Pike Creek, Delaware Weather
Pike Creek, 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 Pike Creek, New Castle County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Pike Creek. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Pike Creek is published on the Wilmington Airport (KILG) page, 10 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 Pike Creek 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 Pike Creek: New Garden Airport (KN57) 12 km · Cecil County Airport (K58M) 22 km · Summit Airport (KEVY) 24 km · Brandywine Regional Airport (KOQN) 31 km · Chester County G O Carlson Airport (KMQS) 31 km
Conditions reported at KILG describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pike Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Pike Creek, Delaware
Pike Creek winds its way through a landscape of gentle slopes and verdant hollows, a place where the air often carries the faint, earthy scent of damp soil and mature trees. It lies 4.1 miles north-east of Newark, DE (from Newark, DE: bearing 37°T), and is situated 8.4 miles west of Wilmington. The terrain here is characterized by a pleasing undulation, not dramatic, but enough to give a sense of depth and contour to the rolling hills that cradle the creek. Along its banks, ancient oaks and maples stand sentinel, their branches reaching skyward like gnarled fingers, casting dappled shadows that shift with the slow passage of the sun. This is a place where the rhythm of the seasons feels palpable, from the explosive green of spring to the fiery hues of autumn, each transformation a quiet declaration of nature's enduring artistry. The history of Pike Creek is intricately tied to the agricultural endeavors that once defined this region, with remnants of old farmsteads occasionally surfacing amidst the more modern developments. The local economy has evolved, now blending suburban residential areas with pockets of commercial activity, including the significant presence of the University of Delaware, which imbues the area with a vibrant academic energy and a youthful influx. The Brandywine Creek watershed, of which Pike Creek is a part, has long been a source of both sustenance and inspiration, its waters once powering mills and now offering tranquil spaces for recreation. This locality, often perceived as a quiet suburban expanse, holds within it a deeper narrative of land use, community growth, and the persistent, subtle flow of history, much like the creek itself.
Live animated radar for Pike Creek 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 | Pike Creek, New Castle County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 39.730945°N, 75.704099°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19711, 19808 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pike Creek, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pike Creek, 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 Pike Creek includes coordinates 39.730945°N, 75.704099°W, situated in New Castle County. ZIP code 19711, 19808. 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.
