Swanton, Maryland Weather
Swanton, 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 Swanton, Garrett County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Swanton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Swanton is published on the Garrett County Airport (K2G4) page, 16 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. 2 airfields within reach of Swanton 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 Swanton: Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE) 44 km
Conditions reported at K2G4 describe the airfield itself. Weather 16 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Swanton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Swanton.
About Swanton, Maryland
Swanton lies cradled by the rolling Appalachian foothills, a landscape painted in the deep greens of hemlock and oak, punctuated by the muted browns of fertile soil. It lies 8.2 miles south-south-east of Garrett, MD (from Garrett, MD: bearing 157°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-east of McHenry. Here, the very air seems to hold a stillness, a quiet breath drawn from the surrounding woodlands, broken only by the distant whisper of wind through the pine needles or the lowing of cattle grazing on slopes that rise and fall like a sleeping giant's chest. The land, softened by eons of rain and frost, yields to a gentle ruggedness, its contours hinting at the ancient forces that shaped it, while the occasional glint of a sunbeam on a dew-kissed spiderweb offers a fleeting, delicate beauty. This corner of Garrett County carries the indelible mark of its past, a history woven through the logging camps and small farms that once defined its economy. The timber industry, though diminished, still whispers in the rustle of leaves, a memory of livelihoods built on the sturdy backs of these mountains. Today, Swanton's heartbeat is a quieter affair, tied to the land and its bounty, with agriculture and a burgeoning appreciation for its natural splendor forming the bedrock of its character. The nearby Youghiogheny River, a silver ribbon winding through the terrain, offers its own quiet allure, a constant, murmuring presence that has witnessed the slow, steady passage of time in Swanton.
Live animated radar for Swanton 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 | Swanton, Garrett County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.458983°N, 79.23087°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21561 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Swanton, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swanton, 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 Swanton includes coordinates 39.458983°N, 79.230870°W, situated in Garrett County. ZIP code 21561. 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.
