Dayton, Maryland Weather
Dayton, 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 Dayton, Howard County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Dayton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Dayton is published on the Fort Meade Executive Airport (KFME) page, 26 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 Dayton 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 Dayton: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI) 28 km · Martin State Airport (KMTN) 50 km
Conditions reported at KFME describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Dayton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dayton.
About Dayton, Maryland
Dayton settles into the rolling terrain of Howard County, a landscape softened by time and cultivation. It lies 3.5 miles south-south-west of Howard, MD (from Howard, MD: bearing 200°T), and is situated 7.9 miles west of Columbia. Here, the land breathes with a gentle incline, the earth a rich tapestry of loamy soil that cradles sprawling residences and verdant fields. Mature trees, their branches reaching like supplicant arms towards the sky, punctuate the horizon, their leaves whispering secrets in the humid Maryland air. The light here, especially as it slants through the oaks and maples in the late afternoon, casts long, melancholic shadows, imbuing the very atmosphere with a quiet, contemplative mood. It is a place where the sky feels vast, yet intimately present, a constant presence over the scattered homes and the winding country roads that define Dayton. The origins of Dayton are rooted in the agricultural heritage of this region, a history that still whispers through the fields of corn and soybeans that dot the landscape. While the precise founding dates are lost to the casual observer, the economy of Dayton has steadily evolved, transitioning from its agrarian past to a more diversified present, incorporating professional services and retail that cater to the growing population of the surrounding metropolitan area. This evolution has not erased the sense of a connected past; the old stone foundations of forgotten farmsteads sometimes emerge from the earth after a heavy rain, stark reminders of the lives that once sustained this land. Though not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling tourist attractions, Dayton possesses a quiet dignity, its character shaped by the enduring rhythms of nature and the persistent hum of suburban life unfolding with a deliberate, unhurried grace.
Live animated radar for Dayton 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 | Dayton, Howard County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.239272°N, 76.986644°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21036 |
| Area Code | 240, 301 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dayton, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dayton, 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 Dayton includes coordinates 39.239272°N, 76.986644°W, situated in Howard County. ZIP code 21036. Telephone area code: 240, 301. 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.
