Charlestown, Maryland Weather
Charlestown, Maryland — 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 Charlestown, Baltimore County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Charlestown.
About Charlestown, Maryland
Charlestown rests on a gentle rise, its streets unfolding with a quiet dignity towards the Chesapeake Bay. It lies 1.5 miles east of Catonsville, MD (from Catonsville, MD: bearing 101°T), and is situated 5.2 miles west-south-west of Baltimore. The air here carries the briny tang of the water, a constant, subtle perfume that mingles with the scent of pine and the distant hum of traffic from the greater Baltimore sprawl. Low-slung houses, many with wide porches and manicured lawns, line the roads, their paint weathered by seasons of sun and salt spray. Beyond the residential areas, fields of soybeans and corn stretch out, their verdant expanse broken by stands of oak and maple, their leaves catching the afternoon light with a burnished, almost liquid sheen. This is a landscape that breathes with a slow, steady rhythm, a place where the horizon feels both vast and intimately familiar. The history of Charlestown is inextricably tied to the waters that define its edges, a legacy woven into the very soil. Once a bustling port and a hub for oyster harvesting, its economy has shifted, embracing a more suburban character while retaining echoes of its maritime past. Old cannery buildings, their brickwork softened by moss and ivy, stand as silent witnesses to a time when the bay’s bounty sustained a thriving community. Today, the gentle lapping of waves against the shore still calls to many, and the town’s appeal lies in its blend of accessible natural beauty and a grounded sense of place, a quiet counterpoint to the relentless energy of the nearby city.
Live animated radar for Charlestown and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Charlestown, Baltimore County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.268162°N, 76.705248°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21539, 21228, 21914, 21901 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Charlestown, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Charlestown, Maryland, 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 Charlestown includes coordinates 39.268162°N, 76.705248°W, situated in Baltimore County. ZIP code 21539, 21228, 21914, 21901. 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. 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.
