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Sandy Hook, Maryland

Community in Washington County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Sandy Hook

Index 33, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Martinsburg (WV), 15 miles off.

33Good
  • Ozone33Good22 ppb16.3 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Wed Oct 21, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 15, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Sandy Hook

0.19 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.19in
Last 3 days
0.19in

Visibility

How far you can see at Sandy Hook, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 10 miles or more through Sun 8 AM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Sandy Hook, 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

measured daily2 instruments

Knoxville 2.6 WMD-WH-26

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/278 ft/137 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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WilliamsportWLLM2

At a cooperative observer's station/21.3 mi away/541 ft/126 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank59of 736

Station report

The weather at Frederick Muni Apt, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 18.7 mi from Sandy Hook, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:47 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Frederick Muni Apt, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FDKFIG. A THE SKY OVER FREDERICK MUNI APTSECTION, 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 STATIONSCT 1,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEFrederick Muni Apt, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FDKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FDK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

71.6 F with a dew point of 69.8 F, 94 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Frederick Muni Apt: temperature 71.6 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 69.8, 94 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 400 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FDKFIG. B THE AIR AT FREDERICK MUNI APTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00060 F70 F80 FSATURATES 400 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 69.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,000 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 71.6 F, 69.8 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 94 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 POINTTITLEFrederick Muni Apt, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FDKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FDK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Frederick Muni Apt, north up: blowing from 200 degrees, the south southwest, at 9 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 FDKFIG. C THE WIND AT FREDERICK MUNI APTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 200°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE8NOW, 9 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEFrederick Muni Apt, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FDKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FDK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Frederick Muni Apt, 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 Sandy Hook

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

Near Sandy Hook

River and lake gauges