Beside a road/2.5 mi away/269 ft/3 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Severe Thunderstorm Watch, in full · Every severe alert
Alert. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in force for Silver Hill until 8 PM today. 1 more alert is in force here as well. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM, the chance peaking at 68% around 8 PM.
Now. Silver Hill is 70° and clear at 6 PM. The dew point is 69°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 10 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 6 PM. Tonight falls to about 50° by 7 AM, under cloud. Air quality is moderate (index 60): fine for most people, though people unusually sensitive to air pollution may feel it outdoors.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (68%). Rain is possible Thursday (31%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:28 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 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 6:00 PM in Silver Hill, Maryland.
Air quality
Index 60, moderate, led by fine particles. Read at 5 PM from its reporting area, Northern Virginia and DC (DC), 7 miles off.
Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 5 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 PM, lowest 3 miles Fri 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Silver Hill, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 7 instruments nearest Silver Hill, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.1 miles away.
measured now5 instruments
Beside a road/2.5 mi away/269 ft/3 ft above here
temp, pavement temp, wind, visibility, precip
Andrews AFBADW
At an airfield/4.4 mi away/282 ft/16 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station KB3PHDKB3PHD
In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.3 mi away/63 ft/203 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Powder MillS2049
At a soil climate station/13.1 mi away/105 ft/161 ft below here
temp, humidity, soil temp, soil moisture
CedarvilleCVLM2
At a river or reservoir gauge/14.4 mi away/233 ft/33 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Suitland 2.1 SEMD-PG-43
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.1 mi away/255 ft/11 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bristol/Jug Bay Met SensorsBSLM2
At a cooperative observer's station/13.4 mi away/-20 ft/286 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 4.4 mi from Silver Hill, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Clear; visibility 10 mi or more.
78.0 F with a dew point of 68.7 F, 73 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,200 ft up.
From the south southwest (200 degrees) at 9 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 20 mph.
The full report of Andrews AFB, 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.