Chelsea, Massachusetts — 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 Chelsea, Suffolk County.
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Chelsea rises from the marshy banks of the Mystic River, a working waterfront character etched into its very being. It lies 1.6 miles south-west of Revere, MA (from Revere, MA: bearing 223°T), and is situated 2.6 miles north-north-east of Greater Boston. The air here often carries the briny tang of the Atlantic, mingling with the exhaust of industry and the murmur of a thousand lives lived in close proximity. Brick buildings, some weathered to the color of old parchment, stand shoulder to shoulder with newer, more utilitarian structures, all under a sky that can shift from a brilliant, almost aggressive blue to a bruised, luminous grey with astonishing speed. The terrain, once a landscape of tidal flats and salt marshes, has been reshaped by human hands, a testament to relentless ingenuity and the persistent effort to harness the water's edge. This is a place where industry has long been the lifeblood, a history woven from shipping, manufacturing, and the ceaseless churn of commerce. For generations, Chelsea has been a gateway for immigrants, a place where dreams are built from the ground up, often in the shadow of its industrial past. The economy here is a complex blend of logistics, healthcare, and a resilient spirit of entrepreneurship, a constant negotiation between the demands of the present and the echoes of its past. Even the quietest street corner in Chelsea seems to hum with the accumulated stories of those who have passed through, a subtle resonance in the rhythm of its days.
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| Location | Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.391764°N, 71.032828°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 02150 |
| Area Code | 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chelsea, Massachusetts, 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 Chelsea includes coordinates 42.391764°N, 71.032828°W, situated in Suffolk County. ZIP code 02150. Telephone area code: 339, 351, 413, 508, 617, 774, 781, 857, 978. 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.