Great Meadows, New Jersey Weather
Great Meadows, 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 Great Meadows, Warren County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Great Meadows. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Great Meadows is published on the Somerset Airport (KSMQ) page, 34 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. 4 airfields within reach of Great Meadows 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 Great Meadows: Sky Manor Airport (KN40) 34 km · Morristown Municipal Airport (KMMU) 43 km · Essex County Airport (KCDW) 53 km
Conditions reported at KSMQ describe the airfield itself. Weather 34 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Great Meadows specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Great Meadows.
About Great Meadows, New Jersey
Great Meadows unfolds as a broad, verdant expanse, a gentle depression cradled by the rolling foothills of the Appalachian chain. It lies 9.5 miles west of Mount Olive, NJ (from Mount Olive, NJ: bearing 278°T), and is situated 9.1 miles north-west of Washington Morris County. Here, the sky seems to stretch wider, its blue a deeper, more resonant hue, particularly as the day surrenders to evening and the light softens to a honeyed glow. The land itself is a patchwork of cultivated fields, their rows precisely aligned, interspersed with stands of mature oak and maple that, in autumn, ignite the landscape in fiery bursts of ochre and crimson. The air often carries the clean scent of turned earth and, when the wind is just right, a faint, sweet perfume from unseen wildflowers that carpet the verges of the country lanes. The terrain, while generally flat within the heart of the meadows, slopes subtly upwards towards the surrounding higher ground, offering glimpses of distant, hazy blue ridges that lend a sense of depth and quiet grandeur to the scene. This landscape, historically shaped by glacial retreat and the persistent work of water, has long been a place of cultivation and quiet industry. Early settlers, drawn by the fertile soil and abundant water resources, established farms that remain the bedrock of Great Meadows' economy, their harvests of corn, soybeans, and hay feeding the surrounding regions. The legacy of these agricultural roots is visible in the weathered barns and sturdy farmhouses that dot the countryside, each a silent witness to generations of labor and resilience. Though modern agriculture employs more sophisticated methods, the fundamental rhythm of planting and harvest, dictated by the sun and the seasons, still dictates the pulse of life here. Small businesses, often family-run, cater to the needs of the agricultural community and passing travelers, their presence a testament to the enduring spirit of self-sufficiency that defines Great Meadows.
Live animated radar for Great Meadows 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 | Great Meadows, Warren County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40.870932°N, 74.912114°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 07838 |
| Area Code | 732, 848 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Great Meadows, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Great Meadows, 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 Great Meadows includes coordinates 40.870932°N, 74.912114°W, situated in Warren County. ZIP code 07838. Telephone area code: 732, 848. 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.
