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Golden Beach, Maryland

Community in St. Mary's County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Golden Beach

Index 10, good, led by ozone. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Southern Maryland (MD), 9 miles off.

10Good
  • Ozone10Good13 ppb5.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 20, good.

Smoke, the next 40 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 Golden Beach

0.16 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.16in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Golden Beach, the next 40 hours

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

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Golden Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.

measured now5 instruments

CedarvilleCVLM2

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.9 mi away/233 ft/163 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank180of 736

Leonardtown2W6

At an airfield/14.6 mi away/142 ft/72 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 736

Powder MillS2049

At a soil climate station/37.2 mi away/105 ft/35 ft above here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank734of 736

measured daily2 instruments

MechanicsvilleMECM2

At a cooperative observer's station/2.0 mi away/135 ft/65 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank736of 736

Station report

The weather at Leonardtown, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 14.6 mi from Golden Beach, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,000 ft; the ceiling is 1,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Leonardtown, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, the ceiling at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2W6FIG. A THE SKY OVER LEONARDTOWNSECTION, 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 1,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLELeonardtown, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS 2W6TYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2W6-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.2 F with a dew point of 62.2 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Leonardtown: temperature 62.2 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.2, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2W6FIG. B THE AIR AT LEONARDTOWNTHE 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, OVC 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 62.2 F, 62.2 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 POINTTITLELeonardtown, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2W6TYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2W6-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Leonardtown, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT 2W6FIG. C THE WIND AT LEONARDTOWNPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELeonardtown, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS 2W6TYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-2W6-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Leonardtown, 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 Golden Beach

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

Near Golden Beach

River and lake gauges