Chesterfield, Massachusetts Weather
Chesterfield, 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, soil and crop conditions for Chesterfield, Hampshire County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Chesterfield.
About Chesterfield, Massachusetts
Chesterfield rests upon a landscape sculpted by the persistent work of water and ice, where rolling hills, cloaked in the deep greens of mixed hardwoods and conifers, rise and fall with a quiet dignity. It lies 9.6 miles west-north-west of Hampshire, MA (from Hampshire, MA: bearing 289°T), and is situated 5.6 miles west of Williamsburg. The air here carries the clean scent of pine needles and damp earth, particularly after a rain, a scent that seems to cling to the weathered clapboard of the houses and the rough-hewn stone of old walls. Streams, born from the higher ground, murmur their way through the valleys, their waters cool and clear, reflecting the ever-changing sky in fleeting, silvery flashes. The terrain dictates a certain rhythm, a slow unfolding of vista as one travels its winding roads, each turn revealing a new, subtle variation in the verdant embrace. The story of Chesterfield is one of agricultural resilience and a deep connection to the land, its early economy rooted in the cultivation of its stony soil and the harvesting of its timber. For generations, farms dotted these hills, their fields bearing witness to the patient labor of those who coaxed sustenance from the earth. While the agricultural footprint has shifted, the character of Chesterfield remains tied to its rural heritage, a place where the quiet hum of tractors can still be heard on summer afternoons and where the changing seasons dictate the pace of life. The absence of major thoroughfares lends it a sense of peaceful seclusion, a place where the stars are particularly bright on a clear night, unmarred by the glare of distant cities.
Live animated radar for Chesterfield and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.391754°N, 72.839817°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 01012 |
| 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 |
About This Chesterfield, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chesterfield, 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 Chesterfield includes coordinates 42.391754°N, 72.839817°W, situated in Hampshire County. ZIP code 01012. 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.
