Townsend, DE Weather Forecast
New Castle County, Delaware
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Townsend, 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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Townsend, DE at a glance
Townsend is home to about 2,832 people in New Castle County, across 1.1 square miles. It ranks 20th by population of 25 places in Delaware with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Middletown, 3 miles away.
- County
- New Castle County
- Population
- 2,832 2023 est.
- Land area
- 1.1 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 2,672
- Forecast point
- 39.4048°N, 75.6991°W
How well can the network see Townsend?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDOX (Dover AFB, DE), to the SSE. Its lowest scan passes about 2,800 ft above Townsend. Close enough to see rotation in the low part of a storm, where tornadoes form. Townsend is closer to its radar than 53% of US cities.
The closest weather station is K33N (Dover/Cheswold Arpk). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Townsend
- Middletown, DE3 mi
- Smyrna, DE9 mi
- Clayton, DE10 mi
- Delaware City, DE13 mi
- Cheswold, DE14 mi
- Elkton, MD15 mi
- Salem, NJ17 mi
- Quinton, NJ18 mi
Elsewhere in Delaware
WilmingtonDoverNewarkMiddletownMilfordSmyrnaAll Delaware forecasts →