Brookside, Delaware Weather
Fireflies rise from the lawn. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Brookside weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 3Partly Cloudy——83°55°—
- ThursdayJun 4Overcast——89°56°+6°
- FridayJun 5Overcast——87°63°-2°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast12%—90°66°+3°
- SundayJun 7Light Showers31%—84°67°-6°
- MondayJun 8Overcast30%—78°59°-6°
- TuesdayJun 9Partly Cloudy16%—80°55°+2°
Ozone at AQI 76 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). Levels should ease through evening.
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 76 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.
- Present
- AQI 76
- UV peak
- 5.5 at earlier today
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 76
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 5.3 µg/m³ (AQI 29) with a 0.78 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.78
- Wind
- light
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
- Moonrise
- 2:51 AM
- Moonset
- 12:01 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies rise from the lawn
Brookside at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 7°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 14 (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 3, 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.