Welcome, Maryland Weather
Welcome, 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 Welcome, Charles County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Welcome. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Welcome is published on the Maryland Airport (K2W5) page, 13 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 Welcome 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 Welcome: Dahlgren Naval Surface Warfare Center Airport (KNDY) 17 km · Quantico Marine Corps Airfield / Turner Field (KNYG) 18 km · Davison Army Air Field (KDAA) 27 km · Stafford Regional Airport (KRMN) 32 km · Shannon Airport (KEZF) 39 km
Conditions reported at K2W5 describe the airfield itself. Weather 13 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Welcome specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Welcome.
About Welcome, Maryland
Welcome unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling terrain, where broad fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards the horizon, punctuated by stands of mature oak and pine. It lies 2.8 miles south of Charles, MD (from Charles, MD: bearing 175°T), and is situated 10.0 miles south-south-west of Bensville. The air here, especially in the humid embrace of a Maryland summer, carries the earthy scent of turned soil and the distant hum of cicadas. Sunbeams, thick and golden as they slant through the afternoon haze, illuminate the dew-kissed leaves of roadside dogwood trees and the weathered clapboard of occasional farmhouses. It’s a place where the sky feels vast, a canvas for the slow march of clouds and the dramatic sweep of twilight, painting the western heavens in hues of rose and amethyst. The quietude is palpable, broken only by the rustle of wind through the ripening crops or the lonely call of a hawk circling overhead. This corner of Charles County, Maryland, has long been shaped by the rhythms of agriculture, its economy historically tethered to the fertile earth. While large-scale farming still defines much of the visual character, the legacy of tobacco plantations, though largely faded, whispers through the remnants of old homesteads and the very layout of the land. The proximity to the Potomac River, a vital artery for centuries, has also played a quiet but persistent role, influencing trade and settlement patterns. Today, the pace of life in Welcome remains largely unhurried, a stark contrast to the bustling cities that lie a greater distance away. The local character is one of quiet resilience and deep-rooted connection to the land, a place where the past is not so much a story told as it is a palpable presence felt in the very grain of the earth and the enduring spirit of its people.
Live animated radar for Welcome 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 | Welcome, Charles County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.481789°N, 77.09831°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 20693 |
| Area Code | 301, 240 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Welcome, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Welcome, 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 Welcome includes coordinates 38.481789°N, 77.098310°W, situated in Charles County. ZIP code 20693. Telephone area code: 301, 240. 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.
