Chester, Maryland Weather
Chester, Maryland — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Chester, Queen Anne's County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Chester. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Chester is published on the Lee Airport (KANP) page, 24 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. 5 airfields within reach of Chester 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 Chester: Easton Airport / Newnam Field (KESN) 27 km · Joint Base Andrews (KADW) 53 km · Cambridge Dorchester Airport (KCGE) 53 km · College Park Airport (KCGS) 55 km
Conditions reported at KANP describe the airfield itself. Weather 24 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chester specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chester.
About Chester, Maryland
Chester rests on the eastern shores of Maryland's Eastern Shore, a landscape of low, wide horizons where the land gently slopes towards the Chesapeake Bay. It lies 9.2 miles west-south-west of Queen Annes, MD (from Queen Annes, MD: bearing 247°T), and is situated 9.6 miles east-south-east of Cape St. Claire. The air here carries a constant, subtle fragrance of salt and pine, a testament to the proximity of these vast waters and the surrounding maritime forests. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like rumpled green blankets, broken by stands of oak and loblolly pine that stand sentinel against the often-azure sky. The light, particularly in the late afternoon, has a soft, buttery quality, bathing the modest homes and weathered barns in a warm, forgiving glow that seems to linger long after the sun dips below the tree line. This quiet corner of Queen Anne's County has a history as layered as the rich soil that sustains its agricultural roots, with early settlements tracing back to the colonial era, tied to the lucrative tobacco trade that once defined the region. Today, the economy of Chester is more diversified, leaning into the bounty of the Bay with small fishing operations and a growing tourism sector drawn by its placid waterways and the promise of a slower pace of life. The old general store, still standing proudly on the main thoroughfare, serves as a de facto community hub, its worn floorboards echoing with generations of local chatter and the occasional clatter of produce being unloaded. The distinctive scent of crab seasoning, a culinary hallmark of the Chesapeake, often drifts from open windows, a comforting reminder of the enduring connection between the people of Chester and the lifeblood of the water.
Live animated radar for Chester 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 | Chester, Queen Anne's County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 38.97539°N, 76.289399°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21619 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chester, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chester, 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 Chester includes coordinates 38.975390°N, 76.289399°W, situated in Queen Anne's County. ZIP code 21619. 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.
