Temperature
66 F at 1 AM; 74 F at its warmest, 3 AM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 8 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 1 AM
- Highest
- 74F
- 3 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 8 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Ocean City Municipal Airport, Maryland
Medium airport in Worcester County, Maryland66°
78°/59°
Overcast·
Feels like 66°·Light breeze 8 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 3 AM (66%).
Now. Ocean City Municipal Airport is 66° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the southeast at 8 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 53° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 59°. Rain is likely tomorrow (89%). Rain is possible Monday (35%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:21 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:20 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, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
22Air quality
87%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
66feels66
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7859
65%
12mph
Sat
Oct 17
5947
89%
15mph
Sun
Oct 18
6044
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6247
35%
16mph
Tue
Oct 20
6449
24%
15mph
Wed
Oct 21
6350
17%
17mph
Thu
Oct 22
6350
16%
15mph
66°
78°59°
59°47°
60°44°
62°47°
64°49°
63°50°
63°50°
As of 2:00 AM in Ocean City Municipal Airport, Maryland.
Air quality
The air at Ocean City Municipal Airport
Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 30 miles off.
22Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good-
- Ozone22Good-
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 24, good.
GoodModerate
- 24YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Ocean City Municipal Airport
0.08 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
- 0.08in
- Last 3 days
- 0.08in
Visibility
How far you can see at Ocean City Municipal Airport, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 7 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- OXB
- ICAO
- KOXB
- IATA
- OCE
- Field elevation
- 11 ft
- Serves
- Ocean City
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- OXB
- Wind now
- From 130° at 8 mph, read 16 Oct, 01:53
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 / 20 | 3,204 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 10° / 190° | 4 mph head, on 20 | 7 mph from the left |
| 14 / 32 | 4,074 ft | 75 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 133° / 313° | 8 mph head, on 14 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Ocean City Muni (OXB), Ocean City Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 62 F, the air 87% saturated; the humidity ran from 73% at 12 PM Thursday to 87% at 12 AM.
- Dew point now
- 62F
- 1 AM
- Humidity now
- 87%
- Humidity, range
- 73 to 87%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
9 mph from the southeast at 1 AM; at its strongest 13 mph, 5 AM Thursday, with a gust of 29 mph at 5 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 9mph
- from the southeast
- Strongest
- 13mph
- 5 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 29mph
- 5 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 1 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.05 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 1 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.05inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 4 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 4mi
- 8 AM 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 1,700 ft at 6 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,700ft
- 6 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.08 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.06 in, in the hour to 7 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.08in
- Wettest hour
- 0.06in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 4
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Ocean City Muni: 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 Ocean City Municipal Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.1 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At an airfield/0.1 mi away/13 ft/2 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Beside a road/2.1 mi away/7 ft/4 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Bunting Bridge On Assateague Island National SeashoreASIM2
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.3 mi away/7 ft/4 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Berlin 3.9 SEMD-WR-31
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.5 mi away/4 ft/7 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Snow HillSNHM2
At a cooperative observer's station/15.6 mi away/56 ft/45 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.
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Near Ocean City Municipal Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- West Ocean Citycommunity, 2 mi
- Ocean Citytown, 2 mi
- Berlintown, 5 mi
- Ocean Pinescommunity, 5 mi
- Newarkcommunity, 9 mi
- Bishopvillecommunity, 10 mi
- Whaleyvillecommunity, 11 mi
- Willardstown, 13 mi
- Powellvillecommunity, 14 mi
- Assateague Islandfeature, 16 mi
- Pittsvilletown, 16 mi
- Snow Hilltown, 17 mi
Airports near Ocean City Municipal Airport
- Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional AirportSBY, 21 mi
- Cambridge Dorchester AirportCGE, 52 mi
- Easton Airport / Newnam FieldESN, 61 mi
- Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field)NHK, 70 mi
- Naval Outlying Landing Field WebsterNUI, 72 mi
- St. Mary's County Regional Airport2W6, 77 mi
- Bay Bridge AirportW29, 80 mi
- Phillips Army Air FieldAPG, 98 mi