Fishing Creek, Maryland Weather
Fishing Creek, 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 Fishing Creek, Dorchester County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fishing Creek. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fishing Creek is published on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) page, 17 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 Fishing Creek 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 Fishing Creek: Naval Outlying Landing Field Webster (KNUI) 27 km · Cambridge Dorchester Airport (KCGE) 30 km · Easton Airport / Newnam Field (KESN) 55 km
Conditions reported at KNHK describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fishing Creek specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Fishing Creek.
About Fishing Creek, Maryland
Fishing Creek unfurls along the serpentine embrace of its namesake waterway, a place where the land exhales a scent of brine and rich, dark earth. It lies 16.8 miles north-north-east of Saint Marys, MD (from Saint Marys, MD: bearing 27°T), and is situated 13.0 miles east-north-east of Lexington Park. The terrain here is a study in low-lying curves and tidal whispers, the sky a vast, ever-shifting canvas of pearly grays and luminous blues that soften the edges of the flat, fertile expanse. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like the hands of forgotten fishermen, stand sentinel over the marshy edges, their roots delving deep into the alluvial soil that has witnessed centuries of wind and water. The air itself carries a subtle salinity, a constant reminder of the Chesapeake's ceaseless breath, and at dusk, the water reflects the dying light in a molten, ephemeral gleam, painting the reeds in hues of bruised plum and burnished copper. The history of Fishing Creek is as deeply etched as the channels that lace its landscape, a narrative woven from the bounty of the Bay and the resilience of its people. For generations, the economy here has been inextricably linked to the sea and the fertile soil, with oystering and crabbing forming the backbone of local life, their rhythms dictated by the tides and the seasons. The scent of woodsmoke, mingling with the sharp tang of salt, often drifts from the modest homes that dot the shoreline, each one a quiet testament to a lineage of watermen and farmers. Though the grand estates of bygone eras have largely receded into memory, the spirit of those early settlers, their connection to the land and its waters, remains a palpable presence, infusing Fishing Creek with a character that is both stoic and profoundly welcoming.
Live animated radar for Fishing Creek 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 | Fishing Creek, Dorchester County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.322345°N, 76.224388°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21634, 21622 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fishing Creek, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fishing Creek, 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 Fishing Creek includes coordinates 38.322345°N, 76.224388°W, situated in Dorchester County. ZIP code 21634, 21622. 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.
