Friendship, Maryland Weather
Friendship, 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 Friendship, Anne Arundel County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Friendship. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Friendship is published on the Lee Airport (KANP) page, 23 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. 6 airfields within reach of Friendship 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 Friendship: Joint Base Andrews (KADW) 25 km · Potomac Airfield (KVKX) 32 km · College Park Airport (KCGS) 40 km · Easton Airport / Newnam Field (KESN) 46 km · Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) 52 km
Conditions reported at KANP describe the airfield itself. Weather 23 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Friendship specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Friendship.
About Friendship, Maryland
Friendship rests in a landscape shaped by the Chesapeake Bay’s gentle embrace, where low, fertile fields give way to the tidal creeks that lace the shoreline. It lies 15.1 miles south of Anne Arundel, MD (from Anne Arundel, MD: bearing 188°T), and is situated 4.6 miles north-west of Chesapeake Beach. The air here carries the briny tang of the water, a constant reminder of the nearby coast, and the sunlight often filters through a hazy, humid sky, softening the edges of the world. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like old hands, stand sentinel over pastures where horses graze and the occasional hawk circles lazily overhead. The roads themselves, often unpaved or simply worn paths, wander through this quiet country, inviting a slower pace, a willingness to notice the subtle shifts in light and shadow as the day unfolds. This corner of Anne Arundel County has long drawn sustenance from the water, its history intertwined with the oyster beds and fishing grounds that once teemed with life. The economy of Friendship, though diversified now, still echoes this maritime heritage; small businesses cater to both locals and those seeking a respite from busier locales, and the quiet hum of agricultural activity persists in the surrounding farmlands. It's a place where the past feels close, where the very soil seems to whisper of generations who worked this land and navigated these waters. The distinctive scent of salt and damp earth is a constant companion, a sensory signature of Friendship that lingers long after one has departed its shores.
Live animated radar for Friendship 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 | Friendship, Anne Arundel County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.736784°N, 76.589404°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20872, 21780, 21811, 20758 |
| Area Code | 410, 443, 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Friendship, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Friendship, 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 Friendship includes coordinates 38.736784°N, 76.589404°W, situated in Anne Arundel County. ZIP code 20872, 21780, 21811, 20758. Telephone area code: 410, 443, 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.
