Manchester, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Manchester, Carroll County.
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Manchester unfolds across rolling hills, a landscape sculpted by the gentle persistence of water and wind. It lies 13.6 miles north-north-west of Reisterstown, MD (from Reisterstown, MD: bearing 347°T), and is situated 8.4 miles north-east of Westminster. The air here, especially in the late afternoon when the sun begins its descent, carries a faint, sweet scent of ripening corn and damp earth, a perfume unique to this corner of Carroll County. Deep ravines, carved by unseen streams, etch themselves into the terrain, their shadowed depths harboring a cool, mossy quiet that contrasts with the sunlit openness of the surrounding fields. The land itself seems to breathe, a slow, steady exhalation of green and gold under a sky that often stretches in vast, unbroken blues. The history of Manchester is a quiet one, woven into the agricultural rhythms of the region. For generations, the fertile soil has sustained a community built on farming, its economy deeply rooted in the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock. While industry has touched Manchester, it has done so with a light hand, leaving the character of the place largely intact, a testament to the enduring spirit of its residents. The small, well-maintained homes and the familiar spire of the local church speak of a continuity, a sense that life here moves with a deliberate, measured pace, guided by the seasons and the shared history of its people.
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| Location | Manchester, Carroll County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.661213°N, 76.884978°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21102 |
| Area Code | 240, 301 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Manchester, Maryland, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Manchester includes coordinates 39.661213°N, 76.884978°W, situated in Carroll County. ZIP code 21102. Telephone area code: 240, 301. Timezone: Eastern Time (America/New_York).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.