Manchester, Maryland Weather
Manchester, 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 Manchester, Carroll County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Manchester. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Manchester is published on the Shoestring Aviation Airfield (K0P2) page, 25 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 Manchester 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 Manchester: York Airport (KTHV) 28 km · Baublitz Commercial Airport (K9W8) 40 km · Martin State Airport (KMTN) 55 km · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI) 57 km · Weide (Aberdeen Proving Ground) Army Heliport (KEDG) 59 km
Conditions reported at K0P2 describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Manchester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Manchester, Maryland
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.
Live animated radar for Manchester 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 | 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 | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Manchester, Maryland Weather Page
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, 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 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. 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.
