Catonsville, Maryland Weather
Catonsville, 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 Catonsville, Baltimore County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Catonsville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Catonsville is published on the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI) page, 12 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. 6 airfields within reach of Catonsville 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 Catonsville: Fort Meade Executive Airport (KFME) 21 km · Martin State Airport (KMTN) 28 km · Weide (Aberdeen Proving Ground) Army Heliport (KEDG) 40 km · Phillips Army Air Field (KAPG) 53 km · Harford County Airport (K0W3) 56 km
Conditions reported at KBWI describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Catonsville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Catonsville, Maryland
Catonsville unfolds in a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, a place where the afternoon sun often casts long, golden shadows across the well-tended lawns and the sturdy brick homes. It lies 2.3 miles north-east of Ilchester, MD (from Ilchester, MD: bearing 50°T), and is situated 6.5 miles west of Baltimore. The air here, especially on a humid summer evening, carries the scent of blooming dogwoods and the distant hum of traffic from nearby thoroughfares, a sound that softens and blurs as it drifts across the neighborhood streets. Mature trees, their branches like arthritic fingers reaching for the sky, line the older avenues, their leaves forming a verdant canopy that offers a cool respite from the Maryland sun. This Baltimore County enclave, with roots stretching back to the 18th century, has long been a place of quiet industry and burgeoning education. Its early days were tied to the fertile land and the burgeoning transportation networks that connected it to the larger port city. Today, Catonsville is perhaps best known as home to the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, a vibrant hub of research and learning that infuses the community with a youthful energy. The local economy, while diverse, retains a sense of groundedness, a reflection of the generations who have built their lives here, finding steady work in professional services, healthcare, and the educational institutions that dot the surrounding landscape. The character of Catonsville is one of enduring familiarity, a place where the past whispers from the stoops of its historic homes and the present thrives in its bustling commercial districts and the academic halls of its university.
Live animated radar for Catonsville 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 | Catonsville, Baltimore County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.272051°N, 76.731916°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21228, 21250 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Catonsville, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Catonsville, 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 Catonsville includes coordinates 39.272051°N, 76.731916°W, situated in Baltimore County. ZIP code 21228, 21250. 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. 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.
