Rock Point, Maryland Weather
Rock 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 Rock Point, Charles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Rock Point. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Rock Point is published on the Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) page, 38 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 Rock 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 Rock Point: Naval Outlying Landing Field Webster (KNUI) 39 km · Potomac Airfield (KVKX) 54 km · Joint Base Andrews (KADW) 60 km
Conditions reported at KNHK describe the airfield itself. Weather 38 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Rock Point specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Rock Point.
About Rock Point, Maryland
Rock Point is a place where the land seems to exhale into the Chesapeake Bay, its shores a gentle curve of exposed earth and weathered wood. It lies 10.0 miles south-south-east of Wicomico, MD (from Wicomico, MD: bearing 169°T), and is situated 6.8 miles east of Colonial Beach. The air here carries the saline tang of the water, a constant whisper that rustles through the sparse pines and low-lying scrub. Sunlight, when it breaks through the often-heavy Maryland sky, falls in broad, diffused swathes, painting the muddy banks and the quiet expanse of water with a muted, pearlescent glow. The terrain is a study in subtle shifts, a low-lying country that offers glimpses of far-off horizons and the slow passage of barges on the great bay. This stretch of the Potomac River estuary has long been a place of passage and sustenance, its history etched not in grand monuments but in the quiet industry of fishing and farming that has sustained Rock Point for generations. The bounty of the bay, particularly its famed blue crabs and oysters, has historically formed the backbone of the local economy, a tradition that continues to shape the lives and livelihoods of its residents. Remnants of older ways can still be seen in the weathered docks and the occasional weathered farmhouse, hinting at a past where life was intimately tied to the ebb and flow of the tides and the fertility of the soil.
Live animated radar for Rock 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 | Rock Point, Charles County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.272073°N, 76.840802°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20664, 20682 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Rock Point, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Rock 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 Rock Point includes coordinates 38.272073°N, 76.840802°W, situated in Charles County. ZIP code 20664, 20682. 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.
