Cooksville, 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 Cooksville, Howard County.
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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.
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| 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 | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
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, 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 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. 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.