Royal Oak, Maryland Weather
Royal Oak, 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 Royal Oak, Talbot County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Royal Oak. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Royal Oak is published on the Easton Airport / Newnam Field (KESN) page, 12 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 Royal Oak 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 Royal Oak: Cambridge Dorchester Airport (KCGE) 26 km · Lee Airport (KANP) 40 km · Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) 55 km
Conditions reported at KESN describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Royal Oak specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Royal Oak.
About Royal Oak, Maryland
Royal Oak breathes the salty tang of the Chesapeake, a low-lying expanse where the land, softened by centuries of gentle erosion, spills into the Chesapeake Bay. It lies 3.6 miles south-west of Talbot, MD (from Talbot, MD: bearing 223°T), and is situated 5.9 miles west-south-west of Easton. Here, the horizon is a generous sweep of sky, often a pale, luminous blue that deepens to a bruised violet at dusk, painting the broad marshes and the quiet waters of Harris Creek with an ethereal glow. The air, thick with the scent of pine needles and the faint, briny breath of the bay, carries the distant cry of gulls and the murmur of boat sails gliding past weathered docks. The character of Royal Oak is one of quiet endurance, a place where the rhythms of the tides and the turning seasons dictate the pace of life, a gentle unfolding rather than a hurried rush. The history of Royal Oak is etched in the very grain of its timber-framed buildings and the names of its families, many of whom have worked these waters and tilled this soil for generations. Once a vital hub for oystering and fishing, its economy still bears the imprint of these maritime traditions, though now tourism also plays a significant role, drawing visitors to its charming waterfront and the promise of fresh seafood. The venerable oak trees, which lend their name to the locality, stand as silent witnesses to a past of schooners and steamboats, of prosperous merchants and hardy watermen. The distinctive character of Royal Oak is found in these enduring connections to the past, a palpable sense of continuity that flows through its streets and along its placid waterways.
Live animated radar for Royal Oak 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 | Royal Oak, Talbot County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.74234°N, 76.177723°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21856, 21662 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Royal Oak, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Royal Oak, 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 Royal Oak includes coordinates 38.742340°N, 76.177723°W, situated in Talbot County. ZIP code 21856, 21662. 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. 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.
