Lonaconing, Maryland Weather
Lonaconing, 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 Lonaconing, Allegany County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Lonaconing. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Lonaconing is published on the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE) 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 Lonaconing 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 Lonaconing: Garrett County Airport (K2G4) 30 km · Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 53 km
Conditions reported at KCBE describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Lonaconing specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Lonaconing, Maryland
Lonaconing rests in a deep valley, a place where the sky seems a little closer, framed by the steep, forested slopes of Allegany County. It lies 16.5 miles east of Garrett, MD (from Garrett, MD: bearing 90°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south-south-west of Frostburg. The Georges Creek spills through, its waters carrying the cool, damp scent of the surrounding Appalachian foothills, a constant murmur against the weathered brick and clapboard of the houses that cling to the hillsides. Even on a bright afternoon, shadows linger in the hollows, lending a certain quietude to the air, and the distant call of a crow echoes with a peculiar resonance. The landscape here is a study in inclines, with streets climbing and descending with a determined, almost defiant, spirit, hinting at the rugged nature of the terrain that has shaped life in Lonaconing for generations. This valley has long been a place of industry, its history etched into the very bedrock by the relentless work of coal mining. The ghosts of those mines still whisper in the wind that rustles through the dense stands of oak and pine, a reminder of the labor that once fueled the economy of Lonaconing. Though the deep seams are largely depleted, the spirit of self-reliance and hard work remains, evident in the small businesses that line Main Street and the gardens that burst with color in the warmer months. The old railroad bed, now a trail, traces a silent path through the greenery, a testament to the arteries of commerce that once pulsed through this remote corner of Maryland, connecting Lonaconing to a wider world.
Live animated radar for Lonaconing 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 | Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.565923°N, 78.980304°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21539 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Lonaconing, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Lonaconing, 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 Lonaconing includes coordinates 39.565923°N, 78.980304°W, situated in Allegany County. ZIP code 21539. 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.
