Fruitland, Maryland Weather
Fruitland, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Fruitland, Wicomico County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Fruitland. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Fruitland is published on the Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (KSBY) page, 10 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 Fruitland 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 Fruitland: Crisfield-Somerset County Airport (KW41) 38 km · Cambridge Dorchester Airport (KCGE) 43 km · Ocean City Municipal Airport (KOXB) 43 km · Wallops Flight Facility Airport (KWAL) 45 km · Delaware Coastal Airport (KGED) 47 km
Conditions reported at KSBY describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Fruitland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Fruitland, Maryland
Fruitland breathes a quiet agrarian spirit, a place where the flat, rich earth stretches towards a sky that often hangs a soft, hazy blue. It lies 2.9 miles south-south-west of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 203°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-south-west of Delmar. The landscape here is a gentle, unbroken expanse, a quilt of cultivated fields and marshy lowlands that hint at the nearby Chesapeake Bay’s influence. Oak trees, stout and weathered, stand sentry along the edges of these fields, their branches reaching out like gnarled fingers against the horizon. The air itself carries a subtle, earthy perfume, a blend of damp soil, ripening crops, and the distant, salty tang of brackish water, especially potent after a summer rain. Even the roads seem to unfurl with a languid grace, mirroring the unhurried tempo of life in Fruitland. The history of Fruitland is deeply entwined with the fertile soil that has sustained its people for generations, a legacy built on the bounty of the land. Early settlers, drawn by the promise of productive agriculture, established a community that would eventually thrive on the cultivation of fruits and vegetables, a tradition that echoes in its very name. The local economy, while diversified, still holds a strong connection to these agricultural roots, with produce stands and farm markets dotting the periphery, offering the season's freshest offerings. The nearby waterways, tributaries of the Wicomico River, have historically served as vital channels for trade and transport, and today, they offer quiet opportunities for recreation, their slow currents a gentle reminder of the passage of time.
Live animated radar for Fruitland 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 | Fruitland, Wicomico County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.322063°N, 75.620203°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21826 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fruitland, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fruitland, 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 Fruitland includes coordinates 38.322063°N, 75.620203°W, situated in Wicomico County. ZIP code 21826. 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.
