Highland, Maryland Weather
Highland, 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 Highland, Frederick County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Highland. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Highland is published on the Frederick Municipal Airport (KFDK) page, 17 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 Highland 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 Highland: Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field (KHGR) 28 km · Gettysburg Regional Airport (KW05) 41 km · Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field (KMRB) 42 km · Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field (KDMW) 45 km · Leesburg Executive Airport (KJYO) 49 km
Conditions reported at KFDK describe the airfield itself. Weather 17 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Highland specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Highland.
About Highland, Maryland
Highland lies where the rolling Piedmont begins to deepen, a place of broad fields and woodlands that hint at the Appalachians further west. It lies 9.3 miles north-west of Frederick, MD (from Frederick, MD: bearing 322°T), and is situated 7.6 miles north-west of Fort Detrick. The land here is not flat, but possesses a gentle, persistent rise and fall, like the slow breath of a sleeping giant. Creeks, often no more than a murmur in the summer heat, carve shallow valleys, their banks thick with sumac and the tenacious green of invasive honeysuckle. In the late afternoon, the sun slants low, casting long, blue shadows across the meadows and turning the dust motes dancing in the air to a fleeting, golden luminescence. It’s a landscape that feels weathered, not by dramatic storms, but by the quiet persistence of seasons, where old stone walls, half-swallowed by wild growth, mark the boundaries of farms long gone. The history of Highland is etched in the very grain of its soil, a testament to generations who worked this land. Its economy, once rooted deeply in agriculture – corn and tobacco, then dairy and cattle – now finds a different rhythm. While farming still persists, the broader economic character of Highland is shaped by its proximity to larger centers, a place where people live but also commute, seeking opportunities elsewhere. Yet, a distinct local character endures, a quiet pride in the enduring presence of old farmhouses, some still bearing the marks of early settlers, and the small, independent businesses that dot the crossroads. The air itself seems to carry the scent of damp earth after a spring rain, a constant reminder of the agricultural heritage that underpins the present, a heritage that continues to shape the feel of everyday life in Highland.
Live animated radar for Highland 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 | Highland, Frederick County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.520934°N, 77.518043°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20722, 20777, 20759 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Highland, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Highland, 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 Highland includes coordinates 39.520934°N, 77.518043°W, situated in Frederick County. ZIP code 20722, 20777, 20759. 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.
