Short Hills, New Jersey Weather
Short Hills, 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 Short Hills, Essex County.
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About Short Hills, New Jersey
Short Hills rises from the rolling terrain of Essex County, a verdant expanse where mature trees, their branches heavy with the dew of morning, cast intricate shadows on winding roads. It lies 3.4 miles south of Livingston, NJ (from Livingston, NJ: bearing 189°T), and is situated 4.5 miles south-west of Essex. The land here holds a gentle undulation, a subtle rise and fall that lends a quiet dignity to the landscape, with streams like the Rahway River carving their patient paths through the earth. This is a place where the air itself feels refined, carrying the faint scent of pine needles and damp soil, especially after a summer rain, and the late afternoon light often spills across the manicured lawns in broad, golden swathes. The character of Short Hills is one of understated elegance, a studied calm that permeates its well-kept streets and the hushed interiors of its grander homes, a quiet hum of prosperity that seems to breathe with the rhythm of the seasons. The history of Short Hills is bound to the westward expansion of the late 19th century, a time when its strategic location and natural beauty attracted industrialists and financiers seeking respite from the clamor of New York City. The local economy, once perhaps touched by the agricultural roots of the region, has long since shifted to a service-based model, with its residents commuting to professional careers in nearby urban centers, their days marked by the steady cadence of train departures and arrivals. The development of the area was carefully planned, aiming to create an idyllic suburban haven, and this legacy is visible in the preservation of significant green spaces, including the South Mountain Reservation, a vast natural preserve that acts as the lungs of this part of Essex County. Short Hills remains a distinctive locality, a testament to a deliberate vision of refined living, where the echoes of its Gilded Age origins still whisper through the rustling leaves of its ancient oaks.
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| Location | Short Hills, Essex County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40.747879°N, 74.325427°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 07078 |
| Area Code | 201, 551 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Short Hills, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Short Hills, 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 Short Hills includes coordinates 40.747879°N, 74.325427°W, situated in Essex County. ZIP code 07078. Telephone area code: 201, 551. 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.
