MD-213 at SassafrasMD039
Beside a road/2.8 mi away/13 ft/59 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Severe Thunderstorm Watch, in full
Alert. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in force for Cecilton until 8 PM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 8 PM, the chance peaking at 66% around 9 PM.
Now. Cecilton is 75° and overcast at 2 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 80° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (61%). Rain is possible Monday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:23 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:19 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 10 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 PM in Cecilton, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Northeast Maryland (MD), 11 miles off.
Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.05 in in the last 24 hours, 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Sat 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Cecilton, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Cecilton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.8 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
MD-213 at SassafrasMD039
Beside a road/2.8 mi away/13 ft/59 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Chesapeake CityNDBC-CHCM2
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.1 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/16.6 mi away/59 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station CW1620CW1620
In a volunteer observer's own ground/17.2 mi away/313 ft/241 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Cecilton 3.5 WSWMD-CC-23
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/38 ft/34 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ConowingoCNWM2
At a cooperative observer's station/23.3 mi away/23 ft/49 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 16.6 mi from Cecilton, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 7 mi.
69.6 F with a dew point of 68.7 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 800 ft.
From the south southwest (210 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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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.