Storm Station
Ardencroft, Delaware
57°
Light rain· Feels like 57°·Gentle breeze 9 mph N
Rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 57. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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87%Humidity
84%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ardencroft, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Claymont DeosCLYD1

At a river or reservoir gauge/1.7 mi away/100 ft/147 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank20of 89

Wilmington AirportILG

At an airfield/11.0 mi away/79 ft/168 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank4of 89

measured daily2 instruments

Wilmington 5.4 NNEDE-NC-46

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/292 ft/45 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WilmingtonWILD1

At a cooperative observer's station/3.6 mi away/157 ft/90 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Wilmington Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.0 mi from Ardencroft. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 3:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 4,300 ft, overcast at 6,500 ft; the ceiling is 4,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Wilmington Airport, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 6,500 feet, the ceiling at 4,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ILGFIG. A THE SKY OVER WILMINGTON AIRPORTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 6,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 4,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 4,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEWilmington Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ILGTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ILG-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Wilmington Airport: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 4,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ILGFIG. B THE AIR AT WILMINGTON AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 4,300 FTTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 3.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEWilmington Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ILGTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ILG-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northwest (330 degrees) at 15 mph, gusting 22 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 24 mph.

Plan of the wind at Wilmington Airport, north up: blowing from 330 degrees, the north northwest, at 15 miles an hour, gusting 22; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ILGFIG. C THE WIND AT WILMINGTON AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 330°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 15 MPH5FRESH BREEZE19GUST, 22 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEWilmington Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ILGTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-ILG-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Wilmington Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Delaware

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Near Ardencroft

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