Wilmington, DE Weather Forecast
New Castle County, Delaware
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Wilmington, 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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Wilmington, DE at a glance
Wilmington is home to about 71,675 people in New Castle County, across 11 square miles. It is the largest of 25 places in Delaware with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Elsmere, 3 miles away.
- County
- New Castle County
- Population
- 71,675 2023 est.
- Land area
- 11 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 6,579
- Forecast point
- 39.7357°N, 75.5321°W
How well can the network see Wilmington?
The nearest Doppler radar is KDIX (Philadelphia, PA), to the ENE. Its lowest scan passes about 4,700 ft above Wilmington. The beam is above the lowest few thousand feet here, so a warning for Wilmington can come before anything looks dramatic on radar.
The closest weather station is KILG (Wilmington/New Castle Arpt). Representative on most days, though a thunderstorm can hit one and miss the other.
Forecasts near Wilmington
- Elsmere, DE3 mi
- Penns Grove, NJ3 mi
- New Castle, DE5 mi
- Carneys Point, NJ5 mi
- Pennsville, NJ8 mi
- Bethel, PA8 mi
- Lower Chichester, PA8 mi
- Upper Chichester, PA9 mi
Elsewhere in Delaware
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