Dorchester, New Jersey Weather
Dorchester, New Jersey — 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 Dorchester, Cumberland County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Dorchester.
About Dorchester, New Jersey
Dorchester lies at a gentle bend of the Maurice River, a place where the slow, brackish waters mirror the wide, often pearly sky of southern New Jersey. It lies 7.0 miles south-south-west of Cumberland, NJ (from Cumberland, NJ: bearing 196°T), and is situated 9.5 miles south-south-east of Millville. The land here is flat, the sort that exhales a humid breath in summer and holds a crisp chill in winter, a terrain sculpted by the patient work of tides and the occasional, determined root. Fields, more often than not given over to the cultivation of blueberries and cranberries, stretch out in neat, rectilinear patterns, their low-lying nature hinting at the proximity of the Delaware Bay. A scattering of modest homes, their clapboard siding weathered to a soft, muted palette of grays and blues, cluster around a central crossroads, their porches turned outward as if in quiet contemplation of the passing days. The air itself carries a faint, earthy tang, a blend of salt, pine needles, and the distant, sweet decay of marsh grass. This corner of Cumberland County, Dorchester, carries the quiet resonance of a long agricultural past, its fortunes once tied to the fertile, sandy soil and the bounty it yielded. While the grander estates of earlier eras have faded, the spirit of cultivation endures, with local growers still supplying the nation's tables with its signature red jewels. The Maurice River, once a highway for commerce and fishing fleets, now offers a slower, more contemplative kind of beauty, its banks a haven for migratory birds and the occasional kayaker paddling through the reeds. The history of this region is not etched in grand monuments but whispered in the names of old farms and the enduring traditions of community life, a place where the pace is set not by clocks but by the ebb and flow of the tides and the turning of the seasons.
Live animated radar for Dorchester and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Dorchester, Cumberland County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39.272892°N, 74.976841°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08316 |
| Area Code | 609, 640 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Dorchester, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Dorchester, New Jersey, 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 Dorchester includes coordinates 39.272892°N, 74.976841°W, situated in Cumberland County. ZIP code 08316. Telephone area code: 609, 640. 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.
