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Ardencroft, Delaware Weather

Fireflies rise from the lawn. Day 77 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Ardencroft weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Ardencroft, DE
Thursday, June 4 at 2:22 AM
68
°
Clear
Feels like
65°
Humidity
48%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:34 AM
Sunset
8:25 PM
Ardencroft, DE
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastArdencroft, DE: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 61 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 61°H 88°
Ardencroft, DE
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Partly Cloudy
    82°58°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    88°61°+6°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    92°66°+4°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    12%
    89°65°-3°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    37%
    83°65°-6°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    22%
    75°58°-8°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    14%
    82°54°+7°
Ardencroft, DE
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
191° · backing 140°
Direction
S
191°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
18
avg 7
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 7 · pk 18 @ 4:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 166SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze backing 140° from the s.
Ardencroft, DE
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1011.3
-0.5 mb in 3h · steady · 29.86 inHg
Now
1011.3
mb
3h
-0.5
mb
12h
-1.4
mb
24h
+0.1
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10111015
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1015.01011.01012.6
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Air sits at the threshold — small shifts decide the day.
Ardencroft, DE
Air quality
50
AQI
Moderate
+4 in 6h

PM2.5 at 9.4 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.96 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points).

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
9.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
10μg/m³
NO₂Good
21μg/m³
OzoneModerate
84μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 40 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 10 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 40
UV peak
0.0 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 10

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 9.4 µg/m³ (AQI 52) with a 0.96 fine-to-coarse ratio and 6 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.96
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Ardencroft, DE
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
88.3mi
UNLIMITED
144 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
02:22 UTC ·Ardencroft, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
02:22 UTC ·Ardencroft, DE · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Ardencroft, DE
Satellite · infrared · animated
Ardencroft, DE
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Ardencroft, DE
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:04 AM
Sunrise
5:34 AM
Daylight
14h 51m
Sunset
8:25 PM
Civil dusk
12:58 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Ardencroft, DE
The moon
Waning Gibbous
88% illuminated
Moonrise
3:29 AM
Moonset
1:02 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Ardencroft, DE
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Ardencroft at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 7°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Ardencroft

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.