Port Elizabeth, New Jersey Weather
Port Elizabeth, 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 Port Elizabeth, Cumberland County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Port Elizabeth.
About Port Elizabeth, New Jersey
Port Elizabeth rests on the edge of the Maurice River, a waterway that has shaped its very being. It lies 4.5 miles south-south-west of Cumberland, NJ (from Cumberland, NJ: bearing 209°T), and is situated 6.9 miles south-south-east of Millville. The air here carries the damp, rich scent of marsh grass and tidal mud, a constant reminder of the nearby Delaware Bay. Cypress knees, gnarled and ancient, punctuate the shallow, brackish waters, and the sky overhead often hangs a soft, diffused grey, broken by the occasional sharp, clear blue of a passing gull. The land itself is flat, low-lying, and yielding, a place where the slow seep of water and the patient growth of reeds dictate the landscape's character. Sunlight, when it breaks through, falls in broad, gentle swathes across the reedy expanses, illuminating the subtle shifts in color from olive green to ochre. The history of Port Elizabeth is intrinsically tied to the river's bounty and the industrious spirit of its early settlers. For generations, oystering and fishing were the lifeblood of this community, the rhythmic pull of nets and the clatter of shells echoing through the narrow streets. Timber from the surrounding pine barrens also played a significant role, fueling shipbuilding and local sawmills that once hummed with activity. Though the large-scale fishing operations have faded, a quiet resilience remains, a sense of continuity in the weathered clapboard houses and the slow, deliberate pace of life. Today, the river still draws visitors, seeking the tranquility of its waters and the whisper of a past built on the ebb and flow of the tide.
Live animated radar for Port Elizabeth and surroundings — RainViewer.
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| Location | Port Elizabeth, Cumberland County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39.313448°N, 74.981008°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08348 |
| Area Code | 609, 640 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Port Elizabeth, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Port Elizabeth, 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 Port Elizabeth includes coordinates 39.313448°N, 74.981008°W, situated in Cumberland County. ZIP code 08348. 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.
