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Maryland City, Maryland

Community in Anne Arundel County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Maryland City

Index 16, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Suburban DC (MD), 10 miles off.

16Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good4.8 mi
  • Ozone16Good9 ppb4.8 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3.9 ppb4.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb4.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm3.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 8, 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 Maryland City

0.05 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 12 AM. 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 Maryland City, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 6 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 7 instruments nearest Maryland City, 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 now5 instruments

Fort MeadeFME

At an airfield/2.8 mi away/151 ft/55 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank122of 736

Powder MillS2049

At a soil climate station/6.3 mi away/105 ft/101 ft below here

temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture

Rank734of 736

measured daily2 instruments

Laurel 3.9 EMD-AA-90

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/164 ft/42 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank568of 736

BeltsvilleBTVM2

At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/138 ft/68 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Fort Meade, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 2.8 mi from Maryland City, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 700 ft; the ceiling is 700 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Fort Meade, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 700 feet, the ceiling at 700 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FMEFIG. A THE SKY OVER FORT MEADESECTION, 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 700 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 700 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFort Meade, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FMETYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FME-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

59.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 700 ft.

Chart of the air at Fort Meade: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FMEFIG. B THE AIR AT FORT MEADETHE 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 700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 59.0 F, 59.0 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 POINTTITLEFort Meade, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FMETYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FME-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 Fort Meade, 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 FMEFIG. C THE WIND AT FORT MEADEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLEFort Meade, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FMETYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FME-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Fort Meade, 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 Maryland City

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

Near Maryland City

River and lake gauges