Tilghman Island, Maryland Weather
Tilghman 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 Tilghman Island, Talbot County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Tilghman Island. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Tilghman Island is published on the Easton Airport / Newnam Field (KESN) page, 26 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 Tilghman 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 Tilghman Island: Cambridge Dorchester Airport (KCGE) 32 km · Lee Airport (KANP) 33 km · Patuxent River Naval Air Station (Trapnell Field) (KNHK) 47 km · Joint Base Andrews (KADW) 47 km · Potomac Airfield (KVKX) 54 km
Conditions reported at KESN describe the airfield itself. Weather 26 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Tilghman Island specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Tilghman Island.
About Tilghman Island, Maryland
Tilghman Island rises from the Chesapeake Bay like a weathered hand, its narrow, sandy fingers reaching into the brackish waters. It lies 12.3 miles west-south-west of Talbot, MD (from Talbot, MD: bearing 245°T), and is situated 8.3 miles south-west of St. Michaels. Here, the land is low-lying, a tapestry of salt marsh and pine forest, where the air hangs thick with the scent of brine and decaying leaves. The shores are a mosaic of oyster shells and driftwood, smoothed by the ceaseless ebb and flow of tides, and the sky overhead is vast, a canvas for the dramatic shifts of Atlantic weather, often painted with bruised purples and fierce golds at twilight. The character of Tilghman Island is etched in the stoic faces of its residents, a quiet resilience born of a life lived in close communion with the sea. The history of Tilghman Island is inextricably linked to the bounty of the Chesapeake, its economy once dominated by the oyster and crab fisheries. Generations have plied these waters, their lives following the ancient rhythms of the seasons and the tides, a tradition that still hums beneath the surface of everyday life. While the fishing fleets are fewer now, the spirit of the waterman endures, a stubborn pride in a heritage that has weathered changing times. The island's distinctive clapboard houses, many painted in hues of sea-worn blue and weathered gray, stand as quiet witnesses to a past where hard work and community were the cornerstones of survival, and the gentle creak of sailboat masts is a constant, melodic reminder of this enduring legacy.
Live animated radar for Tilghman 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.
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| Location | Tilghman Island, Talbot County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.70373°N, 76.338561°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21671, 21665 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Tilghman Island, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Tilghman 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 Tilghman Island includes coordinates 38.703730°N, 76.338561°W, situated in Talbot County. ZIP code 21671, 21665. 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.
