Fairplay, Maryland Weather
Fairplay, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Fairplay, Washington County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fairplay.
About Fairplay, Maryland
Fairplay rests in a landscape that whispers of settled earth and patient cultivation. It lies 5.9 miles south-south-west of Washington, MD (from Washington, MD: bearing 206°T), and is situated 7.4 miles south-south-west of Hagerstown. The terrain rolls with a gentle persistence, not the dramatic thrust of mountains, but the steady rise and fall of hills that cradle the fields. Here, the land is a mosaic of green, from the deep emerald of summer corn to the muted gold of harvested wheat, all stitched together by hedgerows and the meandering lines of tree-lined creeks. The air itself seems to carry the scent of damp soil and distant woodsmoke, a quiet testament to the agricultural heart of this place. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-clouded sky, has a diffused quality, softening the edges of the barns and farmhouses that dot the horizon, lending a kind of luminous grace to the everyday. The history of Fairplay is written in its quiet endurance, a story of families who have worked this land for generations, their lives intertwined with the cycles of planting and reaping. The local economy, while diversified, still bears the strong imprint of agriculture, with livestock and grain farming remaining vital threads in its fabric. One might notice the enduring presence of older stone buildings, remnants of a more robust industrial past, perhaps tied to milling or quarrying, their sturdy foundations speaking of a time when Fairplay was a more bustling crossroads. The roads here, worn smooth by countless journeys, lead past the occasional roadside stand offering the season's bounty, a simple exchange that connects the present moment to the long, unbroken rhythm of life in Fairplay.
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| Location | Fairplay, Washington County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.536487°N, 77.747493°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21555, 21733 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fairplay, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fairplay, Maryland, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Fairplay includes coordinates 39.536487°N, 77.747493°W, situated in Washington County. ZIP code 21555, 21733. 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
