Swainton, New Jersey Weather
Swainton, 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 Swainton, Cape May County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Swainton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Swainton is published on the Woodbine Municipal Airport (KOBI) page, 10 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. 5 airfields within reach of Swainton 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 Swainton: Cape May County Airport (KWWD) 18 km · Ocean City Municipal Airport (K26N) 21 km · Atlantic City International Airport (KACY) 40 km · Hammonton Municipal Airport (KN81) 60 km
Conditions reported at KOBI describe the airfield itself. Weather 10 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Swainton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Swainton.
About Swainton, New Jersey
Swainton breathes the quiet air of the southern New Jersey coastal plain, a place where the flat, sandy soil yields grudgingly to the persistent sun. It lies 18.6 miles south-south-east of Cumberland, NJ (from Cumberland, NJ: bearing 152°T), and is situated 3.8 miles north-east of Middle. Long, straight roads stretch out, bordered by fields of corn and soy that shimmer in the heat, their green stalks marching towards the hazy horizon where the sky meets the land in a soft, almost watercolor blend. Here, the air carries the faint, sweet scent of pine needles and salt, a constant reminder of the proximity of the Atlantic, even when the ocean itself is miles away. The landscape is a study in gentle, subtle contours, broken by the occasional stand of dense woods, their shadows offering cool respite during the long, languid afternoons. The rhythm of Swainton is one of slow growth and patient waiting, dictated by the sun and the seasons, a quiet hum beneath the surface of everyday life. The history of Swainton is etched in the quiet persistence of its agricultural roots, a legacy of farming that still defines much of its character. Generations have worked this land, coaxing sustenance from the sandy soil, and the echoes of that labor can be felt in the weathered barns and the stoic faces of its residents. The local economy, while diversified in recent decades, still leans heavily on the bounty of the land and the nearby waterways, with fishing and its related industries playing a significant role. Small businesses, often family-run, dot the landscape, their signs weathered by years of sun and wind, each a small beacon of commerce in this expansive rural setting. Swainton itself is a crossroads, a place where roads converge and diverge, carrying the lifeblood of the region, a subtle but vital artery connecting the coast to the wider world.
Live animated radar for Swainton 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 | Swainton, Cape May County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39.131503°N, 74.777387°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08210 |
| Area Code | 609, 640 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Swainton, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Swainton, 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 Swainton includes coordinates 39.131503°N, 74.777387°W, situated in Cape May County. ZIP code 08210. 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.
