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Taylors Island, Maryland

Community in Dorchester County, Maryland

Air quality

The air at Taylors Island

Index 14, good, led by fine particles. Read at 4 AM from its reporting area, Lower Eastern Shore (MD), 23 miles off.

14Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good12.6 mi
  • Ozone14Good8 ppb12.6 mi
  • Coarse particles (PM10)5Good-
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb12.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Sun Oct 18, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 32, good.

Smoke, the next 41 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 17 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Taylors Island

0.16 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.16in
Last 3 days
0.16in

Visibility

How far you can see at Taylors Island, the next 41 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 9 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Taylors Island, MarylandReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 6 instruments nearest Taylors Island, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 6.1 miles away.

measured now4 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Church Creek 0.6 WNWMD-DR-4

In a volunteer observer's own ground/8.5 mi away/0 ft/3 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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SolomonsSOLM2

At a cooperative observer's station/12.9 mi away/20 ft/17 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Patuxent River NAS, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.8 mi from Taylors Island, Maryland. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 3:39 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,200 ft, overcast at 3,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Patuxent River NAS, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,200 feet, the ceiling at 2,200 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NHKFIG. A THE SKY OVER PATUXENT RIVER NASSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,200 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,200 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEPatuxent River NAS, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS NHKTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NHK-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

63.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 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 2,200 ft.

Chart of the air at Patuxent River NAS: temperature 63.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 97 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,200 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NHKFIG. B THE AIR AT PATUXENT RIVER NASTHE 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 FSATURATES 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,200 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 63.0 F, 62.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 97 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 POINTTITLEPatuxent River NAS, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS NHKTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NHK-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Patuxent River NAS, north up: blowing from 180 degrees, the south, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT NHKFIG. C THE WIND AT PATUXENT RIVER NASPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEPatuxent River NAS, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS NHKTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-NHK-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Patuxent River NAS, 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 Taylors Island

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

Near Taylors Island

River and lake gauges