Weather stations · Conditions map

Delaware City, DE wind

Delaware City, DE is a land weather station near Bear in the Delaware Bay sailing area. Readings from NOAA NDBC.

Latest observation

Now 4 kn from SSE (160°), gusting 6 kn, 2026-11-04 00:30 UTC (Tuesday 3 Nov 19:30 America/New_York). Air 15°C. 1024 hPa.

The last 24 hours

24 h: mean 2 kn, 79 readings, gust 10 kn, peak mean 8 kn, mostly S (191°).

Recent readings

Position 39.582, -75.589; exposure coastal. Delaware City, DE is on the shore: it reads sea wind well, land wind less so.

Forecast against this station

Judged on the forecast published by 6 am the same morning, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Delaware City, DE: 2.0 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.9 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

Judged on the forecast published by 6 pm the evening before, over the last 7 days ECMWF IFS 0.25° has had the smallest wind-speed error at Delaware City, DE: 2.1 kn on average across 51 hourly comparisons, against 2.8 kn for HRRR 3 km (NOAA).

How forecasts are checked.

Conditions map · All stations · Weather models

Stations near Delaware City, DE