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Burkittsville, Maryland

Town in Frederick County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Burkittsville

Index 8, good, led by ozone. Read at 8 AM from its reporting area, Martinsburg (WV), 18 miles off.

8Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-13.1 mi
  • Ozone8Good11 ppb13.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 15, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Burkittsville

0.20 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 7 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.20in
Last 3 days
0.20in

Visibility

How far you can see at Burkittsville, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

On the radar over Burkittsville, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Burkittsville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 3.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Middletown 1.5 SWMD-FR-54

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/516 ft/28 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Hagerstown 1EHGCM2

At a cooperative observer's station/17.6 mi away/541 ft/3 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank346of 736

Station report

The weather at Frederick Muni Apt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.7 mi from Burkittsville, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Frederick Muni Apt, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 500 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FDKFIG. A THE SKY OVER FREDERICK MUNI APTSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONOVC 500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLEFrederick Muni Apt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FDKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FDK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.6 F with a dew point of 62.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Frederick Muni Apt: temperature 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.6, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FDKFIG. B THE AIR AT FREDERICK MUNI APTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.6 F, 62.6 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEFrederick Muni Apt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FDKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FDK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Frederick Muni Apt, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 7 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FDKFIG. C THE WIND AT FREDERICK MUNI APTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFrederick Muni Apt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FDKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FDK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Frederick Muni Apt, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in Maryland

21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Burkittsville

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Burkittsville

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