In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/78 ft/17 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM, the chance peaking at 95% around 1 AM.
Now. Lexington Park is 62° and overcast at 12 AM. The dew point is 60°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light air from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 81° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 54° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. Rain is likely tomorrow (98%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:27 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:26 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 13 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 12:00 AM in Lexington Park, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Southern Maryland (MD), 19 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 41, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.
Precipitation
0.11 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.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Lexington Park, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Lexington Park, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/78 ft/17 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
MD 5 North at MD 246MD100
Beside a road/2.4 mi away/13 ft/82 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
At an airfield/3.3 mi away/39 ft/56 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Rain Gage at St Marys Lake near Callaway381510076320001
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/72 ft/23 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Great Mills 4.0 SMD-SM-22
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.5 mi away/76 ft/19 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SolomonsSOLM2
At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/20 ft/75 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 3.3 mi from Lexington Park, Maryland. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:52 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
63.0 F with a dew point of 60.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.
From the east (90 degrees) at 10 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
21 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.