Dawson, Maryland Weather
Dawson, 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 Dawson, Allegany County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Dawson. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Dawson is published on the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE) page, 22 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. 2 airfields within reach of Dawson 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 Dawson: Garrett County Airport (K2G4) 36 km
Conditions reported at KCBE describe the airfield itself. Weather 22 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dawson specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dawson.
About Dawson, Maryland
Dawson lies cradled by the undulating green shoulders of Allegany County, where the land rises and falls with a quiet, persistent grace. It lies 19.5 miles east-south-east of Garrett, MD (from Garrett, MD: bearing 109°T), and is situated 9.9 miles south-west of Cresaptown. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries a clean, earthy scent, a blend of damp soil and the distant breath of pine. Rolling hills, cloaked in dense forests that blush crimson and gold in autumn, hem in the valley floor, their slopes etched with the faint, silvery scars of old logging trails. The Potomac River, a broad, pewter ribbon, winds its way through the landscape, its presence a constant murmur, its banks a verdant fringe where wildflowers push through the rich soil. The light at dusk often softens to a hazy amber, bathing the clustered houses and the fields beyond in a warm, ephemeral glow, as if the day itself is sighing contentedly before surrendering to night. The story of Dawson is inextricably linked to the rich veins of coal that once pulsed beneath its soil, a history that shaped its early growth and the rugged character of its people. For generations, families here earned their livelihood in the deep dark, their lives measured by the clang of pickaxes and the rumble of mine carts. Though the era of large-scale mining has largely passed, the legacy remains, a quiet undercurrent in the town's identity, a reminder of hard work and resilience. Today, the local economy is a more diffuse thing, a blend of small businesses, agriculture that still clings to the fertile land, and the steady hum of those who work in neighboring communities. Dawson retains a neighborly spirit, a place where the pace is set by the seasons and the needs of the land, rather than the frenetic demands of the wider world.
Live animated radar for Dawson 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 | Dawson, Allegany County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.477593°N, 78.943636°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21557 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dawson, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dawson, 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 Dawson includes coordinates 39.477593°N, 78.943636°W, situated in Allegany County. ZIP code 21557. 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.
