Houston, Delaware Weather
Houston, 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, soil and crop conditions for Houston, Sussex County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Houston.
About Houston, Delaware
Houston, Delaware, exhales a quiet breath across the flat, fertile plains. It lies 29.8 miles south-south-east of Dover, DE (from Dover, DE: bearing 149°T), and is situated 3.8 miles east of Milton. The land here is a gentle, almost imperceptible swell, as if the earth itself is sighing under the weight of its own abundance. Fields of soybeans and corn stretch out like rumpled blankets, their greens and golds shifting with the breeze, broken only by the occasional dark, stoic line of trees marking a property boundary or a forgotten drainage ditch. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a faint, sweet scent of tilled soil and ripening grain, a perfume that clings to everything. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-hazy sky, washes over the landscape with a pale, buttery luminescence, softening the edges of barns and farmhouses, making even the most utilitarian structures seem imbued with a sort of placid grace. The history of Houston is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring rhythms of agriculture and the quiet persistence of its people. This land, once part of the broader agricultural landscape of Southern Delaware, has seen generations of families work its soil, coaxing sustenance from its rich loam. The local economy, though diversifying, still finds its roots firmly planted in the earth, with farming remaining a significant presence. For a long time, the railroad was a lifeline, carrying the produce of these fields to distant markets, and though its rumble might be fainter now, the spirit of connection and commerce persists. Life in Houston moves at a pace dictated by the seasons and the needs of the land, a steady beat that feels both timeless and deeply reassuring, a quiet hum beneath the broad expanse of the Delaware sky.
Live animated radar for Houston 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.
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| Location | Houston, Sussex County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 38.787612°N, 75.240466°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19968, 19954 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Houston, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Houston, 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 Houston includes coordinates 38.787612°N, 75.240466°W, situated in Sussex County. ZIP code 19968, 19954. 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.
