Bethel, Delaware Weather
Bethel, Delaware — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Bethel, Sussex County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bethel. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bethel is published on the Delaware Coastal Airport (KGED) page, 26 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 Bethel 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 Bethel: Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (KSBY) 27 km · Cambridge Dorchester Airport (KCGE) 36 km · Easton Airport / Newnam Field (KESN) 47 km · Ridgely Airpark (KRJD) 49 km · Ocean City Municipal Airport (KOXB) 52 km
Conditions reported at KGED describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bethel specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bethel.
About Bethel, Delaware
Bethel rests in a quiet corner of Sussex County, Delaware, where the land begins to soften and spread towards the coast. It lies 14.5 miles north of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 356°T), and is situated 4.9 miles south of Seaford. The terrain here is a gentle, sun-drenched canvas of agricultural fields, their geometry a testament to generations of plowing and planting. Broad skies dominate, often painted with the bruised purples and fiery oranges of a late afternoon sun, casting long shadows that stretch across the flat, fertile earth. The air, even on a still day, carries a faint, sweet scent of ripening corn and damp soil, a perfume unique to this part of the Delmarva Peninsula. Scattered farmhouses, often white-washed or a faded clapboard, punctuate the landscape, their silhouettes softened by the haze of summer humidity. Bethel's history is deeply rooted in the agricultural bounty of this region, a story told in the weathered barns and the quiet persistence of its inhabitants. For decades, farming has been the lifeblood of Bethel, with soybeans and corn yielding their steady harvest, mirroring the slow, dependable rhythm of the seasons. The nearby waterways, though not grand rivers, have always offered a connection, a way for goods and ideas to flow, subtly shaping the character of this place. While no grand monuments mark its past, the very soil seems to hold the echoes of those who worked it, their lives woven into the enduring simplicity of Bethel.
Live animated radar for Bethel 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 | Bethel, Sussex County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 38.570671°N, 75.619372°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19901, 19931 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bethel, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bethel, 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 Bethel includes coordinates 38.570671°N, 75.619372°W, situated in Sussex County. ZIP code 19901, 19931. 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.
