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Vale Summit, Maryland Weather

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Vale Summit weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Vale Summit, MD
Wednesday, June 3 at 9:23 PM
70
°
Clear
Feels like
67°
Humidity
37%
Wind
6 mph
Sunrise
5:49 AM
Sunset
8:38 PM
Vale Summit, MD
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastVale Summit, MD: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 58 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 58°H 76°
Vale Summit, MD
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 3
    Clear
    71°50°
  2. Thursday
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    76°58°+5°
  3. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    82°61°+6°
  4. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Drizzle
    35%
    82°60°
  5. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Drizzle
    35%
    77°59°-5°
  6. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    11%
    0.02″
    69°55°-8°
  7. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    12%
    78°46°+9°
Vale Summit, MD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
N
002° · veering 102°
Direction
N
002°
Sustained
6
mph
Gust
10
mph
Peak 24h
14
avg 5
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 5 · pk 14 @ 1:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 113SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 102° from the n.
Vale Summit, MD
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
946.3
-1.0 mb in 3h · falling · 27.94 inHg
Now
946.3
mb
3h
-1.0
mb
12h
-2.4
mb
24h
-0.3
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 945949
940945950955-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW948.8944.7945.5
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Deep low still deepening — rough seas, strong wind, persistent rain.
Vale Summit, MD
Air quality
50
AQI
Hazardous
+16 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 500 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. AQI up 16 in the last 6 hours — air quality is degrading. Levels should ease through evening.

AVOID OUTDOORS Avoid outdoor exertion. Keep windows closed; use HEPA filtration indoors if available.

PM 2.5Good
4.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
1μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
106μg/m³
UV IndexModerate
2.7

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 500 — peak already passed at 1 PM under clear skies. Levels should ease through evening.

Present
AQI 500
UV peak
2.3 at earlier today
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 500
Vale Summit, MD
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
111.1mi
UNLIMITED
122 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
21:23 UTC ·Vale Summit, MD · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
21:23 UTC ·Vale Summit, MD · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Vale Summit, MD
Satellite · infrared · animated
Vale Summit, MD
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Vale Summit, MD
Almanac · Wednesday, June 3
The higher the clouds, the finer the weather.
Civil dawn
9:18 AM
Sunrise
5:49 AM
Daylight
14h 49m
Sunset
8:38 PM
Civil dusk
1:11 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Vale Summit, MD
The moon
Waning Gibbous
89% illuminated
Moonrise
3:04 AM
Moonset
12:13 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Vale Summit, MD
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Vale Summit at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 14 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jun 1–5
  • Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of June 3, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.

ZIP codes in Vale Summit

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.