Kent Acres, Delaware Weather
Kent Acres, 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 Kent Acres, Kent County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Kent Acres. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Kent Acres is published on the Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base (KDOV) page, 5 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 Kent Acres 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 Kent Acres: Chandelle Airport (K0N4) 8 km · Delaware Airpark (K33N) 12 km · Summit Airport (KEVY) 46 km · Millville Municipal Airport (KMIV) 47 km · Bucks Airport (K00N) 48 km
Conditions reported at KDOV describe the airfield itself. Weather 5 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Kent Acres specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Kent Acres, Delaware
Kent Acres unfolds across a landscape shaped by the gentle slope towards the Delaware Bay, a subtle descent that guides the eye and the water. It lies 1.8 miles south of Dover, DE (from Dover, DE: bearing 181°T), and is situated 2.2 miles north-north-west of Rising Sun-Lebanon. Here, the land is a patchwork of fertile fields, their emerald and gold hues shifting with the seasons, interspersed with stands of mature oak and pine that offer a dappled shade in the humid summer air. Roads, often lined with the quiet dignity of aging maple trees, meander between these cultivated expanses, leading to homes that range from the modest to the more substantial, each possessing a certain rootedness. The air itself carries a faint, salubrious tang, a whisper of the nearby coast, and the distant hum of life is often punctuated by the calls of unseen birds and the rustle of wind through the leaves. Historically, Kent Acres has been a place where the cycles of agriculture have long dictated the rhythm of life, its fertile soil yielding crops that have sustained generations. The local economy remains deeply connected to this agrarian heritage, with farms still producing corn, soybeans, and various fruits, their bounty often finding its way to regional markets. Beyond the fields, the proximity to the Delaware Bay has also fostered a connection to the water, though the immediate locale of Kent Acres itself is more characterized by its inland agricultural plains than direct waterfront access. This particular corner of Kent County, Delaware, embodies a quiet persistence, a place where the enduring strength of the land and the steady work of its inhabitants have shaped a character of understated resilience and a deep appreciation for the natural world.
Live animated radar for Kent Acres 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 | Kent Acres, Kent County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 39.131779°N, 75.524924°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19901 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Kent Acres, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Kent Acres, 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 Kent Acres includes coordinates 39.131779°N, 75.524924°W, situated in Kent County. ZIP code 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.
