Vale Summit, Maryland Weather
Vale Summit, 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 Vale Summit, Allegany County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Vale Summit. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Vale Summit is published on the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport (KCBE) 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. 3 airfields within reach of Vale Summit 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 Vale Summit: Garrett County Airport (K2G4) 37 km · Somerset County Airport (K2G9) 48 km
Conditions reported at KCBE describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Vale Summit specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Vale Summit.
About Vale Summit, Maryland
Vale Summit lies where the Allegany Highlands begin to soften their ruggedness, a place where the land rolls with a quiet, persistent grace. It lies 15.7 miles west of Allegany, MD (from Allegany, MD: bearing 268°T), and is situated 8.0 miles west-south-west of Cumberland. The terrain here is a study in muted greens and earthy browns, crisscrossed by narrow country roads that seem to follow the ancient contours of the hills. Farms, their barns weathered to a gentle silver, dot the slopes, their fields a patchwork quilt of pasture and cultivation, often shrouded in the early morning mist that clings to the hollows. The air itself carries a certain stillness, broken only by the distant lowing of cattle or the rustle of leaves in the wind that whispers through the scattered stands of oak and maple. The sky above Vale Summit often stretches wide, a canvas for clouds that drift with unhurried purpose, and the setting sun can cast a warm, golden hue across the landscape, transforming the ordinary into something subtly magnificent. The story of Vale Summit is deeply entwined with the earth it occupies, a history shaped by the bounty and the labor of this region. For generations, the fertile valleys and the rich soil have sustained agriculture, with a proud tradition of farming that still forms the backbone of the local economy. This agrarian character is not merely an economic fact but a cultural one, fostering a sense of continuity and a deep connection to the land. While the whispers of past industries might linger, it is the enduring rhythm of planting and harvest, of community gatherings and neighborly support, that truly defines the character of Vale Summit. The very quietude of the place seems to hold the echoes of those who have worked this land, a testament to a life lived in close concert with the natural world.
Live animated radar for Vale Summit 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 | Vale Summit, Allegany County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.618699°N, 78.906134°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21532 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Vale Summit, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Vale Summit, 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 Vale Summit includes coordinates 39.618699°N, 78.906134°W, situated in Allegany County. ZIP code 21532. 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.
