Downe, New Jersey Weather
Downe, New Jersey — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, NWS alerts, radar and satellite imagery, tide predictions, marine conditions and a solunar fishing forecast, soil and crop conditions for Downe, Cumberland County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Downe. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Downe is published on the Millville Municipal Airport (KMIV) page, 11 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 Downe 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 Downe: Bucks Airport (K00N) 23 km · Chandelle Airport (K0N4) 34 km · Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force Base (KDOV) 35 km · Delaware Airpark (K33N) 43 km · Southern Cross Airport (KC01) 43 km
Conditions reported at KMIV describe the airfield itself. Weather 11 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Downe specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Downe.
About Downe, New Jersey
Downe rests on a low, flat landscape, a mosaic of rich, dark soil and the shimmering silver of shallow tidal creeks that snake their way toward the Delaware Bay. It lies 9.6 miles south-south-west of Millville, NJ (from Millville, NJ: bearing 201°T), and is situated 4.8 miles north-west of Maurice River. The air here carries a persistent, salty tang, a reminder of the vast water that shapes the horizon, even when unseen. Fields of corn and soybeans stretch out like rumpled green carpets, punctuated by stands of tall, slender pines that sigh in the constant breeze. In the early morning, a soft, pearly light often hangs low over the fields, lending a quiet, almost introspective character to the land. The history of Downe is deeply entwined with the fertile earth and the bounty of the bay. For generations, its economy has been anchored in agriculture, with the careful cultivation of produce that finds its way to markets far and wide. Clams and oysters, harvested from the brackish waters, have also sustained its people, their shells forming a subtle, calcified memory of past harvests. While not a place of grand pronouncements or bustling industry, Downe possesses a quiet persistence, a character shaped by the steady rhythm of seasons and the enduring connection to the land and water that define it.
Live animated radar for Downe 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 | Downe, Cumberland County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39.271867°N, 75.10315°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08349 |
| Area Code | 609, 640 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Downe, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Downe, New Jersey, 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 Downe includes coordinates 39.271867°N, 75.103150°W, situated in Cumberland County. ZIP code 08349. 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. 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.
