Childs, Maryland Weather
Childs, 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 Childs, Cecil County.
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About Childs, Maryland
Childs unfolds across a landscape of gentle slopes, where the dark, rich soil of Cecil County yields to the persistent embrace of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. It lies 6.4 miles north-east of Cecil, MD (from Cecil, MD: bearing 39°T), and is situated 7.0 miles east-south-east of Calvert. The air here carries the faint, damp scent of earth and distant water, a perpetual reminder of the slow, inexorable flow of creeks that thread through the greening fields. Open skies stretch wide above, occasionally broken by the stoic silhouettes of mature oak and maple trees standing sentinel along the edges of cultivated land. The scattered farmsteads, with their weathered barns and quiet houses, seem to exhale a sense of enduring patience, their presence harmonizing with the slow unfolding of seasons. The history of Childs is etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring agricultural pulse of the land, a lineage tracing back to the early settlers who found purchase in this fertile ground. For generations, the economy has been tethered to the bounty of the earth and the nearby waterways, with farming and the quiet commerce it supported forming the backbone of life. While the broader currents of industry have shifted over time, a certain grounded resilience persists, a legacy of hard work and a deep understanding of the land's cycles. The quietude of Childs belies a history of steady, unassuming growth, a place where the passage of time is measured less by dramatic events and more by the persistent turning of the soil and the ebb and flow of the local streams.
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| Location | Childs, Cecil County, Maryland |
| Coordinates | 39.646223°N, 75.871607°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 21921, 21916 |
| Area Code | 410, 443 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Childs, Maryland Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Childs, 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 Childs includes coordinates 39.646223°N, 75.871607°W, situated in Cecil County. ZIP code 21921, 21916. 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.
