Chelsea, Alabama Weather
Chelsea, Alabama — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Chelsea, Madison County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chelsea.
About Chelsea, Alabama
Chelsea unfolds across rolling hills, a landscape sculpted by the slow, deliberate work of water and wind, where the red earth of Madison County bleeds into the green of tenacious oaks and pines. It lies 3.1 miles south-south-west of Huntsville, AL (from Huntsville, AL: bearing 206°T), and is situated 7.9 miles east of Madison. The air here carries a particular stillness, broken only by the distant hum of traffic or the sudden, sharp call of a jay. Evenings bring a softening of the light, a gilded haze that settles over the fields and the clustered homes, lending a quiet dignity to the ordinary. The terrain itself seems to breathe, a gentle rise and fall that guides the eye across pastures dotted with patient cattle and the occasional weathered barn, its timbers groaning softly under the weight of seasons. This is a place where the past lingers in the names of the creeks and the old stone foundations that still stubbornly resist the earth's embrace. The economy of Chelsea has long been tethered to the land, its fields yielding crops that have sustained generations, though the modern pulse of commerce whispers of new enterprises and the steady flow of commuters. There are no grand monuments here, no towering spires, but a quiet persistence in the way life unfolds, a testament to the enduring spirit of those who have called this stretch of Alabama home. The local character is one of steady resilience, a pragmatic grace born of working the soil and weathering the storms, a quiet pride in the simple, enduring beauty of their corner of the world.
Live animated radar for Chelsea and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Chelsea, Madison County, Alabama |
| Coordinates | 34.690647°N, 86.609993°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 35805, 35051 |
| Area Code | 256, 205 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chelsea, Alabama Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chelsea, Alabama, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, NWS extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modeled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. 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 Chelsea includes coordinates 34.690647°N, 86.609993°W, situated in Madison County. ZIP code 35805, 35051. Telephone area code: 256, 205. Timezone: Central Time (America/Chicago).
Weather data is sourced from the NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov (NOAA), with a modeled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. 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.
