Dewey Beach, Delaware Weather
Dewey Beach, 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 Dewey Beach, Sussex County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Dewey Beach. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Dewey Beach is published on the Delaware Coastal Airport (KGED) page, 25 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. 5 airfields within reach of Dewey Beach 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 Dewey Beach: Cape May County Airport (KWWD) 38 km · Ocean City Municipal Airport (KOXB) 43 km · Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (KSBY) 54 km · Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base (KDOV) 59 km
Conditions reported at KGED describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dewey Beach specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dewey Beach.
About Dewey Beach, Delaware
Dewey Beach unfolds as a slender ribbon of sand and sea, a place where the Atlantic Ocean whispers its secrets to the placid waters of Rehoboth Bay. It lies 36.5 miles north-east of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 51°T), and is situated 6.6 miles south-south-east of Lewes. The air here carries the briny tang of salt and the faint, sweet perfume of dune grasses, a perpetual offering from the encroaching sea. Long, wide stretches of fine, pale sand invite the bare foot, giving way to the gentle, insistent rhythm of the surf, a ceaseless conversation between water and shore. Behind the dunes, a vibrant, almost defiant, collection of colorful beach houses and low-slung establishments huddles against the elements, their painted facades a cheerful defiance of the wind and sun. The light at dusk, a soft wash of rose and gold, often paints the sky in hues that seem to linger, as if reluctant to yield to the encroaching night. This sliver of Delaware coast, known historically for its quiet allure, has evolved into a destination that hums with a distinct summer energy. Its economy, once more reliant on the quiet fishing boats that plied the bay, now thrives on the seasonal influx of visitors drawn by the promise of sun-drenched days and lively evenings. The narrow streets, often thronged with vacationers, buzz with the sounds of laughter and the distant strains of music emanating from beach bars and casual eateries. Dewey Beach’s character is one of accessible, unpretentious seaside enjoyment, a place that feels both enduringly familiar and perpetually refreshed by the ocean's ebb and flow.
Live animated radar for Dewey Beach 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 | Dewey Beach, Sussex County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 38.69289°N, 75.074625°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19971 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dewey Beach, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dewey Beach, 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 Dewey Beach includes coordinates 38.692890°N, 75.074625°W, situated in Sussex County. ZIP code 19971. 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.
