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Shaded-relief map of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware: rivers, roads, the city limits and where the water drains.
DELAWARE · SUSSEX COUNTY

Rehoboth Beach

1,257 people, 30 ft above sea level in Sussex County.

30 ftElevation, city center
1,257People, 2024 estimate
1 sq miLand area
Sunny 47°
Sunny now Dew point 30° · N 7 mph · high 51°
City of Rehoboth Beach River Interstate 2 miles
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The Rehoboth Beach plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Rehoboth Beach

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 3:00 PM EST
RIGHT NOW Georgetown - Delaware Coastal Airport (KGED) · 2:54 PM
Sunny
47° Sunny Feels like 44° · high of 51° near 3 PM
WindN 7 mphno gusts
Humidity52%rising to 92% by morning
Pressure29.88 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 30° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Clear
Not this weeknone in the forecast for a week
LIKELY AMOUNT—nothing expected
LAST RAINNov. 120.11 in · 2 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
! Coastal Flood AdvisoryCoastal Flood Advisory issued November 14 at 3:41AM EST until November 14 at 4:00PM EST by NWS Mount Holly NJ
NWS Mount Holly and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 3:45 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 6:41 AM4:48 PM ↓
10 h 6 m of daylight, 2 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 25% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
25
GOODAir quality index · ozone
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 28 to 36° More humid: 36° by Tuesday

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 59° / 40°
SAT Nov. 14 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
51° 34°
0% rain — WNW 13 A
SUN Nov. 15 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
55° 31°
0% rain — NNW 11 A
MON Nov. 16 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
55° 31°
0% rain — NNW 8 A
TUE Nov. 17 Sunny Sunny
58° 30°
0% rain — W 5 A
WED Nov. 18 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
61° 32°
0% rain — W 5 A
THU Nov. 19 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 34°
0% rain — SW 5 B
FRI Nov. 20 Mostly sunny Mostly sunny
64° 37°
0% rain — NNW 5 B
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Rehoboth Beach about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the Canadian Prairies three days ago, and over the Great Lakes a day ago, about 2,120 miles back along its path. It came down from about 9,400 feet up, warming and drying as it sank. Near the ground the air came from British Columbia; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

THIS WEEK IN 2009 Nov. 11–12, 2009

The wettest two days this week has seen

3.21 inches of rain fell in two days, the most for this week of the year since records began in 1945. The next wettest, 3.10 inches, fell in 2020.

3.10″
3.21″
20202009
Source: NOAA RCC-ACIS, the Lewes record since 1945.
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THE GROUND

What Rehoboth Beach stands on

Rehoboth Beach’s center stands about 30 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from -10 ft to 60 ft, a difference of 70 ft: gently rolling country. Open water lies within three miles.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Chesapeake Group (silt), from the Tertiary, 2.6 to 66 million years old.

Rehoboth Beach, cut in half from west to east

A section west to east, 24 miles through the town center
0 ft100 ft REHOBOTH BEACH30 ftHigh point of the line100 ft ← WE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 64×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Chesapeake Group

Silt. Age: Tertiary, 2.6 to 66 million years old. About 12 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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THE WATER

Where Rehoboth Beach’s rain goes

Rain that falls on Rehoboth Beach runs straight into the Atlantic Ocean.

FROM THE CENTER OF REHOBOTH BEACH < 2 mi to the Atlantic Ocean straight to the shore

Traced down the USGS NHDPlus V2.1 river network from the Census center point of Rehoboth Beach; river miles along the main stem, rounded.

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THE ALMANAC

Rehoboth Beach’s year

1991–2020 normals · records since 1945 · Lewes, 6 mi northwest

Rehoboth Beach has a humid subtropical climate. Summer afternoons average 88° in July; winter nights fall to about 30° in January. A normal year brings about 10 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 47 inches of water.

