Cooksville, Maryland Weather
Cooksville, 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 Cooksville, Howard County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Cooksville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Cooksville is published on the Montgomery County Airpark (KGAI) page, 21 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 Cooksville 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 Cooksville: Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field (KDMW) 32 km · Frederick Municipal Airport (KFDK) 32 km · Leesburg Executive Airport (KJYO) 54 km
Conditions reported at KGAI describe the airfield itself. Weather 21 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Cooksville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Cooksville.
About Cooksville, Maryland
Cooksville, Maryland, unfolds across a landscape of rolling hills, where the gentle slopes of the Piedmont region give way to fertile valleys. It lies 3.8 miles north-west of Howard, MD (from Howard, MD: bearing 307°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south-south-west of Eldersburg. The air here, especially in the hushed hours before dawn, carries a damp, earthy scent, a testament to the rich loam that defines the terrain. Ancient oak and maple trees, their branches reaching like weathered arms, stand sentinel over fields that have yielded harvests for generations. The stone foundations of older farmsteads, peeking through overgrown meadows, hint at a long-settled past, a quiet persistence in the face of changing seasons. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy, often falls in soft, diffused shafts, illuminating the moss-covered bark and the delicate unfurling of new leaves, lending a timeless quality to the scenery. The history of Cooksville is deeply entwined with the agricultural heritage of Howard County. For centuries, this land was cultivated, its bounty supporting the lives and livelihoods of its inhabitants. The local economy, while increasingly influenced by the broader metropolitan growth of the region, still retains echoes of its agrarian roots, with remnants of family farms and the enduring appeal of the natural landscape. This particular stretch of Maryland is a place where the whispers of history are carried on the breeze, a place where the past is not so much buried as it is interwoven with the present, much like the winding country roads that connect its scattered homes and businesses.
Live animated radar for Cooksville 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 | Cooksville, Howard County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.320104°N, 77.020535°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21723 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Cooksville, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Cooksville, 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 Cooksville includes coordinates 39.320104°N, 77.020535°W, situated in Howard County. ZIP code 21723. 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.
