New Gretna, New Jersey Weather
New Gretna, 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 New Gretna, Burlington County.
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About New Gretna, New Jersey
New Gretna unfolds like a forgotten map, its landscape a quiet negotiation between pine barrens and salt marsh. It lies 7.0 miles north of Galloway, NJ (from Galloway, NJ: bearing 3°T), and is situated 5.1 miles west of Little Egg Harbor. The air, thick with the scent of damp earth and distant brine, hums with the low drone of insects and the occasional, startling cry of a wading bird. Here, the pines stand sentinel, their needles a deep, resonant green against a sky that often bleeds into bruised purples and soft grays at dusk. The terrain, mostly flat and yielding, is crisscrossed by the meandering veins of tidal creeks, their brackish waters reflecting the stoic stillness of the surrounding vegetation. You can feel the water’s slow pull, a constant, almost imperceptible presence shaping the very character of New Gretna, a character that speaks of a life lived close to the edge of the tide. The history of New Gretna is deeply entwined with the waterways that define it, a legacy of maritime ventures and resourceful living. For generations, the local economy has been shaped by the bounty of the coast and the forests, from the harvesting of cranberries that stain the bogs a rich crimson in the autumn to the timber pulled from the dense pine forests. Echoes of its past as a hub for boat building and fishing can still be felt in the weathered lines of some of the older structures, each one a quiet testament to resilience. While the grander industries have shifted, a distinct local character persists, one marked by a pragmatic independence and a deep, unpretentious connection to the natural world.
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| Location | New Gretna, Burlington County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39.59234°N, 74.450983°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08224 |
| Area Code | 609, 640 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This New Gretna, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for New Gretna, 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 New Gretna includes coordinates 39.592340°N, 74.450983°W, situated in Burlington County. ZIP code 08224. 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.
