Poplar Springs, Maryland Weather
Poplar Springs, 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 Poplar Springs, Howard County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Poplar Springs. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Poplar Springs is published on the Montgomery County Airpark (KGAI) page, 20 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 Poplar Springs 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 Poplar Springs: Frederick Municipal Airport (KFDK) 25 km · Carroll County Regional Jack B Poage Field (KDMW) 30 km · Leesburg Executive Airport (KJYO) 50 km · Gettysburg Regional Airport (KW05) 57 km
Conditions reported at KGAI describe the airfield itself. Weather 20 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Poplar Springs specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Poplar Springs.
About Poplar Springs, Maryland
Poplar Springs unfolds across rolling terrain, a landscape that breathes with the gentle exhalation of Maryland’s Piedmont. It lies 8.1 miles west-north-west of Howard, MD (from Howard, MD: bearing 299°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-south-west of Eldersburg. Here, the land rises and falls like a slow, steady tide, giving way to broad, sun-drenched fields that give way to the denser, shadowed embrace of mature woodlands. The air itself carries a certain weight, a humid richness that clings to the skin on a summer afternoon, carrying the faint, sweet scent of ripening corn and damp earth. Streets unfurl with a quiet purpose, lined with homes that speak of generations, their porches wide enough to welcome the evening cool and the murmur of neighborly conversation. The history of Poplar Springs is deeply rooted in the fertile soil that has sustained it for centuries, a narrative woven through the cultivation of tobacco and later, grain. The local economy, once anchored by these agricultural pursuits, now finds its rhythm in a blend of small businesses and the quiet hum of commuters heading toward larger centers. Yet, echoes of the past persist; old barns, weathered and strong, stand as silent sentinels against the horizon, their timbers groaning with the weight of stories untold. The land here has a way of holding onto its memories, a quiet testament to the lives lived and the work done, all under the expansive, ever-changing sky that presides over Poplar Springs.
Live animated radar for Poplar Springs 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 | Poplar Springs, Howard County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.343437°N, 77.09637°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21771, 20871 |
| Area Code | 410, 443, 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Poplar Springs, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Poplar Springs, 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 Poplar Springs includes coordinates 39.343437°N, 77.096370°W, situated in Howard County. ZIP code 21771, 20871. 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.
