Mechanicsville, Maryland Weather
Mechanicsville, 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 Mechanicsville, St. Mary's County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Mechanicsville. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Mechanicsville is published on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) page, 34 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. 5 airfields within reach of Mechanicsville 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 Mechanicsville: Potomac Airfield (KVKX) 39 km · Joint Base Andrews (KADW) 42 km · Naval Outlying Landing Field Webster (KNUI) 43 km · Lee Airport (KANP) 58 km
Conditions reported at KNHK describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Mechanicsville specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Mechanicsville.
About Mechanicsville, Maryland
Mechanicsville unfolds across a gently rolling Southern Maryland landscape, where the air often carries the sweet, earthy scent of pine and damp soil, especially after a summer rain. It lies 7.5 miles east-north-east of Wicomico, MD (from Wicomico, MD: bearing 74°T), and is situated 4.7 miles south-west of Golden Beach. Broad fields, checkerboarded with nascent crops and verdant pasture, stretch towards stands of mature oak and maple, their leaves rustling with a sound like hushed whispers on the breeze. The sky here feels expansive, a vast canvas of pale blue that deepens to an astonishing indigo as dusk approaches, painting the scattered farmhouses and the occasional cluster of businesses in hues of lavender and rose. This is a place where the land itself seems to breathe, a quiet exhale of rural contentment, punctuated by the distant hum of a tractor or the melodic call of a mourning dove. The history of Mechanicsville is deeply intertwined with the agricultural heart of St. Mary's County, its roots reaching back to the early days of tobacco cultivation that shaped this tidewater region. While the era of vast plantations has faded, farming remains a vital thread in the local economy, with many families continuing generations-old traditions of tending the soil, growing corn, soybeans, and raising livestock. The presence of the nearby Patuxent River, though not directly touching Mechanicsville itself, has always influenced the flow of commerce and culture, connecting these inland communities to the wider Chesapeake Bay. Today, Mechanicsville serves as a convenient hub for its surrounding agricultural lands, offering essential services and a quiet place to call home, a steadfast presence in a landscape that has seen centuries of change yet retains an enduring sense of place.
Live animated radar for Mechanicsville 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 | Mechanicsville, St. Mary's County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.442902°N, 76.743854°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20659 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Mechanicsville, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Mechanicsville, 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 Mechanicsville includes coordinates 38.442902°N, 76.743854°W, situated in St. Mary's County. ZIP code 20659. 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.
