Fort Washington, Maryland Weather
Fort Washington, 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 for Fort Washington, Prince George's County.
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About Fort Washington, Maryland
Fort Washington, Maryland, unfolds its landscape with a certain quiet reverence, a place where the land slopes with a gentle determination towards the Potomac River. It lies 6.3 miles south-west of Prince Georges, MD (from Prince Georges, MD: bearing 217°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south of Alexandria. The air here often carries the damp breath of the water, thick and cool even on a sun-drenched afternoon, and the light, especially as evening draws in, can cast long, smoky shadows across the undulating terrain. Dense stands of oak and pine crowd the higher ground, their leaves rustling with a sound like hushed secrets, while the lower reaches are a mosaic of marshy earth and reeds that bend and sway with an unseen tide. This is a land shaped by water and time, where the boundaries between forest and river are fluid, and the silence is often broken only by the cry of a distant gull or the low hum of insects in the humid air. The story of Fort Washington is deeply entwined with its strategic position overlooking the Potomac's confluence with the Anacostia River. For centuries, this point has held significance, a sentinel watching over the waterways that served as vital arteries for commerce and defense. While the imposing structure of Fort Washington itself, a Civil War-era fortification, stands as a stoic reminder of past conflicts, the surrounding landscape hints at a more agrarian past, with remnants of fields and scattered farmsteads that speak of generations who worked this soil. Today, the local economy is a blend, drawing sustenance from the river's bounty and benefiting from its proximity to larger urban centers, yet Fort Washington retains a distinct character, a slower cadence of life where the rhythm of the tides and the changing seasons still hold sway.
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| Location | Fort Washington, Prince George's County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.707338°N, 77.023031°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20744, 20749 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fort Washington, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fort Washington, 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 Fort Washington includes coordinates 38.707338°N, 77.023031°W, situated in Prince George's County. ZIP code 20744, 20749. 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. 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.
