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Satellite view of Whiskey Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Whiskey Beach

United StatesDelaware · United States · Pacific Ocean

38.7376, -75.0802 · Rehoboth Beach, 2 km

  • 24°Sea · August
  • 27°High · July
  • 8.7 hSunshine · June
The dot marks Whiskey Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Whiskey Beach in October

  • 19°CAir, daytime high15°C at night
  • 18°CSea temperature
  • 5.6 hSunshine a day
  • 9 daysRainy days in the month123 mm in total
  • 22 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 18.9 °C — 0.7 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.7 °C

1991–2020 average: 18.2 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: ±0.0 °C

1991–2020 average: 19.1 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August24 °C
Most sunshineJune and July9 h of sun a day
Least rainJanuary and February86 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan4°4 h86 mm
  2. Feb3°5 h87 mm
  3. Mar5°6 h104 mm
  4. Apr9°7 h95 mm
  5. May14°8 h91 mm
  6. Jun20°9 h109 mm
  7. Jul23°9 h124 mm
  8. Aug24°8 h123 mm
  9. Sep23°7 h104 mm
  10. Oct18°6 h123 mm
  11. Nov12°5 h96 mm
  12. Dec8°4 h118 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4°Feb: 3°Mar: 5°Apr: 9°May: 14°Jun: 20°Jul: 23°Aug: 24°Sep: 23°Oct: 18°Nov: 12°Dec: 8°24°3°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
0°10°20°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 3 °C (High 6° / Low 1°)Feb: 4 °C (High 6° / Low 1°)Mar: 6 °C (High 9° / Low 4°)Apr: 11 °C (High 14° / Low 8°)May: 16 °C (High 18° / Low 14°)Jun: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 19°)Jul: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 23°)Aug: 25 °C (High 26° / Low 23°)Sep: 22 °C (High 24° / Low 20°)Oct: 17 °C (High 19° / Low 15°)Nov: 11 °C (High 14° / Low 9°)Dec: 7 °C (High 9° / Low 4°)25°3°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 86 mm86Feb: 87 mmMar: 104 mmApr: 95 mmMay: 91 mmJun: 109 mmJul: 124 mm124Aug: 123 mmSep: 104 mmOct: 123 mmNov: 96 mmDec: 118 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.0 hFeb: 5.0 hMar: 5.9 hApr: 7.2 hMay: 7.8 hJun: 8.7 h8.7Jul: 8.7 h8.7Aug: 7.9 hSep: 6.9 hOct: 5.6 hNov: 4.8 hDec: 3.6 h3.6

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Whiskey Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Whiskey Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January61486104.024
February61387105.024
March945104115.923
April148995117.222
May18141491127.818
June241920109148.716
July272323124158.715
Augustwarmest sea262324123147.915
September242023104116.918
October19151812395.622
November149129694.823
December948118103.624

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Whiskey Beach: WWII towers at Gordon's Pond
Photo: Kej605 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER27 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.127 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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