Temperature
60 F at 2 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 4 AM Thursday, and 57 F at its coolest, 4 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 60F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 4 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 57F
- 4 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Frederick Municipal Airport, Maryland
Small airport in Frederick County, Maryland59°
82°/57°
Overcast·
Feels like 59°·Light breeze 6 mph S
Coming up. Tomorrow is 28 degrees cooler: a high of 54° after 82° today.
Now. Frederick Municipal Airport is 59° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the south at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is possible tomorrow (35%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:25 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. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
100%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
3:00 AM
59feels59
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8257
75%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5447
35%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
5735
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
5937
10%
Tue
Oct 20
6542
10%
Wed
Oct 21
6545
clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6344
mostly clear day
59°
82°57°
54°47°
57°35°
59°37°
65°42°
65°45°
63°44°
As of 3:00 AM in Frederick Municipal Airport, Maryland.
Air quality
The air at Frederick Municipal Airport
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Maryland Piedmont (MD), 5 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)-21.3 mi
- Ozone20Good8 ppb0.3 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 19, good.
GoodModerate
- 19YesterdayOct 15
- 33TodayOct 16
- 11SatOct 17
- 17SunOct 18
Smoke, the next 42 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Frederick Municipal Airport
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Last 3 days
- 0.16in
Visibility
How far you can see at Frederick Municipal Airport, the next 42 hours
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 6 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- FDK
- ICAO
- KFDK
- IATA
- FDK
- Field elevation
- 303 ft
- Serves
- Frederick
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- FDK
- Wind now
- From 170° at 6 mph, read 16 Oct, 02:55
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,819 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 40° / 220° | 4 mph head, on 23 | 5 mph from the left |
| 12 / 30 | 3,599 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt | 116° / 296° | 4 mph head, on 12 | 5 mph from the right |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Frederick Muni Apt (FDK), Frederick Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 60 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 72% at 9 AM Thursday to 100% at 4 PM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 60F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 100%
- Humidity, range
- 72 to 100%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
4 mph from the south at 2 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 8 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 4mph
- from the south
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 8 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.05 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.08 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.05inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.08inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 1 mile at 2 PM Thursday; 8 miles now.
- Now
- 8mi
- Lowest
- 1mi
- 2 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 500 ft at 2 AM; a base was reported in 21 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 500ft
- 2 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 21
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.03 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 12 AM.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.03in
- Wettest hour
- 0.01in
- 12 AM
- Hours with some
- 3
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Frederick Muni Apt: 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 Frederick Municipal 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/302 ft/1 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
I-70 at MonacacyMD050
Beside a road/1.7 mi away/354 ft/51 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Catoctin Mountain Raws Near Foxville 1NeFOXM2
A remote fire weather station/17.4 mi away/1,453 ft/1,150 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Powder MillS2049
At a soil climate station/39.4 mi away/105 ft/198 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
measured daily2 instruments
Frederick 1.3 ENEMD-FR-43
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/286 ft/17 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Damascus 3 SSWDMAM2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.0 mi away/676 ft/373 ft above 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.
AnnapoliscityAssateague IslandfeatureBaltimorecityBowiecityCambridgecityCatoctin MountainfeatureChesapeake BayfeatureCumberlandcityDeep Creek LakefeatureEastontownElktontownFrederickcityGaithersburgcityGarrett CountyfeatureHagerstowncityOaklandtownOcean CitytownRockvillecitySalisburycityWestminstercityWispski area
Near Frederick Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Spring Ridgecommunity, 2 mi
- Bartonsvillecommunity, 2 mi
- Frederickcity, 2 mi
- Linganorecommunity, 4 mi
- Ballenger Creekcommunity, 4 mi
- Walkersvilletown, 5 mi
- Urbanacommunity, 6 mi
- New Markettown, 6 mi
- Monroviacommunity, 6 mi
- Braddock Heightscommunity, 7 mi
- Buckeystowncommunity, 7 mi
- Libertytowncommunity, 8 mi
Airports near Frederick Municipal Airport
- Montgomery County AirparkGAI, 21 mi
- Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage FieldDMW, 24 mi
- Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson FieldHGR, 28 mi
- College Park AirportCGS, 39 mi
- Fort Meade Executive AirportFME, 40 mi
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportBWI, 41 mi
- Joint Base AndrewsADW, 50 mi
- Martin State AirportMTN, 52 mi