Sweetwater, New Jersey Weather
Sweetwater, 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 Sweetwater, Atlantic County.
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Soil conditions, frost risk and crop weather for Sweetwater.
About Sweetwater, New Jersey
Sweetwater unfolds across a landscape of low-lying pine barrens, a terrain where sandy soil drinks deeply of the humid air and the pines stand sentinel over wetlands and meandering creeks. It lies 11.5 miles east of Winslow, NJ (from Winslow, NJ: bearing 101°T), and is situated 6.7 miles north-north-east of Atlantic. The air here, especially as the sun begins its slow descent, carries a damp, earthy perfume mingled with the sharp tang of resin, a scent that clings to the skin like a second, more wild garment. Here and there, small clearings reveal patches of scrub oak and low-lying berry bushes, their leaves a muted green against the darker, more somber tones of the forest. The silence is not an emptiness, but a presence, punctuated by the distant call of a bird or the rustle of unseen creatures in the undergrowth. The history of Sweetwater is inextricably linked to the very land it occupies, a place that once served as a vital artery for the logging and cranberry industries that shaped southern New Jersey. The cranberry bogs, remnants of that industrious past, still dot the periphery, their dark, water-filled beds reflecting the bruised hues of the twilight sky. Though the grand scale of those operations has long since receded, a quiet resilience persists in Sweetwater, a continuation of the spirit that coaxed sustenance from these sandy, water-rich soils. The local economy now leans more towards a gentle ebb and flow of small businesses and a steady presence of those who understand the unique character of this coastal plain environment, a place where the wilderness still feels close enough to touch.
Live animated radar for Sweetwater 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.
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| Location | Sweetwater, Atlantic County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 39.626506°N, 74.649324°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08037 |
| Area Code | 856, 609 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Sweetwater, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Sweetwater, 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 Sweetwater includes coordinates 39.626506°N, 74.649324°W, situated in Atlantic County. ZIP code 08037. Telephone area code: 856, 609. 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.
