Pike Creek Valley, Delaware Weather
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Pike Creek Valley weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 4Overcast——89°58°—
- FridayJun 5Overcast——92°64°+3°
- SaturdayJun 6Overcast29%—87°66°-5°
- SundayJun 7Light Showers30%—83°65°-4°
- MondayJun 8Overcast——76°60°-7°
- TuesdayJun 9Partly Cloudy——80°55°+4°
- WednesdayJun 10Overcast11%—84°60°+4°
Ozone at AQI 40 now. AQI down 5 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 18 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 40 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 18 by mid-afternoon.
- Present
- AQI 40
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 18
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).
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
- Moonrise
- 3:30 AM
- Moonset
- 1:03 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies rise from the lawn
Pike Creek Valley at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 12°F below 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 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.