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, Frederick County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Friendship. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Friendship is published on the Gettysburg Regional Airport (KW05) page, 24 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: Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field (KHGR) 25 km · Frederick Municipal Airport (KFDK) 28 km · Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field (KDMW) 38 km · Franklin County Regional Airport (KN68) 39 km · Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field (KMRB) 55 km
Conditions reported at KW05 describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 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, Maryland, unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, a place where the verdant tapestry of farmland meets the deeper greens of forested ridges. It lies 14.2 miles east-north-east of Washington, MD (from Washington, MD: bearing 76°T), and is situated 9.8 miles south-east of Waynesboro. The air here carries a certain cleanness, particularly in the early mornings when mist clings to the hollows, softening the edges of the world and lending a quiet reverence to the unfolding day. The land itself, a rich loam, exhales the scent of turned earth and the sweet, subtle perfume of wild honeysuckle that spills over weathered stone walls. Sunlight, when it breaks through the canopy of oak and maple, paints shifting mosaics on the winding country lanes, each bend promising a new vista of open fields or a glimpse of a distant, steadfast farmhouse. This corner of Frederick County whispers with the stories of generations who have worked this soil, a legacy rooted in agricultural endeavor. The local economy, though diversified, still bears the imprint of its farming heritage, with family-owned orchards and livestock operations contributing to the region's character. History is not a distant echo here but a palpable presence, felt in the sturdy architecture of barns and the quiet dignity of old family cemeteries. For those who call Friendship home, life moves with a deliberate grace, a pace dictated less by the clock and more by the turning seasons and the enduring spirit of a place that has long understood the quiet strength found in community and connection to the land.
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, Frederick County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.662319°N, 77.440266°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 39.662319°N, 77.440266°W, situated in Frederick 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.
