Guide
Climate & Records
Normals, records and long-term trends for all three counties — and the sea level record at Lewes, one of the longest on the East Coast.

Weather Along the Interstates

Guide · Drive smart
Interstate
I-95
Maryland line → Newark → Wilmington → Pennsylvania
Interstate
I-495
the Wilmington river bypass
Interstate
I-295
Wilmington → the Delaware Memorial Bridge → New Jersey