Temperature
62 F at 12 AM; 73 F at its warmest, 3 AM Thursday, and 62 F at its coolest, 9 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 62F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 73F
- 3 AM Thursday
- Lowest
- 62F
- 9 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport, Maryland
Medium airport in Wicomico County, Maryland62°
83°/60°
Overcast·
Feels like 62°·Light air 3 mph ESE
Coming up. Rain is likely late tonight, from about 1 AM (83%).
Now. Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport is 62° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the east-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 51° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (91%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:21 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
24Air quality
86%Humidity
99%Cloud
Now
1:00 AM
62feels62
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
8360
83%
14mph
Sat
Oct 17
5647
91%
17mph
Sun
Oct 18
5840
16mph
Mon
Oct 19
6243
23%
15mph
Tue
Oct 20
6546
20%
14mph
Wed
Oct 21
6448
12%
15mph
Thu
Oct 22
6349
13%
12mph
62°
83°60°
56°47°
58°40°
62°43°
65°46°
64°48°
63°49°
As of 1:00 AM in Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport, Maryland.
Air quality
The air at Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport
Index 24, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Sussex County (DE), 25 miles off.
24Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good22.4 mi
- Ozone24Good19 ppb22.4 mi
The days ahead
Yesterday measured 49, good.
GoodModerate
- 49YesterdayOct 15
Smoke, the next 44 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport
0.24 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.24in
- Last 3 days
- 0.24in
Visibility
How far you can see at Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport, the next 44 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 4 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SBY
- ICAO
- KSBY
- IATA
- SBY
- Field elevation
- 52 ft
- Serves
- Salisbury
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Scheduled service
- Yes
- Its own instrument
- SBY
- Wind now
- From 120° at 3 mph, read 16 Oct, 00:54
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,000 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 37° / 217° | 0 mph head, on 05 | 3 mph from the right |
| 14 / 32 | 6,400 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt and concrete | 127° / 307° | 3 mph head, on 14 | None |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Salisbury Regional (SBY), Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional 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 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 70% at 2 PM Thursday to 92% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 59F
- 12 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 70 to 92%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
2 mph from the east southeast at 12 AM; at its strongest 12 mph, 6 AM Thursday, with a gust of 21 mph at 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 2mph
- from the east southeast
- Strongest
- 12mph
- 6 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- 21mph
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.08 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.06 inHg over 3 hours; 0.09 inHg higher than a day before.
- Now
- 30.08inHg
- 12 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.06inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- +0.09inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
Down to 3 miles at 8 AM Thursday; 10 miles or more now.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 3mi
- 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 1,300 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 22 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- -
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 1,300ft
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with a base reported
- 22
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
0.20 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.16 in, in the hour to 7 AM Thursday.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.20in
- Wettest hour
- 0.16in
- 7 AM Thursday
- Hours with some
- 6
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Salisbury Regional: 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 Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/52 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
US-13 at US-50MD037
Beside a road/2.5 mi away/46 ft/6 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
A remote fire weather station/5.1 mi away/0 ft/52 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Salisbury 5SESALM2
At a cooperative observer's station/0.6 mi away/40 ft/12 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Parsonsburg 2.7 SMD-WC-28
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/49 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
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 Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Parsonsburgcommunity, 4 mi
- Salisburycity, 5 mi
- Fruitlandcity, 6 mi
- Pittsvilletown, 7 mi
- Powellvillecommunity, 7 mi
- Delmartown, 8 mi
- Edencommunity, 9 mi
- Willardstown, 9 mi
- Allencommunity, 10 mi
- Hebrontown, 11 mi
- Whaleyvillecommunity, 12 mi
- Quanticocommunity, 13 mi
Airports near Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport
- Ocean City Municipal AirportOXB, 21 mi
- Cambridge Dorchester AirportCGE, 31 mi
- Easton Airport / Newnam FieldESN, 44 mi
- Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field)NHK, 49 mi
- Naval Outlying Landing Field WebsterNUI, 52 mi
- St. Mary's County Regional Airport2W6, 56 mi
- Bay Bridge AirportW29, 62 mi
- Joint Base AndrewsADW, 80 mi