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, Wicomico County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Royal Oak. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Royal Oak is published on the Salisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (KSBY) page, 25 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 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) 30 km · Crisfield-Somerset County Airport (KW41) 37 km · Delaware Coastal Airport (KGED) 53 km · Wallops Flight Facility Airport (KWAL) 54 km · Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) 54 km
Conditions reported at KSBY describe the airfield itself. Weather 25 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 place where the land gently slopes towards the broad embrace of the Nanticoke River. It lies 10.5 miles west of Salisbury, MD (from Salisbury, MD: bearing 266°T), and is situated 9.5 miles west-north-west of Fruitland. Here, the sky often stretches in an expansive, luminous dome, catching the light in a way that softens the edges of the low-lying terrain. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like the hands of time, stand sentinel over fields of ripening corn and soybeans, their deep green a vibrant counterpoint to the pale, sun-bleached wood of weathered farmhouses. The air itself carries a hushed, almost reverent stillness, broken only by the distant cry of gulls or the low hum of machinery working the fertile soil. This patch of Wicomico County, known as Royal Oak, has long been shaped by the rhythm of the tides and the bounty of its waters. For generations, the economy here was anchored in the harvest of oysters and crabs, a tradition still visible in the modest marinas and the occasional fishing boat bobbing at its moorings. The land, too, has yielded its riches, with agriculture forming a steady backbone, its fields a testament to enduring cultivation. While the pace of life in Royal Oak is measured, it is not one of stagnation; rather, it is a quiet persistence, a deep-rooted connection to a landscape that has sustained its people for centuries, whispering tales of its past in the rustle of the reeds.
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, Wicomico County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.349842°N, 75.792709°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 38.349842°N, 75.792709°W, situated in Wicomico 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.
