Skillman, New Jersey Weather
Skillman, 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 Skillman, Somerset County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Skillman. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Skillman is published on the Trenton Mercer Airport (KTTN) page, 18 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 Skillman 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 Skillman: Somerset Airport (KSMQ) 23 km · Sky Manor Airport (KN40) 28 km · Old Bridge Airport (K3N6) 33 km · Linden Airport (KLDJ) 45 km · Mc Guire Air Force Base (KWRI) 46 km
Conditions reported at KTTN describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Skillman specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Skillman.
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.
Live animated radar for Skillman 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 | 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 | September 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, 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 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. 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.
