Dover, DE Weather Forecast
Kent County, Delaware
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Dover, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Dover, DE at a glance
Dover is home to about 39,894 people in Kent County, across 24 square miles. It ranks 2nd by population of 25 places in Delaware with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Camden, 5 miles away.
- County
- Kent County
- Population
- 39,894 2023 est.
- Land area
- 24 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 1,675
- Forecast point
- 39.1606°N, 75.5217°W
How well can the network see Dover?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDOX (Dover AFB, DE), to the S. Its lowest scan passes about 1,400 ft above Dover. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Dover show up clearly. Dover is closer to its radar than 80% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KDOV (Dover AFB). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Dover
- Camden, DE5 mi
- Cheswold, DE5 mi
- Clayton, DE10 mi
- Smyrna, DE10 mi
- Harrington, DE17 mi
- Milford, DE18 mi
- Townsend, DE19 mi
- Fairfield, NJ21 mi
Elsewhere in Delaware
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