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 for Charlestown, Cecil County.
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About Charlestown, Maryland
Charlestown rests on the northern shores of the Chesapeake Bay, a quiet settlement where the land slopes gently toward the water. It lies 1.5 miles west of Cecil, MD (from Cecil, MD: bearing 269°T), and is situated 8.8 miles south of Calvert. The air here carries the briny tang of the bay, mingling with the scent of pine and damp earth, especially after a rain. Broadleaf trees, oaks and maples mostly, stand sentinel along the roads, their leaves a deep, rich green in the summer and a riot of fire in the autumn. The terrain is a rolling landscape, not dramatic, but possessing a soft, persistent beauty, the kind that settles into your bones rather than assaults the eyes. The houses, many of them weathered wood with broad porches, seem to lean into the breeze, as if listening to the bay’s endless murmur. Charlestown’s history is as much tied to the water as the land. Once a bustling port in the colonial era, it facilitated the movement of goods and people along the Chesapeake. This legacy is still visible in the older architecture and the way the town’s main thoroughfares still seem to orient themselves toward the water. While the grander days of shipping may have faded, the local economy still draws from the bay’s bounty, with a strong presence of watermen and fishing operations. The surrounding countryside, a patchwork of farms and woodlands, contributes to the region's agricultural character, providing a steady, if unassuming, rhythm to life. There's a quiet pride here, a sense of enduring rootedness that doesn't need to shout to be felt.
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| Location | Charlestown, Cecil County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.573725°N, 75.974946°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 39.573725°N, 75.974946°W, situated in Cecil 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.
