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Fishing Creek, Maryland

Community in Dorchester County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Fishing Creek

Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Lower Eastern Shore (MD), 28 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone18Good-
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 42 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Fishing Creek

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

Last 24 hours
0.17in
Last 3 days
0.17in

Visibility

How far you can see at Fishing Creek, the next 42 hours

Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 9 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Fishing Creek, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 7.2 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Wingate 1.5 NNWMD-DR-12

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.2 mi away/2 ft/1 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SolomonsSOLM2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.2 mi away/20 ft/19 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Patuxent River NAS, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.6 mi from Fishing Creek, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:52 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,100 ft, broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 2,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Patuxent River NAS, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,900 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NHKFIG. A THE SKY OVER PATUXENT RIVER NASSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,900 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,100 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEPatuxent River NAS, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NHKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NHK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Patuxent River NAS: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NHKFIG. B THE AIR AT PATUXENT RIVER NASTHE 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, SCT 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.0 F, 62.0 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 POINTTITLEPatuxent River NAS, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NHKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NHK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 8 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Patuxent River NAS, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 8 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NHKFIG. C THE WIND AT PATUXENT RIVER NASPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 8 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPatuxent River NAS, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NHKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NHK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Patuxent River NAS, 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 Fishing Creek

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

Near Fishing Creek

River and lake gauges