Pompton Plains, New Jersey Weather
Pompton Plains, 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 for Pompton Plains, Morris County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Pompton Plains. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Pompton Plains is published on the Essex County Airport (KCDW) page, 10 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 Pompton Plains 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 Pompton Plains: Morristown Municipal Airport (KMMU) 21 km · Teterboro Airport (KTEB) 24 km · Newark Liberty International Airport (KEWR) 33 km · Linden Airport (KLDJ) 39 km · Somerset Airport (KSMQ) 49 km
Conditions reported at KCDW describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Pompton Plains specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Pompton Plains, New Jersey
Pompton Plains exists as a gentle rise of land, a place where the earth breathes softly under a sky that often holds a muted, diffused light. It lies 3.1 miles north-north-west of Wayne, NJ (from Wayne, NJ: bearing 341°T), and is situated 7.4 miles west-north-west of Paterson. The terrain here is a quiet study in muted greens and browns, a landscape shaped by the slow, steady work of water and time, where modest hills give way to flatter stretches of field and occasional woodland. Old oaks, their branches gnarled like ancient hands, stand sentinel along country roads, their leaves rustling with a sound like whispered secrets in the afternoon breeze. Creeks, no grand rivers but intimate veins of water, thread their way through the land, their banks often lined with a thick, resilient growth of reeds and wild grasses. The air itself carries a faint, earthy scent, a mingling of damp soil and the distant promise of rain. The history of Pompton Plains is written in the quiet persistence of its agricultural roots, a legacy that still echoes in the sprawling fields that once fed more than just the local markets. The Pequannock River, a vital artery in the region's early development, brought with it a trickle of industry, mills that harnessed its power and turned it into the hum of progress. While those days of heavy manufacturing have largely faded, the spirit of industriousness remains, now manifest in smaller businesses and a community that values its independence. The area retains a subtle character, a feeling of being both connected to the broader world and grounded in its own distinct sense of place, a characteristic that draws people who appreciate a life lived at a more measured, human pace.
Live animated radar for Pompton Plains 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 | Pompton Plains, Morris County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40.968154°N, 74.295704°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 07444 |
| Area Code | 973, 862 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Pompton Plains, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Pompton Plains, 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 Pompton Plains includes coordinates 40.968154°N, 74.295704°W, situated in Morris County. ZIP code 07444. 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. 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.
