Citizen station GW5747GW5747
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/251 ft/82 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Alert. A Test Message is in force for Martin's Additions until 11:45 AM today. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM (65%).
Now. Martin's Additions is 61° and overcast at 11 AM. The dew point is 65°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the south-southwest at 6 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 82° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 63°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is possible tomorrow (44%) and Monday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:29 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:25 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 12 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 11:00 AM in Martin's Additions, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 34, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 AM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia and DC (DC), 5 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 10 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Fog: visibility falls to 0.9 miles Fri 7 PM, under a mile for 1 hour.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Martin's Additions, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Martin's Additions, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Citizen station GW5747GW5747
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.8 mi away/251 ft/82 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beside a road/2.8 mi away/213 ft/120 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
College ParkCGS
At an airfield/7.9 mi away/48 ft/285 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Powder MillS2049
At a soil climate station/12.0 mi away/105 ft/228 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
Pheasant Run - Patuxent Env RAWSPREM2
A remote fire weather station/14.2 mi away/215 ft/118 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Chevy Chase 1.2 SWMD-MG-152
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/330 ft/3 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
BeltsvilleBTVM2
At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/138 ft/195 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 7.9 mi from Martin's Additions, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 10:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 500 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
66.2 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 500 ft.
From the south (180 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
The full report of College Park, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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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.