Elsmere, Delaware Weather
Elsmere, 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 Elsmere, New Castle County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Elsmere. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Elsmere is published on the Wilmington Airport (KILG) page, 7 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 Elsmere 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 Elsmere: New Garden Airport (KN57) 18 km · Summit Airport (KEVY) 26 km · Brandywine Regional Airport (KOQN) 28 km · Cecil County Airport (K58M) 30 km · Philadelphia International Airport (KPHL) 34 km
Conditions reported at KILG describe the airfield itself. Weather 7 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Elsmere specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Elsmere, Delaware
Elsmere rests on a gentle slope, a place where the humid air of the Delaware Valley begins to soften its edge, hinting at the nearby Brandywine. It lies 2.8 miles west of Wilmington, DE (from Wilmington, DE: bearing 260°T), and is situated 8.9 miles east-north-east of Newark. The landscape here is a quiet green, a patchwork of well-tended lawns and mature trees that cast long shadows in the late afternoon sun. Streets wind with a comfortable familiarity, lined with houses that speak of decades of quiet living, their porches offering a glimpse into the lives unfolding within. It’s a tableau of suburban calm, punctuated by the occasional cheerful bark of a dog or the distant rumble of traffic on a more traveled road, a gentle hum beneath the surface of everyday life. Historically, Elsmere grew from the agricultural roots of New Castle County, its development spurred by the burgeoning industries of Wilmington and the rise of the automobile, which allowed people to live a little further out while still accessing opportunity. The local economy, once tied to farming and then to manufacturing that serviced the larger city, has evolved into a blend of retail, service industries, and residents commuting to surrounding economic hubs. What distinguishes Elsmere is its enduring sense of neighborhood, a feeling fostered by its accessible parks and the unpretentious charm of its main thoroughfares, where local businesses still hold a quiet sway, a testament to the enduring human need for a grounded place.
Live animated radar for Elsmere 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 | Elsmere, New Castle County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 39.73928°N, 75.597981°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19805, 19804 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Elsmere, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Elsmere, 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 Elsmere includes coordinates 39.739280°N, 75.597981°W, situated in New Castle County. ZIP code 19805, 19804. 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.
