Golden Beach, Maryland Weather
Golden Beach, 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 Golden Beach, St. Mary's County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Golden Beach. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Golden Beach is published on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) page, 33 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 Golden Beach 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 Golden Beach: Potomac Airfield (KVKX) 37 km · Joint Base Andrews (KADW) 39 km · Naval Outlying Landing Field Webster (KNUI) 44 km · Lee Airport (KANP) 51 km · Cambridge Dorchester Airport (KCGE) 57 km
Conditions reported at KNHK describe the airfield itself. Weather 33 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Golden Beach specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Golden Beach.
About Golden Beach, Maryland
Golden Beach unfurls along the Chesapeake Bay's western shore, a quiet expanse where the land gently slopes toward the water. It lies 11.8 miles east-north-east of Wicomico, MD (from Wicomico, MD: bearing 63°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west of Saint Leonard. Here, the air carries a constant, subtle salt tang, a reminder of the vast estuary that shapes its days. Pine trees, their needles whispering in the breeze, give way to wide, open lawns that stretch towards the shoreline, punctuated by modest homes that seem to breathe with the rhythm of the tides. The light, particularly as it softens towards evening, casts a warm, almost liquid glow across the landscape, turning the placid waters of the Bay into a shimmering, burnished gold. The very character of Golden Beach is one of quiet repose, a place where the grand drama of the Bay is observed from a peaceful, sun-drenched perch. The history of Golden Beach is intrinsically tied to the fertile lands and abundant waters of St. Mary's County, a region long shaped by agriculture and its proximity to the Bay's bounty. While not a hub of heavy industry, its local economy has historically revolved around the livelihoods drawn from the sea and the surrounding fields, a tradition that still whispers in the quiet docking of small boats and the occasional scent of turned earth. For generations, this stretch of coastline has offered a sanctuary, a place where families have found respite and built lives in harmony with the ebb and flow of nature. It’s a corner of Maryland where the past is not a grand, imposing monument, but rather a soft, persistent hum beneath the surface of everyday life, evident in the enduring appeal of its shoreline and the unhurried pace of its residents.
Live animated radar for Golden Beach 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 | Golden Beach, St. Mary's County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.489845°N, 76.682184°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20659 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Golden Beach, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Golden Beach, 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 Golden Beach includes coordinates 38.489845°N, 76.682184°W, situated in St. Mary's County. ZIP code 20659. Telephone area code: 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.
