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Halfway, Maryland

Community in Washington County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Halfway

Index 18, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Hagerstown Region (MD), 8 miles off.

18Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)18Good4.5 mi
  • Ozone17Good15 ppb4.5 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 42, good.

Smoke, the next 44 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 Halfway

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Thu 11 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.05in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at Halfway, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 6 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Halfway, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

I-70 @ I-81MD011

Beside a road/1.1 mi away/499 ft/77 ft below here

temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip

Rank331of 736

measured daily2 instruments

Hagerstown 2.6 SWMD-WH-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/601 ft/25 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

Hagerstown 1EHGCM2

At a cooperative observer's station/4.0 mi away/541 ft/35 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank346of 736

Station report

The weather at Hagerstown Regional, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.6 mi from Halfway, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 600 ft; the ceiling is 600 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Hagerstown Regional, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 600 feet, the ceiling at 600 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HGRFIG. A THE SKY OVER HAGERSTOWN REGIONALSECTION, 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 600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 600 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLEHagerstown Regional, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS HGRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HGR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 57.0 F, 96 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 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Hagerstown Regional: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 57.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT HGRFIG. B THE AIR AT HAGERSTOWN REGIONALTHE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 56.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 57.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLEHagerstown Regional, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS HGRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HGR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Hagerstown Regional, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 10 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 HGRFIG. C THE WIND AT HAGERSTOWN REGIONALPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 10 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEHagerstown Regional, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS HGRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-HGR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Hagerstown Regional, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

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