Chelsea, Massachusetts Weather
Chelsea, Massachusetts — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast for Chelsea, Suffolk County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Chelsea. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Chelsea is published on the Boston Logan International Airport (KBOS) page, 4 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 Chelsea 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 Chelsea: Laurence G Hanscom Field (KBED) 23 km · Norwood Memorial Airport (KOWD) 25 km · Lawrence Municipal Airport (KLWM) 37 km · Minute Man Air Field (K6B6) 41 km · Hopedale Industrial Park Airport (K1B6) 50 km
Conditions reported at KBOS describe the airfield itself. Weather 4 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Chelsea specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Chelsea, Massachusetts
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.
Live animated radar for Chelsea 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 | 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 | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Chelsea, Massachusetts Weather Page
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, 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 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. 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.
