Skillman, New Jersey Weather
Skillman, 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 Skillman, Somerset County.
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About Skillman, New Jersey
Skillman unfolds across a landscape of gentle, rolling hills, a place where the cultivated fields of corn and soybeans stretch towards horizons softened by the haze of late summer. It lies 5.7 miles north-north-west of Princeton, NJ (from Princeton, NJ: bearing 329°T), and is situated 8.2 miles north of Mercer. The air itself seems to carry the scent of sun-baked earth and the distant, sweet perfume of ripening apples, a fragrance that clings to the quiet lanes and shaded farmsteads. Ancient oaks, their branches gnarled like the hands of storytellers, stand sentinel over pastures where contented cattle graze, their coats gleaming in the oblique light. The sky above Skillman is a vast canvas, often streaked with the pearly grey of approaching rain or ablaze with the fiery hues of sunset, painting the scene with a transient, breathtaking beauty. The history of Skillman is written in the enduring stone of its older farmhouses and the quiet dignity of its small hamlets, a testament to generations who have worked this fertile land. Once a vital crossroads for agricultural trade, its economy still finds its roots in the bounty of the surrounding countryside, with local farms supplying fresh produce to regional markets and artisanal cheese makers adding a modern twist to age-old traditions. The presence of the Skillman railroad station, though its bustling days are past, whispers of a time when steam engines chugged through, connecting this quiet corner of Somerset County to the wider world. Today, a sense of peaceful continuity prevails, a deliberate unhurriedness that allows the natural beauty of the terrain to truly captivate the observant eye.
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| Location | Skillman, Somerset County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40.420106°N, 74.714605°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08558 |
| Area Code | 609, 640 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Skillman, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Skillman, 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 Skillman includes coordinates 40.420106°N, 74.714605°W, situated in Somerset County. ZIP code 08558. 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.
