Outdoor conditions in

Fairwood

Maryland

Outdoor planning

Now
  1. 63°Slight Chance Rain Showers17% rain75% humidityGusts 14 mph
  2. 63°Slight Chance Rain Showers20% rain72% humidityGusts 13 mph
  3. 63°Chance Rain Showers33% rain72% humidityGusts 12 mph
  4. 63°Chance Rain Showers38% rain72% humidityGusts 10 mph
  5. 62°Chance Rain Showers49% rain78% humidityGusts 10 mph
  6. 61°Chance Rain Showers38% rain81% humidityGusts 9 mph
  7. 61°Chance Rain Showers37% rain84% humidityGusts 8 mph
  8. 61°Chance Rain Showers25% rain81% humidityGusts 8 mph
  9. 61°Slight Chance Rain Showers24% rain84% humidityGusts 8 mph
  10. 61°Slight Chance Rain Showers17% rain87% humidityGusts 9 mph
  11. 60°Cloudy11% rain96% humidityGusts 10 mph
  12. 60°Mostly Cloudy12% rain96% humidityGusts 10 mph
  13. 60°Slight Chance Rain Showers19% rain100% humidityGusts 10 mph
  14. 60°Chance Rain Showers27% rain100% humidityGusts 10 mph
  15. 60°Chance Rain Showers25% rain100% humidityGusts 10 mph
  16. 59°Chance Rain Showers32% rain100% humidityGusts 9 mph
  17. 60°Patchy Fog19% rain100% humidityGusts 9 mph
  18. 60°Cloudy12% rain100% humidityGusts 9 mph
  19. 60°Patchy Fog11% rain100% humidityGusts 10 mph
  20. 61°Cloudy11% rain100% humidityGusts 12 mph
  21. 62°Cloudy11% rain100% humidityGusts 13 mph
  22. 62°Slight Chance Rain Showers15% rain100% humidityGusts 15 mph
  23. 63°Cloudy1% rain100% humidityGusts 16 mph
  24. 65°Mostly Cloudy1% rain97% humidityGusts 17 mph
Extra care for

A little farther out

The next five days

Today

Today has a real shower chance.

Rain
49%
Humidity
72–100%
Wind
15 mph
Fri

Friday looks wet for a meaningful stretch.

Rain
74%
Humidity
61–100%
Wind
25 mph
Sat

Saturday looks wet for a meaningful stretch.

Rain
74%
Humidity
48–90%
Wind
29 mph
Sun

Sunday looks fairly quiet.

Rain
15%
Humidity
45–79%
Wind
15 mph
Mon

Monday looks fairly quiet.

Rain
15%
Humidity
60–89%
Wind
13 mph
  1. 63° / 60°Today has a real shower chance.49% rain · Humidity 72–100% · Wind 15 mph
  2. 82° / 59°Friday looks wet for a meaningful stretch.74% rain · Humidity 61–100% · Wind 25 mph
  3. 61° / 46°Saturday looks wet for a meaningful stretch.74% rain · Humidity 48–90% · Wind 29 mph
  4. 57° / 40°Sunday looks fairly quiet.15% rain · Humidity 45–79% · Wind 15 mph
  5. 61° / 43°Monday looks fairly quiet.15% rain · Humidity 60–89% · Wind 13 mph

Environmental watch

Air quality + smoke

Air quality

Suburban DC area · Updated Thu 9:26 AM
32GoodUS AQI

Good through Sat 12 PM.

Sky check

No plume detected overhead

Satellite view · Updated Thu 8:45 AM

Air near ground32 · Good US AQI

Rain, in motion · Past four hours

Fairwood radar

Radar animation for Fairwood, covering the past four hours. A marked spot changes the map view, not the forecast on this page.

Outdoor fire check

Thinking about a backyard fire?

Use extra caution.

There is no lower-concern three-hour stretch in the next 12 hours.

Next 12 hoursChoose a time to see what is driving the concern.
Selected timeNowUse caution

Sustained wind is 9 mph. Thunder is possible.

Humidity
75%
Wind
9 mph
Gusts
14 mph

Check local rules. Weather is only part of the decision. Check city, county, and land-manager fire restrictions before lighting any outdoor fire.

About these readingsSources and local limits

Weather

Forecasts, alerts, and radar come from NOAA and the National Weather Service.

Air quality

This reading describes Suburban DC area, about 12 miles away. Conditions can differ at this exact spot.

Smoke

Satellite imagery shows smoke overhead. It cannot tell us how much smoke has reached breathing level.

This page represents Fairwood, MD, so conditions can vary from street to street. Environmental data: AirNow · participating air agencies · preliminary real-time US AQI · NOAA Hazard Mapping System · satellite-observed smoke.