Friendsville, Maryland Weather
Friendsville, 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 Friendsville, Garrett County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Friendsville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Friendsville is published on the Garrett County Airport (K2G4) page, 11 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. 5 airfields within reach of Friendsville 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 Friendsville: Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville Airport (KVVS) 40 km · Morgantown Municipal Airport Walter L. (Bill) Hart Field (KMGW) 44 km · Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 53 km · Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE) 55 km
Conditions reported at K2G4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Friendsville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Friendsville.
About Friendsville, Maryland
Friendsville lies in a valley where the Youghiogheny River, a jade ribbon of water, has etched its persistent path through the rolling hills of Garrett County. It lies 9.0 miles north-west of Garrett, MD (from Garrett, MD: bearing 317°T), and is situated 7.8 miles north-north-west of McHenry. The air here carries a crispness, especially in the early mornings, a scent of damp earth and pine needles that speaks of the surrounding Appalachian forests. The land rises and falls with a steady, unpretentious grace, each contour hinting at the forces that shaped it over millennia. Sunlight, when it filters through the canopy, casts a dappled luminescence on the forest floor, a quiet spectacle observed by the few who wander these shaded paths. The character of Friendsville is one of quiet resilience, a place where the natural world still holds a profound influence over daily life, its rhythms dictated by the changing seasons and the flow of the river. The history of Friendsville is intimately bound to the Youghiogheny, a waterway that once served as a vital artery for logging and transportation, carrying timber downstream to distant markets. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and the abundant natural resources, established a community that learned to live in concert with the river’s moods and the land’s offerings. The local economy, though having diversified over time, still retains echoes of its agricultural and industrial past, with a continued reliance on the bounty of the land and the nearby state parks that draw visitors seeking the wilder beauty of Western Maryland. The distinctive character of Friendsville is its unassuming charm, a place where the echoes of its past are not shouted but whispered in the rustle of leaves and the murmur of the river, a testament to a life lived in close communion with nature.
Live animated radar for Friendsville 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 | Friendsville, Garrett County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.663693°N, 79.405317°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21531 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Friendsville, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Friendsville, 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 Friendsville includes coordinates 39.663693°N, 79.405317°W, situated in Garrett County. ZIP code 21531. 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.
