Charlestown, Maryland Weather
Charlestown, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Charlestown, Cecil County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Charlestown. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Charlestown is published on the Cecil County Airport (K58M) page, 9 km away. It carries the current METAR decoded into plain language — surface wind, visibility, cloud layers and ceiling, temperature and dewpoint, and altimeter setting — alongside the raw observation as transmitted. 6 airfields within reach of Charlestown have their own pages, listed below.
The Terminal Aerodrome Forecast (TAF) is shown across its full validity period, with each change group broken out so you can see when conditions are expected to shift. Flight category is derived automatically — VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR — from reported ceiling and visibility, with runway details and field elevation alongside. Observations update roughly hourly and forecasts several times a day.
Other airports near Charlestown: Summit Airport (KEVY) 23 km · New Garden Airport (KN57) 34 km · Wilmington Airport (KILG) 34 km · Chester County G O Carlson Airport (KMQS) 46 km · Delaware Airpark (K33N) 51 km
Conditions reported at K58M describe the airfield itself. Weather 9 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Charlestown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
Live animated radar for Charlestown and surroundings — RainViewer.
NOAA GOES-16 GEOCOLOR — live animated loop updated every 10 minutes. Shows cloud cover, storm systems and weather patterns across the continental US.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-East · Public domain · Auto-updates on page reload
| 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 | September 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, precipitation radar and NOAA GOES-16 satellite imagery. Aviation weather — live METAR observations and TAF forecasts — is published separately on the pages for the nearest reporting airports, linked from the aviation section above. 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. 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.
