Townsend, Delaware Weather
Townsend, 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 Townsend, New Castle County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Townsend. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Townsend is published on the Summit Airport (KEVY) page, 14 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 Townsend 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 Townsend: Delaware Airpark (K33N) 21 km · Cecil County Airport (K58M) 25 km · Chandelle Airport (K0N4) 28 km · Wilmington Airport (KILG) 32 km · Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base (KDOV) 35 km
Conditions reported at KEVY describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Townsend specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Townsend, Delaware
Townsend rests within the gentle, rolling landscape of Delaware's coastal plain, a place where the land slopes imperceptibly towards the Chesapeake Bay. It lies 18.4 miles south-east of Cecil, MD (from Cecil, MD: bearing 132°T), and is situated 4.0 miles south-south-east of Middletown. Here, the sky often hangs vast and pale, punctuated by the slow drift of cumulus clouds, while the air carries a persistent, earthy scent of turned soil and distant salt marsh. The terrain itself is a study in subtle gradients, a mosaic of cultivated fields that stretch to the horizon, broken by stands of mature deciduous trees and the occasional meandering creek that glints like a silver thread under the sun. The roads, mostly straight and unpretentious, offer long vistas, inviting the eye to follow the curve of the earth, and the silence here is not an absence of sound, but a quiet presence, filled with the rustle of leaves and the distant call of unseen birds. The history of Townsend is intrinsically tied to the fertile ground and the agricultural bounty it has long provided. This land, once part of the vast estates of colonial proprietors, has been shaped by generations of farmers who coaxed sustenance from its soil, their labours evident in the orderly rows of corn and soybeans that still dominate the local economy. While the rhythms of farming remain, the broader landscape hints at a past interwoven with the development of transportation, with the nearby railway lines once vital arteries for shipping produce and goods to wider markets. Today, Townsend retains a sense of quiet continuity, a place where the old ways still hold sway, and the passage of time is marked not by grand monuments, but by the turning of the seasons and the enduring character of its people, who carry the legacy of this productive corner of Delaware with a quiet pride.
Live animated radar for Townsend 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 | Townsend, New Castle County, Delaware |
| Coordinates | 39.395112°N, 75.691597°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 19734 |
| Area Code | 302 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Townsend, Delaware Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Townsend, 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 Townsend includes coordinates 39.395112°N, 75.691597°W, situated in New Castle County. ZIP code 19734. 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.
