Williams, 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 Williams, Ocean County.
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Williams unfolds as a quiet stretch of coastal plain, where the land itself seems to exhale the salty tang of the nearby ocean. It lies 2.5 miles north of Brick, NJ (from Brick, NJ: bearing 10°T), and is situated 4.5 miles east of Lakewood. Here, the terrain is a subtle tapestry of low-lying marshland, interspersed with stands of pine and oak, their branches often bent by the persistent sea breeze. The air, especially in the late afternoon, carries a hushed luminescence, a soft, diffused light that softens the edges of the scrubby vegetation and lends a dreamlike quality to the long, straight roads. It’s a place where the sky feels vast, a pale canvas stretching to meet the flat horizon, and the silence is broken only by the distant cry of gulls or the rustle of reeds in the wind. The history of Williams is a story whispered by the tides, a chronicle of those who sought sustenance from both the sea and the soil. Once a landscape dominated by farming and fishing, its economy has steadily shifted, mirroring the broader transformations of the region. While vestiges of its agricultural past remain in the occasional weathered barn or the faint scent of turned earth after a rain, the proximity to the shore has increasingly shaped its identity. Small, independent businesses now cater to a steady flow of visitors drawn to the area's natural beauty, and the local character is one of practical resilience, a quiet acknowledgment of the rhythms of the seasons and the enduring power of the coast.
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| Location | Williams, Ocean County, New Jersey |
| Coordinates | 40.096782°N, 74.132362°W |
| Timezone | Eastern Time |
| ZIP Code(s) | 08724 |
| Area Code | 732, 848 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), NOAA National Weather Service |
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Williams, 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 Williams includes coordinates 40.096782°N, 74.132362°W, situated in Ocean County. ZIP code 08724. Telephone area code: 732, 848. Timezone: Eastern Time.
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.