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, Howard County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Highland. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Highland is published on the Fort Meade Executive Airport (KFME) page, 20 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. 3 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: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI) 25 km · Martin State Airport (KMTN) 50 km
Conditions reported at KFME describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 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 unfolds across a landscape that gently rolls and dips, a terrain shaped by the slow, persistent work of water and time. It lies 5.4 miles west-north-west of North Laurel, MD (from North Laurel, MD: bearing 301°T), and is situated 7.5 miles south of Howard. Here, broad fields of ripening corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons softened by the hazy breath of summer, their greens and golds a testament to the fertile earth. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like the hands of old storytellers, stand sentinel over pastures where cattle graze, their calls a low murmur carried on the breeze. The air itself carries a distinctive scent, a mingling of cut grass, damp soil after a spring shower, and the faint, sweet perfume of honeysuckle that climbs the weathered fences. Evenings here often bring a deepening indigo to the sky, a quiet spectacle that washes over the land, lending a hushed reverence to the fading light. The story of Highland is one of quiet persistence, a place where agriculture has long been the steady heartbeat of its economy. Farms, some passed down through generations, continue to shape the character of the land, their barns and silos dotting the horizon like anchors in the countryside. Though the landscape bears the marks of its agricultural past, a modern dynamism has also taken root, with a growing number of residents finding their livelihoods in the broader economic currents of the region. This blend of old and new lends Highland a unique feel, a place that honors its roots while embracing the future, a characteristic perhaps best embodied by the community's enduring spirit and the unwavering, steadfast presence of its homes.
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, Howard County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.178996°N, 76.957476°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 39.178996°N, 76.957476°W, situated in Howard 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.
