Storm Station
Townsend, Delaware
59°
Light rain· Feels like 59°·Light breeze 6 mph NNW
Rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 57. Northwest wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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90%Humidity
88%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Townsend, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

TownsendTOWD1

At a river or reservoir gauge/2.9 mi away/69 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank20of 89

Cheswold33N

At an airfield/13.5 mi away/46 ft/9 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank1of 89

measured daily2 instruments

Middletown 0.9 SSEDE-NC-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/51 ft/4 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

University FarmNEWD1

On a college campus/18.7 mi away/72 ft/17 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Cheswold, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.5 mi from Townsend. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

No cloud reported; visibility 8 mi.

Section of the sky over Cheswold, height above the station to scale: no cloud reported, and visibility of 8 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 33NFIG. A THE SKY OVER CHESWOLDSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETNO CLOUD REPORTEDVISIBILITY, MILES: 8 MI0510TITLECheswold, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 33NTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-33N-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001

The air

57.2 F with a dew point of 57.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground.

Chart of the air at Cheswold: temperature 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 33NFIG. B THE AIR AT CHESWOLDTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.2 F, 57.2 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLECheswold, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 33NTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-33N-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west northwest (300 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 18 mph.

Plan of the wind at Cheswold, north up: blowing from 300 degrees, the west northwest, at 10 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 33NFIG. C THE WIND AT CHESWOLDPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 300°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECheswold, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 33NTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-33N-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Cheswold, 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 Townsend

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