College Park Airport, Maryland

Small airport in Prince George's County, Maryland

48° 65°/58°

Light rain· Feels like 48°·Light air 1 mph SE

Coming up. Rain is likely tomorrow evening, from about 7 PM (64%).

Now. College Park Airport is 48° and light rain at 11 PM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the southeast at 1 mph.

Today and tonight. Tonight holds near 59°, under cloud.

The week. The warmest day ahead is tomorrow, near 83°, and the coolest Saturday, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (88%) and Saturday (67%).

The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 26% lit, and stays below the horizon until dawn. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the south-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 13 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.

0UV Low

14Air quality

91%Humidity

100%Cloud

Now

11:00 PM

48feels48

14%

Today

Oct 15

6558

57%

Fri

Oct 16

8357

88%

Sat

Oct 17

5547

67%

13mph

Sun

Oct 18

5837

Mon

Oct 19

6140

11%

Tue

Oct 20

6644

11%

Wed

Oct 21

6647

48°

65°58°

83°57°

55°47°

58°37°

61°40°

66°44°

66°47°

As of 11:00 PM in College Park Airport, Maryland.

Air quality

The air at College Park Airport

Index 14, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Suburban DC (MD), 5 miles off.

14Good

Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good13.7 mi
Ozone14Good8 ppb5.7 mi
Nitrogen dioxide4Good4.2 ppb5.7 mi
Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb5.7 mi
Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm5.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 48, good.

GoodModerate

48YesterdayOct 14
50TodayOct 15
39FriOct 16
17SatOct 17
28SunOct 18

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

Precipitation

What has fallen at College Park Airport

None in the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours: 0.00in
Last 3 days: 0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at College Park Airport, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 PM.

Airfield

Code: CGS
ICAO: KCGS
IATA: CGS
Field elevation: 48 ft
Serves: College Park
Kind: Small airport
Scheduled service: No
Its own instrument: CGS
Wind now: Calm, read 15 Oct, 23:15

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Heading, true	Wind along it now	Crosswind now
15 / 33	2,980 ft	60 ft	Asphalt	139° / 319°	Calm	Calm

Runways from their surveyed ends, north up, lengths and positions to scale.

Measured here

What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours

Every hour from College Park (CGS), College Park Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.

Temperature

61 F at 11 PM; 74 F at its warmest, 1 AM, and 61 F at its coolest, 9 PM.

Now: 61F; 11 PM
Highest: 74F; 1 AM
Lowest: 61F; 9 PM

How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009

Humidity and dew point

A dew point of 58 F, the air 91% saturated; the humidity ran from 65% at 11 AM to 91% at 11 PM.

Dew point now: 58F; 11 PM
Humidity now: 91%
Humidity, range: 65 to 91%

How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002

Wind

Calm at 11 PM; at its strongest 8 mph, 5 AM, with a gust of 18 mph at 8 AM.

Now: 0mph; calm
Strongest: 8mph; 5 AM
Highest gust: 18mph; 8 AM

How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008

Pressure

30.12 inHg at 11 PM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.11 inHg higher than a day before.

Now: 30.12inHg; 11 PM
3 hours: -0.04inHg; falling
24 hours: +0.11inHg

How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003

Visibility

Down to 7 miles at 5 PM; 7 miles now.

Now: 7mi
Lowest: 7mi; 5 PM
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 2,100 ft at 10 PM; a base was reported in 24 of the hours.

Lowest base now: 2,800ft
Lowest in 24 hours: 2,100ft; 10 PM
Hours with a base reported: 24

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

College Park: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest College Park 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 now4 instruments

College ParkCGS

At an airfield/0.0 mi away/48 ft/level with here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

I-95 / 495 NB past MD 201MD125

Beside a road/2.3 mi away/79 ft/31 ft above here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Powder MillS2049

At a soil climate station/4.6 mi away/105 ft/57 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Pheasant Run - Patuxent Env RAWSPREM2

A remote fire weather station/7.4 mi away/215 ft/167 ft above here