Lewes, DE Weather Forecast
Sussex County, Delaware
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Lewes, 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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Lewes, DE at a glance
Lewes is home to about 3,604 people in Sussex County, across 4.2 square miles. It ranks 17th by population of 25 places in Delaware with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Milton, 9 miles away.
- County
- Sussex County
- Population
- 3,604 2023 est.
- Land area
- 4.2 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 860
- Forecast point
- 38.7786°N, 75.1437°W
How well can the network see Lewes?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDOX (Dover AFB, DE), to the WNW. Its lowest scan passes about 880 ft above Lewes. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Lewes show up clearly. Lewes is closer to its radar than 89% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KGED (Georgetown/Sussex Cnty). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Lewes
- Milton, DE9 mi
- Georgetown, DE15 mi
- Millsboro, DE16 mi
- Millville, DE17 mi
- Cape May, NJ17 mi
- Ocean View, DE18 mi
- Milford, DE18 mi
- Lower, NJ19 mi
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