46°30°48°32°55°38°66°46°75°56°83°66°88°71°85°69°80°64°69°52°59°42°50°35° JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1 TODAY 47.3 in rain and snowmelt
Normal high to low, by month Record high to low, by day Rain by month Freezing
July, average88° / 71°high / low, the warmest month
January, average46° / 30°high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow47.3 inwettest months: July and September
Snow a year10.5 insnowiest: February
Hottest on record102°FJune 21, 1997
Coldest on record−11°FJanuary 17, 1982
Wettest day on record6.98 inAugust 14, 1953
Snowiest day on record15.0 inJanuary 26, 1987
Climate typeHumid subtropicalKöppen Cfa

AROUND THE RING

1Lows below freezingDec. 29 to Feb. 18; normal lows fall below 32°
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Rehoboth Beach normally reaches 59° and falls to 42°. The record high is 77°, in 1989; the record low 21°, in 2019. The most rain on this date, 1.68 in, fell in 1995.

MONTH BY MONTH
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Normal high46°48°55°66°75°83°88°85°80°69°59°50°
Normal low30°32°38°46°56°66°71°69°64°52°42°35°
Rain and melt, in3.383.174.213.453.383.774.954.314.494.413.594.17
Snow, inches2.06.51.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.01.0
Record high78° (1950)86° (1997)89° (1998)92° (2009)97° (1997)102° (1997)101° (2011)101° (1997)98° (1983)92° (1954)88° (1950)77° (1998)
Record low−11° (1982)0° (1979)9° (1950)18° (1982)27° (1947)39° (1947)47° (1965)47° (1986)37° (1963)26° (1966)16° (1955)0° (1958)

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1945 at Lewes, 6 miles northwest. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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ON THE NETWORK

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DELAWARE · SUSSEX

Rehoboth Beach

1,257 people, 30 ft above sea level in Sussex County.

30 ftElevation
1,257People
1 sq miLand
Sunny 47°
SunnyDew point 30°
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Today in Rehoboth Beach

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now mostly cloudy day 51° 0%
6p mostly cloudy night 46° 1%
9p partly cloudy night 41° 2%
12a mostly clear night 39° 1%
3a mostly clear night 37° 1%
6a mostly clear night 36° 1%
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NEXT RAINNone this week
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THIS WEEK IN 2009 · NOV. 11–12, 2009

3.21 inches in two days, the most for this week since 1945.

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What Rehoboth Beach stands on

Rehoboth Beach’s center stands about 30 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from -10 ft to 60 ft, a difference of 70 ft: gently rolling country. Open water lies within three miles.

Rehoboth Beach, west to east Rehoboth Beach30 ftHigh point100 ft ← WE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 122×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center30 ft
Within 3 miles-10 to 60 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (70 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceChesapeake Group
Its ageTertiary, 2.6 to 66 million years old
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Rehoboth Beach’s year

Rehoboth Beach has a humid subtropical climate. Summer afternoons average 88° in July; winter nights fall to about 30° in January. A normal year brings about 10 inches of snow; with the rain, that comes to about 47 inches of water.

JANFEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDEC 1 47.3 in
July, average88° / 71° · high / low, the warmest month
January, average46° / 30° · high / low, the coldest month
Rain and melted snow47.3 in · wettest months: July and September
Snow a year10.5 in · snowiest: February
Hottest on record102°F · June 21, 1997
Coldest on record−11°F · January 17, 1982
Wettest day on record6.98 in · August 14, 1953
Snowiest day on record15.0 in · January 26, 1987
Climate typeHumid subtropical · Köppen Cfa
1Lows below freezing · Dec. 29 to Feb. 18; normal lows fall below 32°
NOVEMBER 14 IN THE RECORD

On November 14 Rehoboth Beach normally reaches 59° and falls to 42°. The record high is 77°, in 1989; the record low 21°, in 2019. The most rain on this date, 1.68 in, fell in 1995.

Normals 1991–2020 and records since 1945 at Lewes, 6 miles northwest. NOAA, through RCC-ACIS.
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Where the rain goes

< 2 mito the Atlantic Oceanstraight to the shore

Rain that falls on Rehoboth Beach runs straight into the Atlantic Ocean.