Port Deposit, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Port Deposit, Cecil County.
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Port Deposit, Maryland, exhales a quiet breath of the Susquehanna River, its shores a rugged embrace of weathered rock and tenacious scrub. It lies 9.2 miles west-north-west of Cecil, MD (from Cecil, MD: bearing 283°T), and is situated 9.7 miles south-west of Calvert. The air, thick with the scent of salt marsh and pine, hums with the low thrum of distant tugboats and the screech of gulls wheeling against a sky that often spills into shades of bruised lavender at dusk. Steep bluffs, cloaked in a patchwork of deciduous trees, rise abruptly from the water's edge, their shadows stretching long across the narrow, winding streets where houses huddle close, their paint faded by sun and salt spray. This is a place where the land itself seems to lean into the river, a constant, unyielding dialogue between earth and water. The history of Port Deposit is etched in the very stones of its old quarry, a testament to the granite that once built grand structures far from this quiet corner of Cecil County. For generations, the river was the lifeblood, carrying lumber, stone, and the hopes of its people downstream. The echoes of steamboats and bustling wharves linger, a faded memory now replaced by the more measured pace of a community sustained by the river's bounty and the enduring spirit of its inhabitants. Fishing boats, their hulls scarred by countless journeys, bob in the marinas, a quiet nod to the waterway's enduring importance, while the scent of brine and damp wood still clings to the breeze, a constant reminder of Port Deposit's deep connection to the Chesapeake's mighty tributary.
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| Location | Port Deposit, Cecil County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.604833°N, 76.115229°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21904 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Port Deposit, Maryland, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Port Deposit includes coordinates 39.604833°N, 76.115229°W, situated in Cecil County. ZIP code 21904. Telephone area code: 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. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.