Morningside, 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 Morningside, Frederick County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Morningside. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Morningside is published on the Frederick Municipal Airport (KFDK) page, 18 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 Morningside 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 Morningside: Eastern WV Regional Airport/Shepherd Field (KMRB) 34 km · Hagerstown Regional Richard A Henson Field (KHGR) 35 km · Leesburg Executive Airport (KJYO) 37 km · Montgomery County Airpark (KGAI) 45 km · Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field (KDMW) 54 km
Conditions reported at KFDK describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Morningside specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Morningside.
Morningside unfolds across gentle slopes that catch the morning sun with a soft, buttery light, a place where the rolling terrain of Frederick County begins its gradual embrace of the Catoctin Mountains. It lies 8.6 miles west-north-west of Ballenger Creek, MD (from Ballenger Creek, MD: bearing 289°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west of Frederick. Here, the landscape is a quiet conversation between cultivated fields and swathes of mature woodland, the air often carrying the clean scent of turned earth after a spring shower or the crisp, dry perfume of late summer hay. The land itself seems to possess a patient, enduring character, its contours smoothed by countless seasons, offering glimpses of distant, hazy blue ridges that define the horizon. It’s a place where the sky feels vast and open, even when framed by the leafy canopies of ancient oaks that stand like silent sentinels at the edges of pastures. The history of Morningside is subtly etched into its very being, a lineage tied to the agricultural bounty of this fertile region, where generations have coaxed sustenance from the soil. While not a hub of heavy industry, the local economy has long been anchored by farming – the steady, reliable pulse of crop cycles and livestock. Evidence of its past whispers from weathered barns and stone fences, remnants of an earlier era when the land was settled and shaped by determined hands. Though the specific rhythms of commerce may have evolved, a sense of continuity persists, a quiet acknowledgment of the enduring spirit that has always characterized Morningside.
Live animated radar for Morningside 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 | Morningside, Frederick County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.412601°N, 77.5886°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21769, 20746 |
| Area Code | 410, 443, 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Morningside, 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 Morningside includes coordinates 39.412601°N, 77.588600°W, situated in Frederick County. ZIP code 21769, 20746. Telephone area code: 410, 443, 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.