Dover Base Housing, Delaware Weather
Fireflies rise from the lawn. Day 76 of spring. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →
Dover Base Housing weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 3Clear——82°54°—
- ThursdayJun 4Overcast——86°56°+4°
- FridayJun 5Overcast——87°62°+1°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast——90°66°+3°
- SundayJun 7Light Showers40%0.01″81°66°-9°
- MondayJun 8Overcast20%—70°58°-11°
- TuesdayJun 9Partly Cloudy15%—78°55°+8°
Ozone at AQI 65 now. AQI up 43 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 16 by mid-afternoon.
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 65 now. With UV 0.2 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 16 by mid-afternoon.
- Present
- AQI 65
- UV peak
- 0.2 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 16
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
- 2:49 AM
- Moonset
- 12:02 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies rise from the lawn
Dover Base Housing at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 74°F — typical for the season
- Last frost: April 11 (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.