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Galena, Maryland

Town in Kent County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Galena

Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northeast Maryland (MD), 15 miles off.

19Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good16.6 mi
  • Ozone19Good12 ppb5 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb16.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 26, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Galena

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.01in

Visibility

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

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Galena, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Cecilton 3.5 WSWMD-CC-23

In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.6 mi away/38 ft/32 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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ConowingoCNWM2

At a cooperative observer's station/26.2 mi away/23 ft/47 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at MD-213 at Sassafras, drawn

The nearest instrument reporting now, 1.5 mi from Galena, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:39 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.

The air

62.4 F with a dew point of 61.9 F, 98 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 100 ft up.

Chart of the air at MD-213 at Sassafras: temperature 62.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 61.9, 98 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 100 feet above the station; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MD039FIG. B THE AIR AT MD-213 AT SASSAFRASTHE 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 100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.8 FTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.4 F, 61.9 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 98 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 POINTTITLEMD-213 at Sassafras, the airSTATION REPORT · RWIS MD039TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MD039-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (72 degrees) at 1 mph, gusting 2 mph: force 1, a light air on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 4 mph.

Plan of the wind at MD-213 at Sassafras, north up: blowing from 72 degrees, the east northeast, at 1 miles an hour, gusting 2; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 1, light air, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MD039FIG. C THE WIND AT MD-213 AT SASSAFRASPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 72°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR1NOW, 1 MPH2LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMD-213 at Sassafras, the windSTATION REPORT · RWIS MD039TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MD039-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008

The column

At 13 ft above sea level, 0 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.91 inHg and the temperature at 59.0 F; it reports 62.4 F, 3.4 F warmer than standard.

Section from sea level of where MD-213 at Sassafras stands in the atmosphere, height to scale: the station 13 feet above sea level with 0 per cent of the air below it; the standard atmosphere's pressure there, 29.91 inches of mercury, and temperature, 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT MD039FIG. D WHERE MD-213 AT SASSAFRAS 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 ATMOSPHEREMD-213 AT SASSAFRAS0 PER CENT OF THE AIR BELOW IT13 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 HERE29.91 inHgSTANDARD TEMPERATURE HERE59.0 FTEMPERATURE, REPORTED62.4 FTITLEMD-213 at Sassafras, the columnSTATION REPORT · RWIS MD039TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 5DATE2026-10-16IDSR-MD039-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-ENG-001, FB-ENG-003

The full report of MD-213 at Sassafras, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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