Port Elizabeth, New Jersey Weather
Port Elizabeth, 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 Port Elizabeth, Cumberland County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Port Elizabeth. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Port Elizabeth is published on the Woodbine Municipal Airport (KOBI) page, 19 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 Port Elizabeth 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 Port Elizabeth: Ocean City Municipal Airport (K26N) 33 km · Cape May County Airport (KWWD) 34 km · Atlantic City International Airport (KACY) 38 km · Hammonton Municipal Airport (KN81) 44 km · Pine Valley Airport (K19N) 52 km
Conditions reported at KOBI describe the airfield itself. Weather 19 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Port Elizabeth specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
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.
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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
