Pleasant Grove, 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 Pleasant Grove, Howard County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Pleasant Grove. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Pleasant Grove is published on the Fort Meade Executive Airport (KFME) page, 14 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 Pleasant Grove 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 Pleasant Grove: Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (KBWI) 18 km · Martin State Airport (KMTN) 43 km · Weide (Aberdeen Proving Ground) Army Heliport (KEDG) 56 km
Conditions reported at KFME describe the airfield itself. Weather 14 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pleasant Grove specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Pleasant Grove.
Pleasant Grove unfolds across rolling terrain, where the gentle rise and fall of the land suggests an ancient, unhurried sculpting. It lies 2.3 miles north of North Laurel, MD (from North Laurel, MD: bearing 358°T), and is situated 9.3 miles south-south-east of Howard. Fields of grain, their stalks a rich ochre under the late afternoon sun, give way to pockets of mature woodland, their canopies a deep, resonant green. The air here carries the subtle scent of damp earth and ripening corn, a pervasive sweetness that hints at the deep agricultural roots of this place. Roads, edged by sturdy oak and maple trees, meander through the landscape, their asphalt surfaces warm to the touch, reflecting the soft, diffused light that filters through the leaves. It is a place where the horizon feels expansive, yet intimately familiar, each contour of the land holding a quiet dignity. The history of Pleasant Grove is inextricably linked to the fertile soil and the agricultural enterprise that has sustained its inhabitants for generations. For decades, the rhythm of life was dictated by the seasons, the planting and harvesting of crops forming the backbone of the local economy. While the broader economic landscape has diversified, the echoes of that agrarian past persist, a palpable connection to the land that shaped its early character. You can still see the vestiges of old farmsteads, their weathered barns standing as silent sentinels against the sky, and the quiet hum of machinery in the distance often signals the ongoing cultivation of the land. The educational institutions that have grown here, drawing students from across the region, now add a new layer to Pleasant Grove's identity, fostering a dynamic blend of tradition and forward-looking progress.
Live animated radar for Pleasant Grove 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 | Pleasant Grove, Howard County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.172885°N, 76.871918°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21754, 21136, 21046, 21502 |
| Area Code | 240, 301, 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pleasant Grove, 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 Pleasant Grove includes coordinates 39.172885°N, 76.871918°W, situated in Howard County. ZIP code 21754, 21136, 21046, 21502. Telephone area code: 240, 301, 410, 443. 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.