• Delaware beaches can expect a typical summer weekend with hot, humid conditions and possible storms.
• Saturday’s forecast includes a high of 83°F in Rehoboth Beach, with a chance of severe storms and strong wind gusts.
• Sunday offers a better chance of dry weather, with sunny skies and a high of 83°F in Rehoboth Beach.
• Wilmington and Dover will experience warmer temperatures in the high 80s, with higher chances of rain on Saturday.

A classic summer weekend of weather is in the cards for Delaware’s beaches.

On Friday, a cool, cloudy and windy day will give way to a hot, humid weekend with storm potentials for both Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29.

Friday’s dreariness and rain chances slowly clear out on Saturday morning, and the sun comes out and turns up the heat once again. Heat indexes in Rehoboth Beach could claw their way up to the low 90s before a very slight chance of storms in the early afternoon.

The high temperature for Saturday in Rehoboth will be around 83 with partly sunny skies, but that does not factor the humidity. There will be a typical breeze from the south. The region is due for a cold front, which will swing through on Saturday afternoon and evening for the entire state. National Weather Service meteorologist Nick Guzzo said isolated, severe storms with strong wind gusts cannot be ruled out.

Even though neither one of these days are close to a washout, Sunday is the better bet for a dry day. NWS forecasts for Rehoboth Beach show rain chances clearing up throughout the morning, and showing a 21% chance for rain between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., before becoming unlikely Sunday evening. The high temperature in Rehoboth remains at 83 for Sunday under sunnier skies.

Northern and Central Delaware forecasts

Temperatures in Wilmington this weekend will be warmer than the beaches, obviously, with both days forecasted at 88 with heat indexes in the high 90s under partly sunny skies. NWS thinks rain chances are higher in New Castle County, topping out at 60% on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Wilmington. Sunday is likely to remain dry and slightly less humid under sunnier skies.

Dover’s forecast from the NWS shows a more consistent chance at thunderstorms all of Saturday afternoon, reaching 46% at 7 p.m. under similarly partly sunny skies. There is a 24% chance of storms from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday afternoon as well. Both days have a high temperature of 88 degrees, Saturday feeling warmer with a heat index of 97 degrees.