Gaithersburg, MD Weather Forecast
Montgomery County, Maryland
Live radar, warnings and storm tracking for Gaithersburg, with free alerts the moment it counts.
The next few hours
Taller, warmer bars mean heavier rain. Dotted means no reading for that hour.
Hour by hour
Sunrise and sunset
Next five days, scored 0 to 100The first day or two use the HRRR and NBM cloud layers. Later days only have total cloud, so treat them as a rough guide.
Know when sunset at this place will be worth a photo
We score every sunrise and sunset here from the cloud, haze and smoke forecast, and let you know when one is likely to light up. Sunrise the evening before, sunset a few hours ahead.
Seven-day outlook
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Gaithersburg, MD at a glance
Gaithersburg is home to about 69,563 people in Montgomery County, across 10 square miles. It ranks 3rd by population of 65 places in Maryland with a forecast here. The nearest neighbour with its own forecast is Rockville, 5 miles away.
- County
- Montgomery County
- Population
- 69,563 2023 est.
- Land area
- 10 sq mi
- People per sq mi
- 6,740
- Forecast point
- 39.1486°N, 77.1951°W
How well can the network see Gaithersburg?
The nearest Doppler radar is KLWX (Sterling, VA), to the SW. Its lowest scan passes about 1,100 ft above Gaithersburg. That is about as close as US radar coverage gets: low-level rotation and gust fronts over Gaithersburg show up clearly. Gaithersburg is closer to its radar than 86% of US cities.
The closest weather station is KGAI (Gaithersburg/Montgomery Cnty). Close enough that its readings are the conditions in town.
Forecasts near Gaithersburg
- Rockville, MD5 mi
- Poolesville, MD12 mi
- Chevy Chase, MD13 mi
- Takoma Park, MD16 mi
- Mount Airy, MD16 mi
- Herndon, VA16 mi
- College Park, MD17 mi
- Vienna, VA18 mi
Elsewhere in Maryland
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