Franklin, Maryland Weather
Franklin, 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 Franklin, Allegany County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Franklin. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Franklin is published on the Garrett County Airport (K2G4) 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. 2 airfields within reach of Franklin 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 Franklin: Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE) 28 km
Conditions reported at K2G4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Franklin specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Franklin.
About Franklin, Maryland
Franklin lies in a valley cradled by the rolling, wooded hills of Allegany County, where the land itself seems to breathe with a quiet, enduring strength. It lies 13.9 miles east-south-east of Garrett, MD (from Garrett, MD: bearing 110°T), and is situated 5.5 miles north-west of Keyser. The air here, especially after a summer rain, carries the clean scent of pine and damp earth, a perfume of the Appalachian foothills. The Potomac River, a ribbon of shimmering pewter under the high, generous sky, winds its way through the landscape, its banks softened by a verdant cloak of trees that shift in hue from deep emerald to rust-tinged bronze with the passing seasons. The roads, often curving gently like the river itself, trace paths through a terrain that whispers of ancient geological forces, the rounded summits a testament to millennia of wind and water's patient work. Franklin's story is one of resilience and resourcefulness, deeply intertwined with the bounty and challenges of its mountainous home. For generations, the economy of Franklin has been shaped by the land, with farming and forestry providing livelihoods, their rhythms dictated by the sun and the soil. The echoes of a past industrial vigor can still be felt, a legacy of coal mining that once pulsed through the region, leaving behind a quiet determination in the people who call this place home. Though that era has largely passed, a spirit of self-reliance persists, evident in the small businesses that dot the landscape and the close-knit feel of the community, where neighbors still know one another's names and the simple act of conversation carries a weight of shared experience.
Live animated radar for Franklin 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 | Franklin, Allegany County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.498148°N, 79.04614°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21562 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Franklin, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Franklin, 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 Franklin includes coordinates 39.498148°N, 79.046140°W, situated in Allegany County. ZIP code 21562. 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.
