Fort Meade, Maryland Weather
Fort Meade, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Fort Meade, Anne Arundel County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fort Meade. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fort Meade is published on the Fort Meade Executive Airport (KFME) page, 3 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 Fort Meade 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 Fort Meade: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI) 10 km · Martin State Airport (KMTN) 37 km · Weide (Aberdeen Proving Ground) Army Heliport (KEDG) 50 km
Conditions reported at KFME describe the airfield itself. Weather 3 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fort Meade specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Fort Meade, Maryland
Fort Meade sits in a gentle fold of Anne Arundel County, where the land rolls with a quiet persistence, a landscape shaped by the slow work of water and time. It lies 2.3 miles north-west of Odenton, MD (from Odenton, MD: bearing 308°T), and is situated 7.1 miles south-west of Glen Burnie. The air here often carries the scent of damp earth and pine needles, especially after a rain, and the sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy of mature oaks and maples, falls in soft, diffused pools. Fields, some fallow and others yielding to the agricultural rhythm of the region, stretch out between stands of trees, their edges softened by the encroaching undergrowth of wild azaleas and sumac. The terrain, though not dramatic, possesses a subtle character, a series of low ridges and shallow valleys that guide the eye and the wanderer’s steps through a world that feels both ancient and perpetually renewed. The history of Fort Meade is deeply entwined with the military's presence, a chapter that has left its mark on the local consciousness and economy. For decades, the installation has been a significant employer and a constant, if sometimes distant, presence, shaping the flow of life in the surrounding countryside. The land itself, prior to its establishment as a military reservation, was part of a broader agricultural heritage, with farms and estates that have since been absorbed or repurposed. While the military's needs have always been paramount, the surrounding communities retain a connection to the broader Chesapeake Bay watershed, a heritage reflected in the occasional glimpse of distant waterways and the enduring presence of tidal influences on the local flora. The pace of life in Fort Meade itself tends to be measured, a reflection perhaps of the vastness of the land and the enduring cycles of nature that continue to assert their quiet authority.
Live animated radar for Fort Meade 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 | Fort Meade, Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.104263°N, 76.73424°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20755 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Meade, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Meade, 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 Fort Meade includes coordinates 39.104263°N, 76.734240°W, situated in Anne Arundel County. ZIP code 20755. 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.
