Hillside, New Jersey Weather
Hillside, 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 for Hillside, Union County.
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About Hillside, New Jersey
Hillside rises from the gentle slopes that define this part of Union County, a landscape where the urban edge softens into a more varied terrain. It lies 2.2 miles south of Irvington, NJ (from Irvington, NJ: bearing 173°T), and is situated 8.8 miles west-south-west of Bergen. The streets here are often lined with mature trees, their canopies creating a dappled shade even on the brightest days, and the air carries a subtle, earthy scent, a reminder of the soil beneath. You can feel the subtle incline as you traverse the neighborhoods, a constant, almost imperceptible push and pull that shapes the way the water flows and the houses are positioned. It's a place where the sky feels vast, especially in the early morning or late afternoon, when the light can lend a golden hue to the rooftops and the distant hum of traffic seems to recede. The history of Hillside is a narrative of industry and community growth, with its roots in the agricultural past of the region giving way to the demands of a burgeoning industrial economy. Early settlers found fertile ground, and the area later became a vital stop for transportation and commerce. You can still sense the echoes of that industrious past in the architecture and the layout of some of the older districts, a quiet testament to the generations who worked and built here. Today, Hillside thrives on a diverse local economy, a blend of small businesses and service industries that cater to its residents, and the community retains a palpable sense of shared experience, a quiet understanding born of shared geography and history.
Live animated radar for Hillside and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Hillside, Union County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40.701213°N, 74.230146°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 07205 |
| Area Code | 973, 862 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Hillside, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Hillside, 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 Hillside includes coordinates 40.701213°N, 74.230146°W, situated in Union County. ZIP code 07205. Telephone area code: 973, 862. 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.
