Bear, Delaware Weather
Bear, Delaware — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Bear, New Castle County.
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About Bear, Delaware
Bear unfolds across a gentle, rolling terrain, where the broad strokes of suburban development meet the softer textures of the Brandywine Creek watershed. It lies 6.1 miles south-east of Newark, DE (from Newark, DE: bearing 128°T), and is situated 9.4 miles east of Elkton. Fields that once stretched in unbroken green now yield to the ordered geometry of housing developments and commercial centers, yet pockets of woodland persist, their leafy canopies catching the diffused light of the mid-Atlantic sky. The air here often carries a humid sweetness, especially after a summer rain, a scent mingled with the distant hum of traffic and the occasional, unexpected call of a bird hidden in a mature oak. The land itself seems to breathe a quiet resilience, its undulations a subtle reminder of the forces that shaped it long before the first foundations were laid. The history of Bear is interwoven with the agricultural roots of New Castle County, a legacy evident in the enduring presence of farmsteads even as the landscape has transformed. This locality, once characterized by its fertile soil and the quiet industry of farming, has evolved into a vibrant hub for commerce and residential life. Major roadways, arteries of modern connection, now traverse lands that once knew only the slow passage of horse and cart. The economic pulse of Bear is now a dynamic blend of retail, service industries, and the quiet, persistent hum of residential neighborhoods, a testament to its adaptability and growth, drawing people to its accessible location and comfortable way of life.
Live animated radar for Bear and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Bear, New Castle County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 39.629279°N, 75.658263°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19701 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bear, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bear, Delaware, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Bear includes coordinates 39.629279°N, 75.658263°W, situated in New Castle County. ZIP code 19701. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
