Wharton, New Jersey Weather
Wharton, 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 for Wharton, Morris County.
Tides, marine forecast and fishing conditions near Wharton. Tide source:
Full aviation weather for Wharton is published on the Morristown Municipal Airport (KMMU) 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 Wharton 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 Wharton: Essex County Airport (KCDW) 25 km · Somerset Airport (KSMQ) 31 km · Newark Liberty International Airport (KEWR) 41 km · Linden Airport (KLDJ) 42 km · Teterboro Airport (KTEB) 44 km
Conditions reported at KMMU describe the airfield itself. Weather 18 km away can differ, particularly in terrain or near the coast. For conditions at Wharton specifically, see the current conditions and forecast above.
About Wharton, New Jersey
Wharton unfolds across a landscape where rolling hills, softened by centuries of sun and rain, begin to gather themselves towards the higher ridges of the Kittatinny Valley. It lies 2.3 miles north of Randolph, NJ (from Randolph, NJ: bearing 10°T), and is situated 8.4 miles east-north-east of Mount Olive. The land here is a patchwork of mature woodlands, their canopies a deep, verdant hum in the summer light, interspersed with fields that catch the sun in broad, golden swathes. Small streams, clear and cool, thread their way through the terrain, their banks often fringed with ferns and the whisper of willows, reflecting the ever-changing sky above. The air itself carries a certain crispness, a clean scent of pine and damp earth, particularly after a rain, and in the late afternoon, the light can slant through the trees, gilding the fallen leaves with a fleeting, burnished glow. The history of Wharton is deeply entwined with the very earth it rests upon, a story etched not in grand monuments but in the persistent hum of agriculture and the quiet industry that once pulsed through its veins. For generations, this land was worked by diligent hands, its fertility coaxed forth to sustain families and feed distant markets, a legacy that can still be felt in the sturdy character of its older homes and the enduring patterns of its landscape. While the echoes of its past as a hub for certain manufacturing endeavors have softened, the spirit of innovation and self-reliance remains a quiet undercurrent, manifest in the diverse small businesses that now lend their own unique rhythm to Wharton's daily life. Though it lacks the dramatic pronouncements of larger cities, Wharton possesses a subtle, enduring charm, a place where the past whispers in the rustling leaves and the present unfolds with a steady, grounded grace.
Live animated radar for Wharton 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 | Wharton, Morris County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40.893155°N, 74.581825°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| ZIP Code(s) | 07885 |
| Area Code | 732, 848 |
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
About This Wharton, New Jersey Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wharton, 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 Wharton includes coordinates 40.893155°N, 74.581825°W, situated in Morris County. ZIP code 07885. Telephone area code: 732, 848. 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.
