Dover Base Housing, Delaware Weather
Dover Base Housing, 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 Dover Base Housing, Kent County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Dover Base Housing. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Dover Base Housing is published on the Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base (KDOV) page, 0 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 Dover Base Housing 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 Dover Base Housing: Chandelle Airport (K0N4) 8 km · Delaware Airpark (K33N) 15 km · Millville Municipal Airport (KMIV) 43 km · Bucks Airport (K00N) 46 km · Summit Airport (KEVY) 49 km
Conditions reported at KDOV describe the airfield itself. Weather 0 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dover Base Housing specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Dover Base Housing, Delaware
Dover Base Housing unfolds across a gentle, sun-kissed landscape, where the cultivated fields of Kent County begin to yield to the subtle influence of the nearby coast. It lies 3.7 miles south-east of Dover, DE (from Dover, DE: bearing 125°T), and is situated 3.0 miles north-east of Rising Sun-Lebanon. The air here carries a faint, salty tang, a whisper from the Delaware Bay, even as the land itself is a tapestry of well-tended lawns and broad, straight avenues, designed for a community that thrives on order and efficiency. Towering pines stand sentinel, their needles catching the low-angled afternoon light, casting long, dancing shadows that stretch across the manicured grounds. The sky overhead is a vast, ever-changing canvas, often a pale, washed blue that deepens to a bruised purple at dusk, a quiet prelude to the star-strewn nights that blanket this corner of the Eastern Shore. This is a place shaped by its proximity to the air wing of the Delaware National Guard, a constant, humming presence that has woven itself into the very rhythm of life in Dover Base Housing. The economy here is intrinsically linked to the military installation, providing a stable anchor for families and a steady stream of personnel who contribute to the local character. Beyond the base, the broader history of Kent County whispers through the nearby farmlands, a legacy of agriculture that has sustained this region for centuries. While not a destination for grand historical monuments, Dover Base Housing offers a quiet glimpse into a modern American settlement, where the daily ebb and flow of service life creates a unique, close-knit atmosphere, a community built on shared purpose and the quiet dignity of everyday routine.
Live animated radar for Dover Base Housing 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 | Dover Base Housing, Kent County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 39.12773°N, 75.468435°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19902, 19901 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dover Base Housing, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dover Base Housing, 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 Dover Base Housing includes coordinates 39.127730°N, 75.468435°W, situated in Kent County. ZIP code 19902, 19901. 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.
