Ardentown, Delaware Weather
Ardentown, Delaware — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Ardentown, New Castle County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Ardentown. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Ardentown is published on the Wilmington Airport (KILG) page, 18 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Ardentown have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Ardentown: Philadelphia International Airport (KPHL) 22 km · Brandywine Regional Airport (KOQN) 22 km · New Garden Airport (KN57) 25 km · Chester County G O Carlson Airport (KMQS) 38 km · Summit Airport (KEVY) 38 km
Conditions reported at KILG describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Ardentown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Ardentown, Delaware
Ardentown lies in a gentle dip of the land, where the rolling hills of Delaware begin their slow descent towards the broader plains. It lies 5.5 miles north-east of Wilmington, DE (from Wilmington, DE: bearing 38°T), and is situated 7.3 miles west-south-west of Chester. The air here often carries the scent of pine and damp earth, especially after a rain, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy of mature oaks and maples, casts a dappled, almost watery light onto the quiet streets. It is a place where the houses, many of them modest and well-tended, seem to settle into the landscape rather than impose upon it, their yards blooming with a riot of azaleas and dogwoods in the spring. The general feeling is one of quiet persistence, a community that has weathered seasons and changes without losing its fundamental character, a character marked by the hushed rustle of leaves and the distant, almost forgotten hum of traffic from the larger arteries beyond its borders. The history of Ardentown is intertwined with the industrial ebb and flow of the Brandywine Valley, a region long defined by its mills and manufacturing. While much of that heavy industry has receded, leaving behind only faint echoes in the landscape, the spirit of industry, transformed into a more localized, community-focused endeavor, still informs Ardentown. The local economy now leans towards service industries and the quiet hum of small businesses, many of which are deeply rooted in the area’s long-standing traditions of skilled craftsmanship. A notable feature of Ardentown is its enduring commitment to its green spaces, with several pocket parks and tree-lined avenues that speak to a conscious effort to preserve a sense of natural beauty within the residential fabric, a constant reminder of the land’s enduring power.
Live animated radar for Ardentown and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Ardentown, New Castle County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 39.808446°N, 75.482975°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19810 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Ardentown, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Ardentown, Delaware, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Ardentown includes coordinates 39.808446°N, 75.482975°W, situated in New Castle County. ZIP code 19810. Telephone area code: 302. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
