I-68 at Md 55MD035
Beside a road/4.5 mi away/1,594 ft/120 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Coming up. Rain is likely this afternoon, from about 4 PM (51%).
Now. Midland is 57° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 58°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the south-southwest at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 2 PM. Tonight falls to about 40° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Wednesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 50°. Rain is possible tomorrow (34%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 31°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:35 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:31 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. The day is 11 hours 9 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in Midland, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 11, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Western Maryland (MD), 3 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.18 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 8 miles Fri 4 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Midland, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 6 instruments nearest Midland, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.3 miles away.
measured now4 instruments
I-68 at Md 55MD035
Beside a road/4.5 mi away/1,594 ft/120 ft below here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Citizen station GW0953GW0953
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.4 mi away/963 ft/751 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
North Branch Potomac River Near Cumberland01603000
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.6 mi away/584 ft/1,130 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
CumberlandCBE
At an airfield/10.2 mi away/775 ft/939 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Lonaconing 0.3 NNWMD-AL-8
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.3 mi away/1,562 ft/152 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FrostburgFRSM2
At a cooperative observer's station/5.4 mi away/2,182 ft/468 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 10.2 mi from Midland, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:15 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 200 ft; the ceiling is 200 ft; visibility 3/4 mi.
57.2 F with a dew point of 56.3 F, 97 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 200 ft.
Calm.
The full report of Cumberland, 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.