Croom, Maryland Weather
Croom, 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 Croom, Prince George's County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Croom. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Croom is published on the Joint Base Andrews (KADW) page, 11 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 Croom 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 Croom: Potomac Airfield (KVKX) 17 km · Lee Airport (KANP) 27 km · College Park Airport (KCGS) 29 km
Conditions reported at KADW describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Croom specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Croom.
About Croom, Maryland
Croom rests in a landscape shaped by the patient sculpting of water and time, where the gentle slopes of Prince George's County descend towards the Patuxent River's embrace. It lies 7.3 miles east of Clinton, MD (from Clinton, MD: bearing 97°T), and is situated 8.5 miles east-south-east of Camp Springs. Here, the air often carries the faint, sweet scent of honeysuckle mingling with the damp earth after a summer shower, a perfume unique to these rolling fields and wooded hollows. Sunlight, when it breaks through the dense canopy of oak and maple, spills in warm, golden shafts that illuminate the undergrowth and cast long, dancing shadows across the winding lanes. The land itself feels ancient, a quiet witness to the slow turning of seasons, its character etched not in dramatic peaks but in the subtle contours that guide the flow of tiny creeks and dictate the placement of weathered farmsteads. This corner of Prince George's County, Croom, carries the echoes of a history deeply rooted in the fertile soil. Once a region where tobacco was king, its economy has since diversified, with agriculture still playing a vital role, though now often in concert with the burgeoning suburban sprawl that presses in from the north. The land here has seen generations of farmers and families, their lives entwined with the rhythms of planting and harvest, a legacy palpable in the enduring presence of old barns and the quiet hum of machinery on distant fields. While not marked by grand monuments, Croom possesses a distinctive charm, a quiet resilience that speaks of a community that understands its place in the broader sweep of Maryland's development, a place where the past is not forgotten but lives on in the very texture of the land.
Live animated radar for Croom 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 | Croom, Prince George's County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.752615°N, 76.763858°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20772, 20613 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Croom, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Croom, 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 Croom includes coordinates 38.752615°N, 76.763858°W, situated in Prince George's County. ZIP code 20772, 20613. Telephone area code: 301, 240. 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.
