Fortescue, New Jersey Weather
Fortescue, 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 Fortescue, Cumberland County.
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About Fortescue, New Jersey
Fortescue rests on the cusp of the Delaware Bay, a place where the land exhales its salt-laced breath and the sky stretches wide, often painted in the pearly grays and bruised purples of coastal weather. It lies 13.4 miles south-south-west of Millville, NJ (from Millville, NJ: bearing 212°T), and is situated 7.7 miles west of Maurice River. The terrain here is flat, a gentle declension towards the water, marked by the occasional stand of maritime pines and the wide, open fields that speak of agriculture. The air, especially in the liminal hours of dawn and dusk, carries a distinct tang, a blend of brine and damp earth, and a quiet stillness settles over the landscape, broken only by the distant cry of gulls or the low murmur of the tide. The history of Fortescue is tied to the bounty of the bay, a small harbor that once bustled with oystermen and fishermen whose lives were dictated by the ebb and flow of the tides. For generations, this has been a place of modest enterprise, its economy rooted in the seafood industry that continues to draw a steady, if unpretentious, livelihood from the surrounding waters. Though not a place of grand monuments, Fortescue possesses a quiet dignity, a sense of enduring purpose in its simple existence, where the rhythm of daily life is often measured by the coming and going of the fishing boats and the changing moods of the bay.
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| Location | Fortescue, Cumberland County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39.237614°N, 75.171575°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08321 |
| Area Code | 609, 640 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Fortescue, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Fortescue, 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 Fortescue includes coordinates 39.237614°N, 75.171575°W, situated in Cumberland County. ZIP code 08321. 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.
