Long Neck, Delaware Weather
Long Neck, 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 Long Neck, Sussex County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Long Neck. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Long Neck is published on the Delaware Coastal Airport (KGED) page, 20 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. 4 airfields within reach of Long Neck 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 Long Neck: Ocean City Municipal Airport (KOXB) 34 km · Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (KSBY) 44 km · Cape May County Airport (KWWD) 48 km
Conditions reported at KGED describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Long Neck specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Long Neck.
About Long Neck, Delaware
Long Neck unfolds as a peninsula, a slender finger of land reaching into the shimmering waters of Indian River Bay and Rehoboth Bay. It lies 30.2 miles north-east of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 53°T), and is situated 7.8 miles east-north-east of Millsboro. The terrain here is largely flat, a gentle exhalation of coastal plain, where marsh grasses rustle in the breeze and the air carries the briny tang of the Atlantic, though the ocean itself lies a breath away across the bays. Live oaks, their branches gnarled and draped with Spanish moss, offer pockets of shade, while the ubiquitous pines stand sentinel, their needles whispering secrets to the wind. The light at dusk here is a painterly affair, bleeding from soft oranges and purples into a deep, velvety indigo that pools over the water and silences the day. The history of Long Neck is inextricably bound to the bounty of its waters and the fertility of its soil. Once a region of sprawling farms and oyster beds, its economy has seen a significant shift, transforming into a popular destination for vacationers and retirees drawn by the promise of sun-drenched days and the proximity to the shore. The legacy of its agricultural past can still be glimpsed in the occasional weathered barn or the lingering scent of ploughed earth after a spring rain, but the dominant character now is one of leisure and recreation. Elaborate marina structures punctuate the coastline, their masts like a forest of white against the azure sky, and the constant hum of boat engines is a new kind of rhythm for Long Neck, a testament to its evolving identity.
Live animated radar for Long Neck 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 | Long Neck, Sussex County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 38.620112°N, 75.15074°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19966 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Long Neck, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Long Neck, 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 Long Neck includes coordinates 38.620112°N, 75.150740°W, situated in Sussex County. ZIP code 19966. 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.
