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Cavetown, Maryland

Community in Washington County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Cavetown

Index 22, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Hagerstown Region (MD), 17 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)22Good8.3 mi
  • Ozone13Good15 ppb8.3 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 40 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Cavetown

0.06 in in the last 24 hours, 0.07 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.06in
Last 3 days
0.07in

Visibility

How far you can see at Cavetown, the next 40 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Cavetown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.4 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

Camp DavidRSP

At an airfield/6.9 mi away/1,841 ft/1,166 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank709of 736

measured daily2 instruments

Smithsburg 3.3 WMD-WH-16

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.4 mi away/585 ft/90 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hagerstown 1EHGCM2

At a cooperative observer's station/5.3 mi away/541 ft/134 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank346of 736

Station report

The weather at Citizen station FW7376, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 2.4 mi from Cavetown, Maryland. From its report of undefined: 3 of its 4 sheets.

The wind

From the south southwest (198 degrees) at 6 mph, gusting 13 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Citizen station FW7376, north up: blowing from 198 degrees, the south southwest, at 6 miles an hour, gusting 13; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW7376FIG. C THE WIND AT CITIZEN STATION FW7376PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 198°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 6 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13GUST, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECitizen station FW7376, the windSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW7376TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW7376-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 744 ft above sea level, 3 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.13 inHg and the temperature at 56.3 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.01 inHg means its barometer reads 29.21 inHg; it reports 59.0 F, 2.7 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where Citizen station FW7376 stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 744 feet above sea level with 3 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.13 inches of mercury, and temperature, 56.3 degrees Fahrenheit; the altimeter setting of 30.01 and the station pressure it means, 29.21.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW7376FIG. D WHERE CITIZEN STATION FW7376 STANDS IN THE ATMOSPHERESECTION FROM SEA LEVEL, HEIGHT TO SCALE, THE STATION IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHEREFT ABOVE SEA LEVEL05,00010,00015,000SEA LEVEL, 29.92 inHg IN THE STANDARD ATMOSPHERECITIZEN STATION FW73763 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT744 FT10 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 2,890 FT20 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 6,050 FT30 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 9,540 FT40 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW, 13,470 FTSTANDARD PRESSURE HERE29.13 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE56.3 FALTIMETER SETTING, REPORTED30.01 inHgITS BAROMETER READS29.21 inHgTEMPERATURE, REPORTED59.0 FTITLECitizen station FW7376, the columnSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW7376TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW7376-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The sun

On Oct 16 the noon sun stands 41 degrees above the horizon at 39.67 N, and the day is 10 h 59 min long. Level ground there takes 66 per cent of the noon sunlight a surface facing the sun would.

Elevation of the noon sun at Citizen station FW7376, angles true: on Oct 16 it stands 41 degrees above the horizon, against 74 at the June solstice, 50 at the equinoxes and 27 at the December solstice; the day is 10 h 59 min long.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FW7376FIG. E THE SUN AT CITIZEN STATION FW7376ELEVATION LOOKING WEST, SOUTH TO THE LEFT: THE NOON SUN ON THE DAY OF THE REPORT, AND AT THE SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES; ANGLES TRUETHE STATIONJUNE SOLSTICE 74°EQUINOXES 50°DECEMBER SOLSTICE 27°OCT 16, 41°SOUTHANGLES TRUE; THE RAYS ARE OF ONE LENGTH AND DRAW DIRECTION ONLYDAY LENGTH 10 H 59 MINLEVEL GROUND TAKES 66 PER CENT OF THE NOON SUN A FACING SURFACE WOULDLATITUDE 39.67 N; THE SUN'S DECLINATION -9.1°TITLECitizen station FW7376, the sunSTATION REPORT · CWOP FW7376TYPEELEVATIONSCALEANGLES TRUEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 4DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FW7376-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-007

The full report of Citizen station FW7376, in 4 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 Cavetown

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

Near Cavetown

River and lake gauges