Bel Air, Maryland Weather
Bel Air, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Bel Air, Allegany County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Bel Air. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Bel Air is published on the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE) page, 9 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 4 airfields within reach of Bel Air have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Bel Air: Garrett County Airport (K2G4) 42 km · Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 54 km · Potomac Airpark (KW35) 60 km
Conditions reported at KCBE describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Bel Air specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Bel Air.
About Bel Air, Maryland
Bel Air unfolds with a quiet dignity, its landscape a gentle embrace of rolling terrain where broad fields of emerald green give way to the deeper hues of hardwood forests. It lies 13.2 miles west-south-west of Allegany, MD (from Allegany, MD: bearing 254°T), and is situated 7.2 miles south-west of Cumberland. The air here, especially as the sun dips below the western ridges, carries a crispness that hints at the nearby Appalachian foothills, a subtle coolness that breathes life into the late afternoon. The roads, often lined with mature trees whose branches form leafy archways, invite a slower pace, a contemplative journey through a countryside that feels both familiar and enduring. The very texture of the land, a rich, dark loam, promises fertile bounty, while the distant murmur of water suggests unseen streams threading their way through the hollows. This is a place shaped by generations of agricultural endeavor, where the legacy of farming is still very much alive, evident in the well-tended pastures and the occasional glint of a silo against the sky. Bel Air boasts a history rooted in the early days of Maryland's development, a testament to the resilience and foresight of its founders who recognized the land's potential. The local economy, though diversified, retains a strong connection to its agrarian past, with markets and farm stands offering the season's fresh produce. Beyond the fields, one finds a community that values its heritage, a character reflected in its historic architecture and the unhurried rhythm of its daily life, a place where the past and present coexist with a natural grace.
Live animated radar for Bel Air and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Bel Air, Allegany County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.573145°N, 78.849744°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21502, 21014 |
| Area Code | 410, 443, 240, 301 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Bel Air, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Bel Air, Maryland, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. Additional sections may include tide predictions, wave height, wave direction and sea-surface temperature, a barometric pressure trend, and a solunar-based fishing forecast with a fishing-conditions rating for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live USGS river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Bel Air includes coordinates 39.573145°N, 78.849744°W, situated in Allegany County. ZIP code 21502, 21014. Telephone area code: 410, 443, 240, 301. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. River and stream data is sourced from the USGS National Water Information System. Tide predictions are sourced from NOAA CO-OPS; marine and solunar data are modeled from Open-Meteo and public sunrise/moon calculations and should be treated as a general guide alongside on-the-water conditions. Radar is provided by RainViewer. Satellite imagery is sourced from NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East and is public domain.
