Station LWSD1 - Search and Rescue Data

8557380 - Lewes, DE
38.783 N 75.119 W (38°46'58" N 75°7'9" W)

Right whales are active off Delaware Bay from November to April. Speed restrictions of 10 knots apply to vessels 65 feet or greater in specific areas along the mid-Atlantic coast. To learn more about right whales and rules protecting them, go to: http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/shipstrike

Average surface winds - six hour block.

Date (UTC)	Average Wind Dir (True)	Average Wind Spd (Knots)	Wind Obs	Average Seas (Feet)	Air Temp. (Degrees F.)	Air Temp. Obs	Water Temp. (Degrees F.)	Water Temp. Obs
2026-06-01 0000Z	152	7	34	-	66	16	67	19
2026-05-31 1800Z	56	4	58	-	64	25	65	39
2026-05-31 1200Z	274	6	60	-	57	24	63	33
2026-05-31 0600Z	129	3	60	-	55	27	63	48
2026-05-31 0000Z	77	13	57	-	60	24	66	33
2026-05-30 1800Z	341	20	60	-	63	22	66	30
2026-05-30 1200Z	336	14	60	-	64	24	63	33
2026-05-30 0600Z	240	8	60	-	67	24	61	36
2026-05-30 0000Z	221	6	60	-	72	24	66	30
2026-05-29 1800Z	40	2	60	-	68	24	66	30
2026-05-29 1200Z	346	12	60	-	63	24	65	24
2026-05-29 0600Z	350	16	60	-	65	22	66	22
2026-05-29 0000Z	1	10	57	-	68	24	66	24
2026-05-28 1800Z	341	11	60	-	70	24	65	24
2026-05-28 1200Z	334	8	60	-	67	27	63	27
2026-05-28 0600Z	273	8	60	-	72	24	61	27
2026-05-28 0000Z	272	3	58	-	75	24	63	24
2026-05-27 1800Z	295	3	60	-	73	24	62	24
2026-05-27 1200Z	227	3	60	-	69	22	62	30
2026-05-27 0600Z	204	2	60	-	68	27	61	36
2026-05-27 0000Z	159	5	60	-	69	24	63	24
2026-05-26 1800Z	77	4	60	-	67	24	63	24
2026-05-26 1200Z	309	3	60	-	64	23	62	25
2026-05-26 0600Z	60	2	60	-	65	24	62	30
2026-05-26 0000Z	114	2	57	-	69	27	62	30
2026-05-25 1800Z	263	1	60	-	71	24	61	27
2026-05-25 1200Z	220	2	60	-	63	24	61	48
2026-05-25 0600Z	97	3	60	-	58	24	61	54
2026-05-25 0000Z	73	7	58	-	59	21	62	42
2026-05-24 1800Z	49	5	60	-	59	23	60	39
2026-05-24 1200Z	95	8	60	-	58	24	59	48
2026-05-24 0600Z	89	12	60	-	57	24	59	42
2026-05-24 0000Z	80	20	57	-	56	24	60	30
2026-05-23 1800Z	86	17	60	-	57	24	60	27
2026-05-23 1200Z	82	20	60	-	56	24	60	27
2026-05-23 0600Z	84	13	60	-	57	23	60	38
2026-05-23 0000Z	72	17	34	-	58	10	61	10
2026-05-22 1800Z	63	19	60	-	59	27	62	36
2026-05-22 1200Z	70	16	60	-	59	24	63	36
2026-05-22 0600Z	61	15	60	-	59	24	64	33
2026-05-22 0000Z	63	18	55	-	60	24	66	24
2026-05-21 1800Z	67	14	60	-	64	24	66	27
2026-05-21 1200Z	35	6	60	-	66	27	65	36
2026-05-21 0600Z	4	3	60	-	69	24	66	42
2026-05-21 0000Z	262	3	57	-	86	13	66	30
2026-05-20 1800Z	115	4	60	-	85	24	64	27
2026-05-20 1200Z	245	9	60	-	80	25	61	42
2026-05-20 0600Z	218	8	60	-	78	24	63	48
2026-05-20 0000Z	204	6	58	-	86	24	64	36
2026-05-19 1800Z	151	2	60	-	87	24	62	39
2026-05-19 1200Z	219	7	60	-	78	24	60	30
2026-05-19 0600Z	198	6	60	-	76	27	61	51
2026-05-19 0000Z	182	8	57	-	84	27	62	42
