Damascus, Maryland Weather
Damascus, 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 Damascus, Montgomery County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Damascus. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Damascus is published on the Montgomery County Airpark (KGAI) page, 14 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 Damascus 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 Damascus: Frederick Municipal Airport (KFDK) 20 km · Leesburg Executive Airport (KJYO) 38 km · Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field (KDMW) 39 km
Conditions reported at KGAI describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Damascus specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Damascus.
About Damascus, Maryland
Damascus unfolds across a landscape that remembers its agricultural roots, a gentle rolling terrain where fields of ripening corn sway under the broad Maryland sky. It lies 5.3 miles north-east of Clarksburg, MD (from Clarksburg, MD: bearing 50°T), and is situated 9.4 miles north-north-east of Montgomery. The air here, especially in the late afternoon, carries a subtle sweetness, a blend of freshly cut grass and the faint, earthy perfume of distant pastures. The houses, often set back from the roads, speak of a quiet domesticity, their porches and lawns tended with a practiced, unhurried hand. Even the shadows that stretch long across the asphalt in the evening seem to possess a softer edge, less hurried than in busier locales, as if the very light itself takes its time. This corner of Montgomery County, while embracing its modern growth, retains echoes of a simpler past. Its economy, once heavily reliant on the fertile soil that still defines much of its character, has diversified, yet the enduring legacy of farming can be seen in the preserved barns and the occasional roadside produce stand. Damascus has cultivated a strong sense of community, a place where neighbors still recognize one another and the pace of life allows for genuine connection. The surrounding woods, particularly those bordering the meandering streams, offer a quiet refuge, a place where the history of the land feels palpable, a silent witness to the generations who have called this place home.
Live animated radar for Damascus 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 | Damascus, Montgomery County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.288438°N, 77.203872°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20872 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Damascus, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Damascus, 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 Damascus includes coordinates 39.288438°N, 77.203872°W, situated in Montgomery County. ZIP code 20872. 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.
