Butlertown, Maryland Weather
Butlertown, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Butlertown, Kent County.
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About Butlertown, Maryland
Butlertown lies low and wide, a place where the land seems to exhale towards the Chesapeake Bay's embracing arms. It lies 17.8 miles north of Queen Annes, MD (from Queen Annes, MD: bearing 5°T), and is situated 1.7 miles east-north-east of Kent. Fields of corn, their stalks rustling like secrets in the humid breeze, stretch out from the scattered houses, their green a deep, unwavering hue under the vast, pale sky. Ditches and drainage canals, silver threads against the fertile earth, crisscross the terrain, hinting at the perpetual negotiation between water and land, a constant, quiet conversation. The air here carries the sweet, earthy scent of damp soil and distant marsh grass, a perfume that clings to the skin long after you've passed through the handful of buildings that constitute Butlertown. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-overcast heavens, has a peculiar softness, a diffused glow that seems to lend a gentle patina to everything it touches, from the weathered clapboard of a barn to the broad, unhurried sweep of a pickup truck on the paved road. The history of Butlertown is as much a story of the water as it is of the soil, a legacy of those who coaxed sustenance from both. For generations, this stretch of Kent County has been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture and the bounty of the Chesapeake, a quiet partnership that has sustained its inhabitants. Fishing fleets, though perhaps fewer now than in times past, still ply the tributaries that feed into the bay, their catches forming a vital, if modest, part of the local economy. The land itself, rich and yielding, has long been the bedrock of Butlertown’s identity, its fields producing crops that feed not just the immediate vicinity but reach further afield. There is a sense here of lives lived in close proximity to the elements, a practical wisdom born of understanding the seasons, the tides, and the enduring strength of the earth.
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| Location | Butlertown, Kent County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.28261°N, 76.104393°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21678 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Butlertown, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Butlertown, Maryland, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Butlertown includes coordinates 39.282610°N, 76.104393°W, situated in Kent County. ZIP code 21678. Telephone area code: 410, 443. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
