Citizen station FW9340FW9340
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/364 ft/52 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Test Message is in force for Burtonsville until 4:15 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM (65%).
Now. Burtonsville is 45° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 59°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (65%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:24 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 11 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Burtonsville, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 13, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Suburban DC (MD), 5 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.07 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Burtonsville, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Burtonsville, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.9 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station FW9340FW9340
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.9 mi away/364 ft/52 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/2.5 mi away/367 ft/49 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Pheasant Run - Patuxent Env RAWSPREM2
A remote fire weather station/6.4 mi away/215 ft/201 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Powder MillS2049
At a soil climate station/7.2 mi away/105 ft/311 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
College ParkCGS
At an airfield/8.4 mi away/48 ft/368 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Laurel 2.5 WNWMD-PG-72
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/371 ft/45 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BeltsvilleBTVM2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/138 ft/278 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.4 mi from Burtonsville, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 900 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
61.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 97 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 900 ft.
From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 3 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of College Park, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.