2026-05-18 1800Z	128	8	58	-	81	24	63	28
2026-05-18 1200Z	276	1	58	-	72	24	61	30
2026-05-18 0600Z	207	5	60	-	72	22	61	42
2026-05-18 0000Z	177	5	60	-	78	24	62	33
2026-05-17 1800Z	124	4	60	-	76	24	61	30
2026-05-17 1200Z	277	5	60	-	71	24	59	39
2026-05-17 0600Z	230	9	60	-	70	24	59	33
2026-05-17 0000Z	197	8	57	-	75	27	59	33
2026-05-16 1800Z	238	9	60	-	79	22	59	24
2026-05-16 1200Z	221	7	60	-	63	28	58	28
2026-05-16 0600Z	219	6	60	-	58	24	60	27
2026-05-16 0000Z	319	2	59	-	62	27	61	30
2026-05-15 1800Z	344	10	60	-	60	27	60	36
2026-05-15 1200Z	306	13	60	-	54	24	58	48
2026-05-15 0600Z	293	13	60	-	55	24	59	48
2026-05-15 0000Z	302	13	60	-	59	22	60	24
2026-05-14 1800Z	351	9	60	-	59	24	58	36
2026-05-14 1200Z	340	8	60	-	57	27	57	51
2026-05-14 0600Z	264	3	60	-	58	24	56	42
2026-05-14 0000Z	182	10	60	-	66	24	57	42
2026-05-13 1800Z	183	13	60	-	71	24	57	36
2026-05-13 1200Z	214	9	60	-	61	27	57	42
2026-05-13 0600Z	197	7	58	-	57	22	57	46
2026-05-13 0000Z	167	6	58	-	58	22	59	37
2026-05-12 1800Z	63	3	60	-	57	27	60	36
2026-05-12 1200Z	10	10	60	-	53	24	58	40
2026-05-12 0600Z	247	6	60	-	49	22	59	28
2026-05-12 0000Z	263	3	57	-	52	24	59	33
2026-05-11 1800Z	26	5	60	-	51	24	58	27
2026-05-11 1200Z	26	16	60	-	56	24	59	36
2026-05-11 0600Z	341	5	60	-	61	22	60	28
2026-05-11 0000Z	279	2	57	-	71	24	60	33
2026-05-10 1800Z	131	8	60	-	72	24	60	33
2026-05-10 1200Z	304	1	60	-	62	22	58	39
2026-05-10 0600Z	216	5	60	-	64	24	57	42
2026-05-10 0000Z	186	4	60	-	69	24	57	39
2026-05-09 1800Z	182	8	60	-	68	24	56	33
2026-05-09 1200Z	210	8	60	-	63	24	56	33
2026-05-09 0600Z	207	7	60	-	58	24	58	42
2026-05-09 0000Z	221	7	60	-	64	24	58	30
2026-05-08 1800Z	266	5	60	-	63	24	57	42
2026-05-08 1200Z	344	12	60	-	55	24	56	36
2026-05-08 0600Z	267	8	60	-	52	24	57	51
2026-05-08 0000Z	214	3	57	-	54	24	58	33
2026-05-07 1800Z	345	5	60	-	56	22	58	33
2026-05-07 1200Z	9	12	60	-	56	24	58	39
2026-05-07 0600Z	313	5	60	-	64	24	58	36
2026-05-07 0000Z	240	7	57	-	71	27	58	36
2026-05-06 1800Z	220	12	60	-	72	24	57	24
2026-05-06 1200Z	212	9	60	-	67	27	56	30
2026-05-06 0600Z	197	8	60	-	66	27	57	30
2026-05-06 0000Z	183	10	60	-	72	24	57	24
2026-05-05 1800Z	216	10	60	-	80	27	56	33
2026-05-05 1200Z	230	10	60	-	68	23	55	27
2026-05-05 0600Z	219	9	60	-	64	23	56	30
2026-05-05 0000Z	193	7	55	-	68	24	56	30
2026-05-04 1800Z	257	8	58	-	71	22	55	24
2026-05-04 1200Z	221	8	55	-	58	23	55	30
2026-05-04 0600Z	213	7	60	-	51	32	55	49
2026-05-04 0000Z	275	8	57	-	56	27	56	45
2026-05-03 1800Z	308	16	60	-	54	24	56	48
2026-05-03 1200Z	295	17	60	-	48	24	55	45
2026-05-03 0600Z	320	17	60	-	53	24	56	39
2026-05-03 0000Z	333	12	57	-	57	24	56	42
2026-05-02 1800Z	335	12	60	-	54	22	56	34
2026-05-02 1200Z	314	9	60	-	52	24	55	45
2026-05-02 0600Z	189	5	60	-	52	24	55	51
