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DELAWARE AND RARITAN CANAL

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Delaware and Raritan Canal at Port Mercer NJ

LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP, NJ40.3044°N, -74.6850°W Updated 14 hr ago

FLOW RATE

144cfs

WATER TEMP

78°F

AIR TEMP

79°F

WIND

5mph ENE

FISH INDEX

69SCORE / 100

GREAT · 4 OF 5

1D 7D 30D 1YR

Flow Rate Historical Avg

MEDIAN FLOW RATE · 1 YEAR

144cfs 2.5% vs avg

Optimal band: 123–167 cfs

PERIOD HIGH

170cfs

PERIOD LOW

106cfs

RUNNABLE

99%

last 1 year in band

Water Temperature

78.1°F

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Weather Conditions

WEATHER CONDITIONS

TODAY

83°

66°

MON

85°

67°

TUE

90°

65°

WED

98°

71°

THU

87°

70°

FRI

77°

58°

SAT

82°

54°

TIME

SUN

NOW

MON

TUE

WED

THU

FRI

TEMP

hourly forecast

83°

mild

83°

82°

79°

75°

71°

70°

68°

67°

68°

69°

72°

75°

78°

80°

81°

83°

85°

82°

78°

75°

73°

71°

69°

68°

67°

66°

65°

68°

72°

76°

80°

84°

86°

88°

90°

88°

85°

83°

82°

80°

79°

78°

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76°

74°

72°

71°

74°

79°

83°

87°

90°

94°

96°

97°

98°

95°

92°

87°

84°

81°

77°

74°

72°

71°

70°

72°

75°

76°

77°

79°

80°

79°

80°

86°

87°

82°

84°

78°

77°

74°

72°

68°

65°

63°

60°

59°

58°

60°

63°

65°

68°

WIND

mph · gust · dir

4mph E

G 6 mph

ESE

G11

SSE

G13

G16

ESE

G14

G12

SSE

G13

SSW

WSW

ENE

G11

SSW

G12

SSW

G11

SSW

G12

SSW

G14

SSW

G20

SSW

G17

SSW

G19

SSW

G18

SSW

G17

SSW

G14

SSW

G14

SSW

G13

G14

G12

G16

G19

WSW

G15

WSW

G14

WSW

G14

WSW

G14

WSW

G15

WSW

G15

G16

G17

WSW

G20

WSW

G24

WSW

G27

G30

G31

WSW

G33

WSW

G34

WSW

G32

WSW

G27

WSW

G23

WSW

G22

WSW

G20

WSW

G21

WSW

G18

G14

G12

G14

G15

G16

G17

G16

WSW

G18

WSW

G19

WSW

G11

WNW

G10

G19

G16

NNW

G15

NNW

WSW

WNW

WSW

SSW

G11

SSW

G12

G15

WNW

G15

WNW

G14

G16

WNW

G19

G26

G25

G23

NNW

G22

NNW

G21

NNW

G20

G21

G22

NNW

G22

NNW

G20

NNW

PRECIP

chance %

12%

CLOUDS

cover %

25%

few

25%

23%

58%

32%

83%

69%

83%

100%

90%

40%

25%

38%

41%

49%

71%

15%

68%

100%

72%

10%

47%

99%

80%

10%

100%

97%

59%

100%

85%

PRESSURE

hPa · trend

1018

TemperatureWind / GustsPrecipitationCloud coverPressure

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FISH INDEX

Temperature

Warm

Wind

Light

Pressure

Stable

Moon Phase

Average

DAYLIGHT

SUNRISE

05:39 AM

SUNSET

08:29 PM

14H 50M OF DAYLIGHT

MOON PHASE

Waning Crescent

5% illuminated

Station Location

40.3044, -74.6850

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DATA · USGS · NOAA · NWSUPDATED 2026-07-12 00:00 UTC

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