Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Weather
Chestnut Hill, 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 Chestnut Hill, Middlesex County.
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About Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Chestnut Hill rises from the undulating terrain, a place where the dense canopy of mature trees, predominantly oaks and maples, often catches the fleeting sunlight, casting a dappled, shifting pattern onto the quiet streets below. It lies 1.4 miles south-south-west of Brighton, MA (from Brighton, MA: bearing 200°T), and is situated 5.8 miles west-south-west of Greater Boston. The air here carries a crispness, particularly in autumn, a scent of damp earth and decaying leaves that speaks of the region's temperate climate. Broad, well-maintained avenues wind between substantial homes, many with expansive lawns and mature gardens, suggesting a long-established prosperity. The land itself, while not dramatic, possesses a certain resolute character, a gentle rise and fall that hints at the glacial sculpting of ages past, leading the eye towards distant, softer horizons. This locality carries the weight of its history, its development intertwined with the growth of the larger metropolitan area it abuts. Chestnut Hill’s origins are rooted in the mid-19th century, a period when wealthy Boston families sought country estates away from the city's burgeoning industrial clamor. The area’s economy, once reliant on its proximity to larger centers of commerce, has diversified, though a strong presence of academic institutions and the associated research and development firms continues to shape its intellectual and economic pulse. Notable among these is Boston College, whose sprawling campus contributes significantly to the landscape and the daily life of Chestnut Hill. The absence of large commercial districts here lends a residential tranquility, a certain settled dignity that pervades the neighborhood, a sense of permanence in the architecture and the established trees.
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| Location | Chestnut Hill, Middlesex County, Massachusetts |
| Coordinates | 42.330653°N, 71.166165°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 02467 |
| 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 Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Chestnut Hill, 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 Chestnut Hill includes coordinates 42.330653°N, 71.166165°W, situated in Middlesex County. ZIP code 02467. 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.
