Prince Frederick, Maryland Weather
Prince Frederick, 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 Prince Frederick, Calvert County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Prince Frederick. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Prince Frederick is published on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) page, 32 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 Prince Frederick 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 Prince Frederick: Joint Base Andrews (KADW) 39 km · Potomac Airfield (KVKX) 40 km · Lee Airport (KANP) 45 km · Naval Outlying Landing Field Webster (KNUI) 46 km · Cambridge Dorchester Airport (KCGE) 48 km
Conditions reported at KNHK describe the airfield itself. Weather 32 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Prince Frederick specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Prince Frederick.
About Prince Frederick, Maryland
Prince Frederick lies at the heart of Calvert County, a place where the land exhales a humid, pine-scented breath under a vast, often cloud-streaked sky. It lies 18.1 miles east-north-east of Wicomico, MD (from Wicomico, MD: bearing 61°T), and is situated 6.2 miles north-west of Saint Leonard. Rolling hills, softened by centuries of cultivation and the steady hand of nature, give way to the darker, denser woods that press in from all sides. The air here carries the faint, briny tang of the Chesapeake Bay, a constant reminder of the powerful waterway that shapes this peninsula. Sunlight, when it breaks through, falls in broad, warm swathes across fields of corn and soybeans, illuminating the quiet industry of the agricultural landscape. Evenings bring a deepening indigo to the sky, and the distant hum of cicadas becomes the dominant sound, a drowsy chorus to the fading light. This is a place deeply connected to its past, where the echoes of colonial settlement still resonate. Prince Frederick, the county seat, has long been the administrative and economic hub, its history intertwined with the tobacco plantations that once defined the region. Today, while agriculture remains a vital thread, the local economy has diversified, with a growing presence in retail and services catering to the surrounding communities. The proximity to the Chesapeake Bay influences much of life here, from the pleasure of waterfront access to the ongoing efforts to preserve its delicate ecosystem. A strong sense of local identity prevails, characterized by a quiet pride in the county's heritage and a shared appreciation for its distinctive, bayside character.
Live animated radar for Prince Frederick 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 | Prince Frederick, Calvert County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.5404°N, 76.584402°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20678 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Prince Frederick, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Prince Frederick, 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 Prince Frederick includes coordinates 38.540400°N, 76.584402°W, situated in Calvert County. ZIP code 20678. Telephone area code: 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.
