Flagtown, New Jersey Weather
Flagtown, 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 Flagtown, Somerset County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Flagtown. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Flagtown is published on the Somerset Airport (KSMQ) page, 12 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 Flagtown 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 Flagtown: Sky Manor Airport (KN40) 26 km · Trenton Mercer Airport (KTTN) 29 km · Old Bridge Airport (K3N6) 35 km · Morristown Municipal Airport (KMMU) 39 km · Linden Airport (KLDJ) 39 km
Conditions reported at KSMQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 12 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Flagtown specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Flagtown.
About Flagtown, New Jersey
Flagtown rests in a gentle fold of Somerset County, where the land begins its slow, deliberate rise towards higher ground. It lies 3.5 miles west-north-west of Hamilton, NJ (from Hamilton, NJ: bearing 283°T), and is situated 8.5 miles west of Franklin Somerset County. The fields, often a patchwork of ripening corn and the deep green of late summer soybeans, give way to stands of oak and maple that hold the afternoon sun in their leafy canopies. Creeks, their names whispered by generations, meander through the terrain, their banks softened by wild grasses and the occasional splash of a heron taking flight. Evenings here settle with a quiet grace, the sky deepening from a pale, washed-out blue to hues of lavender and rose, a subtle testament to the unhurried passage of days. The history of Flagtown is a story etched not in grand monuments, but in the enduring rhythms of agriculture and the quiet hum of local commerce. For much of its existence, the land has been coaxed into yielding its bounty, with farms that have passed through families, their barns standing as weathered sentinels against the changing seasons. While the broader region has seen shifts in industry, Flagtown retains a character tied to its roots, its economy a blend of small businesses that serve the immediate needs of its residents and the ongoing agricultural endeavors that still define the surrounding landscape. The simple act of passing a neighbor on the road, a nod and a brief exchange, speaks to a continuity of life that is as much a part of Flagtown as the fertile soil beneath its feet.
Live animated radar for Flagtown 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 | Flagtown, Somerset County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40.517048°N, 74.684326°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08844, 08821 |
| Area Code | 908 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Flagtown, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Flagtown, 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 Flagtown includes coordinates 40.517048°N, 74.684326°W, situated in Somerset County. ZIP code 08844, 08821. Telephone area code: 908. 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.
