Smith Island, Maryland Weather
Smith Island, 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 Smith Island, Somerset County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Smith Island. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Smith Island is published on the Tangier Island Airport (KTGI) page, 18 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 Smith Island 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 Smith Island: Crisfield-Somerset County Airport (KW41) 18 km · Naval Outlying Landing Field Webster (KNUI) 39 km · Accomack County Airport (KMFV) 44 km · Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) 48 km · Wallops Flight Facility Airport (KWAL) 50 km
Conditions reported at KTGI describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Smith Island specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Smith Island.
About Smith Island, Maryland
Smith Island rises from the Chesapeake Bay like a scattered collection of emeralds, each inhabited islet a distinct emerald jewel. It lies 20.1 miles east-south-east of Saint Marys, MD (from Saint Marys, MD: bearing 115°T), and is situated 9.6 miles west of Crisfield. The land here is low-lying, a marshy embrace of water and sky where the very air hums with the brine of the sea. Cypress trees, their roots sunk deep into the brackish soil, stand like stoic sentinels, their beards of Spanish moss trailing in the soft, persistent breeze. The channels that thread between the islands are the true arteries of this place, reflecting the vast, often moody, expanse of the Chesapeake, their surfaces rippled by the wind, catching the sun in a thousand fleeting glints, or darkening to a bruised purple as storm clouds gather. The houses, painted in cheerful, defiant hues of blue, yellow, and white, seem to float on stilts, their foundations a constant negotiation with the incoming tides. For generations, Smith Island has been a bastion of the crab fishery, its economy inextricably tied to the ebb and flow of the Bay’s bounty. The rhythmic chug of crab boats is the soundtrack to life here, a constant reminder of the hard-won sustenance drawn from these waters. The island's history is etched not in grand monuments, but in the weathered faces of its watermen, in the quiet pride of a community that has learned to live in partnership with the sea, accepting its generosity and enduring its caprices. This is a place where traditions are not merely remembered, but lived, where the language itself carries the lilt of the Bay, and where the sunset paints the western sky in shades of molten gold and rose, a daily benediction on this enduring, watery realm.
Live animated radar for Smith Island 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 | Smith Island, Somerset County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 37.981235°N, 76.029936°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21824 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Smith Island, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Smith Island, 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 Smith Island includes coordinates 37.981235°N, 76.029936°W, situated in Somerset County. ZIP code 21824. 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.
