Temperature
61 F at 1 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 3 AM Thursday, and 61 F at its coolest, 8 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 61F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 3 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 61F
- 8 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Cambridge Dorchester Airport, Maryland
Small airport in Dorchester County, Maryland61°
81°/59°
Light rain·
Feels like 61°·Calm 0 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM, the chance peaking at 64% around 3 AM.
Now. Cambridge Dorchester Airport is 61° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (97%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:25 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:23 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
94%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
61feels61
16%
Today
Oct 16
8159
93%
Sat
Oct 17
5547
97%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5739
12mph
Mon
Oct 19
6043
20%
12mph
Tue
Oct 20
6446
17%
Wed
Oct 21
6548
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6348
12%
61°
81°59°
55°47°
57°39°
60°43°
64°46°
65°48°
63°48°
As of 2:00 AM in Cambridge Dorchester Airport, Maryland.
Air quality
The air at Cambridge Dorchester Airport
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Lower Eastern Shore (MD), 10 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good24 mi
- Ozone20Good18 ppb6.8 mi
- Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb6.8 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.
GoodModerate
- 32YesterdayOct 15
- 39TodayOct 16
- 11SatOct 17
- 17SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Cambridge Dorchester Airport
0.02 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.02in
- Last 3 days
- 0.02in
Visibility
How far you can see at Cambridge Dorchester Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- CGE
- ICAO
- KCGE
- IATA
- CGE
- Field elevation
- 20 ft
- Serves
- Cambridge
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- CGE
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 01:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 / 34 | 4,477 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 144° / 324° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Cambridge (CGE), Cambridge Dorchester Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 59 F, the air 94% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 4 PM Thursday to 94% at 8 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 94%
- Humidity, range
- 70 to 94%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
Calm at 1 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 5 AM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 0mph
- calm
- Strongest
- 10mph
- 5 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.08 inHg over 3 hours; 0.03 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.08inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.03inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 5 miles at 7 PM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 5mi
- 7 PM Thursday
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 8 PM Thursday; a base was reported in 23 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 400ft
- 8 PM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 23
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Cambridge: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Cambridge Dorchester Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
CambridgeCGE
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/19 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-50 at ChoptankMD004
Beside a road/3.1 mi away/0 ft/20 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
BlackwaterBLWM2
At a river or reservoir gauge/7.3 mi away/0 ft/20 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cambridge 3.4 SMD-DR-16
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.4 mi away/4 ft/16 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Royal Oak 2SSWROYM2
At a cooperative observer's station/14.8 mi away/5 ft/15 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in Maryland
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Cambridge Dorchester Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
Airports near Cambridge Dorchester Airport
- Easton Airport / Newnam FieldESN, 18 mi
- Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field)NHK, 27 mi
- Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional AirportSBY, 31 mi
- St. Mary's County Regional Airport2W6, 32 mi
- Bay Bridge AirportW29, 34 mi
- Naval Outlying Landing Field WebsterNUI, 35 mi
- Joint Base AndrewsADW, 49 mi
- Ocean City Municipal AirportOXB, 52 mi