Slaughter Beach, Delaware Weather
Slaughter Beach, 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 Slaughter Beach, Sussex County.
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About Slaughter Beach, Delaware
Slaughter Beach lies low and wide along the Delaware Bay, a place where the land seems to sigh into the water. It lies 20.7 miles south-east of Dover, DE (from Dover, DE: bearing 145°T), and is situated 6.7 miles east of Milford. Salt-laced air, thick with the scent of marsh grass and distant brine, hangs heavy here, particularly in the languid afternoons of late summer. The landscape is a gentle embrace of flat, fertile earth that slopes imperceptibly towards the bay's shimmering expanse, a canvas of muted greens and ochres under a sky that stretches endlessly, punctuated by the occasional stoic silhouette of a lone osprey. The houses, many of them modest and weathered, seem to lean into the prevailing breezes, their porches offering quiet observation points for the slow procession of tides and the patient unfolding of the day. This quiet corner of Sussex County carries the weight of a history tied intrinsically to the water, its name a somber echo of past conflicts, a reminder of the bay's role as a thoroughfare and sometimes a battleground. For generations, the economy of Slaughter Beach has ebbed and flowed with the bounty of the Chesapeake, its livelihood once deeply rooted in oyster beds and fishing fleets that have largely given way to a more tranquil existence. Today, the rhythm of life here is dictated by the seasons and the steady hum of local commerce, a scattering of businesses catering to both the year-round residents and the seasonal visitors drawn to its unassuming charm. The bay itself remains the heart of Slaughter Beach, a constant presence that shapes the character of the place, its shallow waters teeming with life and its broad reach offering a silent, enduring beauty.
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| Location | Slaughter Beach, Sussex County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 38.91289°N, 75.30408°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19963 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Slaughter Beach, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Slaughter Beach, 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 Slaughter Beach includes coordinates 38.912890°N, 75.304080°W, situated in Sussex County. ZIP code 19963. 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.
