Chelsea, Iowa Weather
Chelsea, Iowa — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, soil and crop conditions for Chelsea, Tama County.
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About Chelsea, Iowa
Chelsea rests in the broad, sweeping embrace of Tama County, where fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons unburdened by the jagged peaks of distant mountains. It lies 27.9 miles east-south-east of Marshalltown, IA (from Marshalltown, IA: bearing 109°T), and is situated 9.9 miles east-south-east of Tama. The land here, a rich, dark loam, hums with the quiet industry of agriculture, its gentle swells and hollows sculpted by the patient hand of wind and water over millennia. In the summer, the air hangs thick and sweet, scented with the pollen of ripening crops and the distant, earthy perfume of tilled soil. The sky above is a vast, ever-shifting canvas, a deep, cerulean expanse that can, with startling speed, gather clouds like sheep, promising the sudden, cleansing downpour that nourishes this fertile ground. The story of Chelsea is intrinsically tied to the fertile prairie it calls home. Established in the wake of westward expansion, its early settlers, many of them of Czech descent, found a promising future in the rich soil, a promise largely fulfilled by the relentless cultivation of grain. The local economy still leans heavily on the bounty of the land, with grain elevators standing as silent sentinels against the sky, reminders of the ceaseless cycle of planting and harvest. Though the railroad that once brought vital lifeblood to Chelsea has long since faded into memory, a certain resilience, a quiet pride, emanates from its inhabitants. The rhythm of life in Chelsea is measured not by the frantic pulse of metropolises, but by the slow, steady turning of the seasons, a deeply rooted connection to the earth that sustains it.
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| Location | Chelsea, Tama County, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41.919162°N, 92.394632°W |
| Timezone | Central Time (America/Chicago) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 52215 |
| Area Code | 712 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chelsea, Iowa Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chelsea, Iowa, 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 41.919162°N, 92.394632°W, situated in Tama County. ZIP code 52215. Telephone area code: 712. 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.
