Piney Point, Maryland Weather
Piney Point, 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 Piney Point, Worcester County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Piney Point. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Piney Point is published on the Ocean City Municipal Airport (KOXB) page, 12 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. 4 airfields within reach of Piney Point 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 Piney Point: Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (KSBY) 30 km · Delaware Coastal Airport (KGED) 34 km · Wallops Flight Facility Airport (KWAL) 58 km
Conditions reported at KOXB describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Piney Point specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Piney Point.
About Piney Point, Maryland
Piney Point rests on a peninsula where the broad, dark waters of the Chesapeake Bay meet the more intimate embrace of the Pocomoke Sound. It lies 22.2 miles north-east of Worcester, MD (from Worcester, MD: bearing 38°T), and is situated 1.8 miles north-west of Ocean Pines. The land here is low-lying, a gentle rise from the water's edge, where ancient live oaks, draped with Spanish moss like old men's beards, guard the shoreline. The air carries the perpetual, briny scent of salt and drying reeds, a constant reminder of the ever-present water, its moods shifting from a placid, sun-dappled shimmer to a roiling, grey expanse under a brewing storm. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch inland, their greens and golds a vibrant contrast to the deep, watery blues and greens that define the horizon, and the quiet hum of insects fills the humid air, a ceaseless, drowsy chorus. The history of Piney Point is as much a story of the water as it is of the land, a narrative shaped by the ebb and flow of tides and the bounty of the bay. For centuries, this place has been a vital artery for commerce and sustenance, its shores dotted with weathered docks that once bustled with schooners laden with timber and oysters. The economy here has always been tied to the sea, from the clam diggers who still work the flats at low tide to the more modern aquaculture operations that seek to preserve the bay's rich heritage. Remnants of maritime past are everywhere, from the sturdy, salt-worn architecture of the few remaining historical buildings to the hushed reverence one feels standing on the very ground where the area's early settlers first cast their nets.
Live animated radar for Piney Point 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 | Piney Point, Worcester County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.411225°N, 75.181576°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21813, 20674 |
| Area Code | 410, 443, 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Piney Point, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Piney Point, 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 Piney Point includes coordinates 38.411225°N, 75.181576°W, situated in Worcester County. ZIP code 21813, 20674. 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.
