Beltsville, Maryland Weather
Beltsville, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Beltsville, Prince George's County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Beltsville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Beltsville is published on the Fort Meade Executive Airport (KFME) page, 14 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. 3 airfields within reach of Beltsville 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 Beltsville: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI) 26 km · Martin State Airport (KMTN) 53 km
Conditions reported at KFME describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Beltsville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Beltsville, Maryland
Beltsville unfolds across a gently rolling landscape, a mosaic of suburban sprawl and verdant patches that hint at its agricultural past. It lies 3.9 miles south-west of South Laurel, MD (from South Laurel, MD: bearing 232°T), and is situated 7.1 miles east-north-east of Silver Spring. Mature oak and maple trees, their branches often draped in the mossy beards of late summer, line many of the older avenues, offering a dappled, cool embrace against the humid Maryland air. The terrain, neither dramatically hilly nor starkly flat, possesses a quiet resilience, marked by the occasional, almost imperceptible rise that leads the eye toward distant, tree-lined horizons. Creeks, often shallow and meandering, thread through the neighborhoods, their banks a riot of ferns and wildflowers, a subtle reminder of the natural world persisting amidst the built environment, and at dusk, the air itself seems to soften, carrying the faint, sweet scent of cut grass and blooming honeysuckle. The roots of Beltsville run deep into the agricultural heart of Prince George's County, its early development intrinsically linked to the fertile lands that once dominated the region. For decades, the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center stood as a beacon of scientific inquiry, a legacy that still subtly informs the character of the community, even as its economic landscape has shifted. Today, the hum of commerce is more likely to be heard in the busy retail corridors and the steady flow of traffic on major arteries, supporting a diverse array of businesses that serve the surrounding population. Yet, echoes of its past can still be found, perhaps in a weathered barn still standing sentinel on a larger parcel of land or in the enduring sense of community fostered by its long-established neighborhoods, where the rhythm of daily life is a steady, familiar beat.
Live animated radar for Beltsville 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 | Beltsville, Prince George's County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.034832°N, 76.907474°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20705, 20704 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Beltsville, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Beltsville, 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 Beltsville includes coordinates 39.034832°N, 76.907474°W, situated in Prince George's County. ZIP code 20705, 20704. Telephone area code: 301, 240. 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.
