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Essex, Maryland

Community in Baltimore County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Essex

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Metro Baltimore (MD), 11 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good10.7 mi
  • Ozone20Good20 ppb1.3 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb1.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0.1 ppb1.3 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm24.1 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 10, good.

Smoke, the next 43 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 Essex

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

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

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 7 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Essex, 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 now5 instruments

Powder MillS2049

At a soil climate station/29.2 mi away/105 ft/94 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank734of 736

measured daily2 instruments

Dundalk 0.7 WSWMD-BL-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/49 ft/38 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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CylburCYLM2

At a cooperative observer's station/11.1 mi away/295 ft/284 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Baltimore/Martin, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.4 mi from Essex, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Baltimore/Martin, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTNFIG. A THE SKY OVER BALTIMORE/MARTINSECTION, 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 STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEBaltimore/Martin, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS MTNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

61.7 F with a dew point of 59.5 F, 92 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Baltimore/Martin: temperature 61.7 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.5, 92 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MTNFIG. B THE AIR AT BALTIMORE/MARTINTHE 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 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 59.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 61.7 F, 59.5 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 92 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 POINTTITLEBaltimore/Martin, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (190 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Baltimore/Martin, north up: blowing from 190 degrees, the south, at 5 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 MTNFIG. C THE WIND AT BALTIMORE/MARTINPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 190°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEBaltimore/Martin, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS MTNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MTN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Baltimore/Martin, 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 Essex

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

Near Essex

River and lake gauges