2026-05-02 0000Z	168	7	57	-	57	22	58	45
2026-05-01 1800Z	107	6	60	-	56	30	58	36
2026-05-01 1200Z	327	11	58	-	52	23	56	38
2026-05-01 0600Z	311	15	60	-	54	20	57	39
2026-05-01 0000Z	336	6	53	-	60	26	57	39
2026-04-30 1800Z	18	7	53	-	58	22	56	30
2026-04-30 1200Z	328	7	60	-	54	22	54	54
2026-04-30 0600Z	142	3	60	-	55	24	54	42
2026-04-30 0000Z	149	9	60	-	55	24	55	39
2026-04-29 1800Z	140	10	60	-	56	24	55	36
2026-04-29 1200Z	157	5	60	-	56	24	55	45
2026-04-29 0600Z	156	4	60	-	54	24	55	48
2026-04-29 0000Z	148	7	57	-	55	27	56	42
2026-04-28 1800Z	130	6	60	-	58	27	56	42
2026-04-28 1200Z	326	2	60	-	50	30	56	42
2026-04-28 0600Z	191	2	60	-	47	24	55	54
2026-04-28 0000Z	107	6	60	-	53	24	58	39
2026-04-27 1800Z	29	4	56	-	56	22	55	43
2026-04-27 1200Z	22	9	60	-	52	24	52	42
2026-04-27 0600Z	33	12	60	-	50	24	53	57
2026-04-27 0000Z	45	14	57	-	50	22	53	48
2026-04-26 1800Z	27	15	60	-	49	24	53	48
2026-04-26 1200Z	34	19	60	-	48	24	52	45
2026-04-26 0600Z	50	23	60	-	49	22	53	48
2026-04-26 0000Z	87	17	57	-	51	22	54	40
2026-04-25 1800Z	98	14	60	-	53	24	55	37
2026-04-25 1200Z	114	12	60	-	53	24	55	57
2026-04-25 0600Z	123	11	47	-	54	29	55	41
2026-04-25 0000Z	137	8	38	-	59	15	58	26
2026-04-24 1800Z	121	7	60	-	64	27	58	39
2026-04-24 1200Z	329	2	60	-	57	24	54	42
2026-04-24 0600Z	219	4	60	-	60	24	54	45
2026-04-24 0000Z	172	8	58	-	63	24	56	43
2026-04-23 1800Z	128	3	58	-	61	24	56	45
2026-04-23 1200Z	43	5	60	-	53	24	54	45
2026-04-23 0600Z	202	2	60	-	57	24	54	51
2026-04-23 0000Z	141	5	59	-	60	24	54	39
2026-04-22 1800Z	59	5	60	-	60	27	54	42
2026-04-22 1200Z	193	5	60	-	56	24	52	42
2026-04-22 0600Z	173	8	60	-	50	24	53	48
2026-04-22 0000Z	159	9	57	-	49	24	53	36
2026-04-21 1800Z	98	6	60	-	47	24	55	33
2026-04-21 1200Z	44	9	59	-	44	24	52	38
2026-04-21 0600Z	38	16	60	-	46	24	54	45
2026-04-21 0000Z	334	17	60	-	52	27	56	39
2026-04-20 1800Z	334	12	60	-	50	22	56	37
2026-04-20 1200Z	254	2	60	-	49	24	55	45
2026-04-20 0600Z	300	4	60	-	50	24	55	45
2026-04-20 0000Z	327	13	60	-	55	24	55	51
2026-04-19 1800Z	326	20	60	-	51	22	55	51
2026-04-19 1200Z	331	7	60	-	54	24	54	54
2026-04-19 0600Z	98	3	60	-	54	24	54	55
2026-04-19 0000Z	128	9	60	-	52	24	56	48
2026-04-18 1800Z	101	10	60	-	52	24	57	45
2026-04-18 1200Z	81	12	60	-	52	24	58	51
2026-04-18 0600Z	79	4	60	-	62	22	57	51
2026-04-18 0000Z	223	1	57	-	71	27	59	39
2026-04-17 1800Z	13	5	60	-	68	27	56	36
2026-04-17 1200Z	293	7	60	-	69	25	55	45
2026-04-17 0600Z	242	7	60	-	74	23	53	49
2026-04-17 0000Z	193	6	30	-	75	7	56	10

The six-hour averages are calculated as follows:

The 0000Z average uses data from 2100Z to 0259Z.
The 0600Z average uses data from 0300Z to 0859Z.
The 1200Z average uses data from 0900Z to 1459Z.
The 1800Z average uses data from 1500Z to 2059Z.

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