Crocheron, Maryland Weather
Crocheron, 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 Crocheron, Dorchester County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Crocheron. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Crocheron is published on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) page, 32 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 Crocheron 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 Crocheron: Cambridge Dorchester Airport (KCGE) 33 km · Naval Outlying Landing Field Webster (KNUI) 34 km
Conditions reported at KNHK describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Crocheron specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Crocheron.
About Crocheron, Maryland
Crocheron breathes the salt-laced air of Dorchester County, a quiet scattering of dwellings and fields beside the wide, slow-moving waters that define this part of Maryland’s Eastern Shore. It lies 19.4 miles east-north-east of Saint Marys, MD (from Saint Marys, MD: bearing 61°T), and is situated 19.7 miles west of Princess Anne. Here, the land lies low, a gentle yielding to the Chesapeake’s embrace, where the sky stretches vast and pale, often brushed with the blush of dawn or the deepening indigo of twilight. Cypress knees stand like ancient sentinels at the water’s edge, their gnarled roots grasping at the silty soil, while the broad, flat expanse of farmland, crisscrossed by drainage ditches, stretches towards the horizon, punctuated by the dark silhouettes of oak and pine. The very air here seems to carry the whisper of wind through tall grasses and the distant, mournful cry of gulls, a constant reminder of the ever-present waterways that shape the very character of life in Crocheron. The history of Crocheron is a story written in the ebb and flow of tides and the enduring cultivation of the land, its economy long tied to the bounty of the Chesapeake Bay and the fertile soil. Generations have worked this earth, their lives dictated by the cycles of planting and harvest, and their livelihoods often drawn from the rich waters teeming with crabs and oysters. While agriculture remains a bedrock, the quiet hum of small businesses provides the pulse of daily life in Crocheron, a place where the past is not forgotten but lives on in the weathered farmhouses and the enduring traditions of a community that understands the deep connection between people and place. The landscape itself, a mosaic of marsh and field, tells a story of resilience and adaptation, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called this watery edge of Maryland home.
Live animated radar for Crocheron 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 | Crocheron, Dorchester County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.242901°N, 76.052159°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21627 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Crocheron, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Crocheron, 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 Crocheron includes coordinates 38.242901°N, 76.052159°W, situated in Dorchester County. ZIP code 21627. 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.
