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Bowmans Addition, Maryland Weather

Queen Anne's lace lines the roads. Day 16 of summer. Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bowmans Addition weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Bowmans Addition, MD
Sunday, July 5 at 8:33 PM
77
°
Overcast
Feels like
84°
Humidity
78%
Wind
1 mph
Sunrise
1:53 AM
Sunset
4:46 PM
Bowmans Addition, MD
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastBowmans Addition, MD: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 70 to 84 degrees Fahrenheit with a 54% chance of precipitation at 6 PM.
L 70°H 84°
Bowmans Addition, MD
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jul 5
    Light Drizzle
    47%
    0.02″
    84°68°
  2. Monday
    Jul 6
    Rain
    54%
    0.23″
    84°70°
  3. Tuesday
    Jul 7
    Light Drizzle
    61%
    0.02″
    78°69°-6°
  4. Wednesday
    Jul 8
    Heavy Drizzle
    35%
    80°68°+2°
  5. Thursday
    Jul 9
    Light Drizzle
    54%
    93°66°+13°
  6. Friday
    Jul 10
    Showers
    43%
    81°66°-12°
  7. Saturday
    Jul 11
    Light Drizzle
    33%
    83°66°+2°
Bowmans Addition, MD
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SSE
158° · veering 132°
Direction
SSE
158°
Sustained
1
mph
Gust
3
mph
Peak 24h
13
avg 4 mph
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 4 mph · pk 13 mph @ 2:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 103SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Bowmans Addition, MD
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
978.0
-0.7 mb in 3h · falling · 28.88 inHg
Now
978.0
mb
3h
-0.7
mb
12h
-2.2
mb
24h
-2.9
mb
Regime · STORM
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 978981
970975980985-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW980.9977.8977.8
Deep low — expect rough seas, strong wind, and persistent rain.
Bowmans Addition, MD
Air quality
62
AQI
Moderate
+4 in 6h

AQI 62 (Moderate), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±4 points). PM2.5 at 11.0 µg/m³ (AQI 55) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
11.0μg/m³
PM 10Good
12μg/m³
NO₂Good
3μg/m³
OzoneModerate
90μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.1

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 43. Overcast through the UV peak window (cloud cover ~81%) — afternoon ozone should stay flat.

Present
AQI 43
UV peak
0.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
overcast
Projected peak
AQI 5

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 11.0 µg/m³ (AQI 55) with a 0.94 fine-to-coarse ratio and 1 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.94
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Bowmans Addition, MD
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
86%
MOSTLY CLOUDY
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
36.9mi
UNLIMITED
48 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
00:33 UTC · Bowmans Addition, MD · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · up to 10848 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
00:33 UTC · Bowmans Addition, MD · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · up to 10000 px
Bowmans Addition, MD
Satellite · infrared · animated
Bowmans Addition, MD
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Bowmans Addition, MD
Almanac · Sunday, July 5
When the stars begin to huddle, the earth will soon become a puddle.
Civil dawn
5:21 AM
Sunrise
1:53 AM
Daylight
14h 53m
Sunset
4:46 PM
Civil dusk
9:19 PM
Planting note
Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.
Bowmans Addition, MD
The moon
Waning Gibbous
68% illuminated
Moonrise
11:55 PM
Moonset
12:32 PM
In sign
♓︎ Pisces
Bowmans Addition, MD
Microseason
Jul 6–10

Queen Anne's lace lines the roads

weather
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Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Bowmans Addition at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 5°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 14 (climatological average for this latitude)
  • Microseason: Jul 6–10
  • Planting window: Sow fall broccoli and cabbage indoors for transplant in 4 weeks.

16-Day Forecast — Bowmans Addition

  1. Sun84°68°47%
  2. Mon84°69°54%
  3. Tue78°69°61%
  4. Wed80°68°35%
  5. Thu93°66°54%
  6. Fri81°66°43%
  7. Sat83°66°33%
  8. Sun85°67°32%
  9. Mon95°67°28%
  10. Tue91°67°13%
  11. Wed81°57°14%
  12. Thu82°55°30%
  13. Fri84°58°26%
  14. Sat68°61°26%
  15. Sun78°64°19%
  16. Mon77°65°32%

Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

Right now in the garden

Peak growing season

As of July 6, 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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Bowmans Addition

SPC has placed Bowmans Addition in the Slight Risk category for severe thunderstorms today.

  • TODAYSLGTSlight Risk
  • TOMORROWTSTMGeneral Thunderstorms
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Scattered severe storms possible. A few tornadoes, hail, and damaging wind gusts possible.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Bowmans Addition

  • 21502

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.