Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Weather
Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador — live current conditions, hourly and 7-day forecasts, ECCC alerts, aviation weather, radar and satellite imagery, marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast, soil and crop conditions for Petty Harbour.
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About Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Petty Harbour is a neighbourhood in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Petty Harbour is located at 47.4681°N, 52.7086°W. It observes Newfoundland Time (UTC−3:30 / −2:30). Postal code area: A0K.
Petty Harbour clings to the rugged Atlantic coast where the land rises sharply into the shelter of Skinners Hill. It lies 6.8 km east-south-east of St. John's, NL (from St. John's, NL: bearing 103°T), and is situated 9.6 km south-east of Mount Pearl. The Petty Harbour River carves a path toward the sea, its cold, clear pulse meeting the salt spray that coats the rock in a fine, perpetual mist. At dusk, the light here turns a bruised, metallic violet, catching the jagged edges of the cliffs and the weathered hulls of boats bobbing in the harbour basin. While the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve lies 27 km away and the hidden drop of The Spout is 10 km distant, Petty Harbour feels defined by its own immediate, steep geology. Even Quidi Vidi Lake, sitting 13 km to the north, seems a world away from the narrow, salt-crusted lanes where the wind carries the scent of brine and damp stone. For generations, the people of Petty Harbour have looked to the deep water for their livelihood, keeping the rhythm of the tides at the center of their daily work. The history of the place is built upon the stubborn resilience of those who harvested the North Atlantic, and the architecture of the wharves reflects a practical, unadorned endurance. Modern life operates in quiet tandem with these older traditions, as the hum of the small-scale hydroelectric plant—the first of its kind in the region—runs quietly alongside the traditional fishing practices. In the stillness of a morning, before the fog fully lifts from the Petty Harbour River, the silence reveals the true character of a place that has long negotiated its survival with the relentless, surging power of the ocean.
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NOAA GOES-19 GEOCOLOR — Canada / Northern U.S. sector. Auto-refreshes every 10 minutes on page reload. Frames the whole country from Newfoundland to the BC coast, plus adjacent Pacific and Atlantic storm approaches.
Source: NOAA/NESDIS GOES-19 · Public domain · Sector code can (Canada / Northern U.S.) · Auto-updates on page reload
| Location | Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Coordinates | 47.468055°N, 52.708611°W |
| Timezone | Newfoundland Time (UTC−3:30 / −2:30) |
| Postal FSA | A0K |
| Area Code | 709, 879 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Petty Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, ECCC extended text forecast, real-time aviation weather (live METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport, with a modelled estimate shown when no station is in range), precipitation radar and NOAA GOES satellite imagery. Additional sections may include marine and fishing conditions with a solunar forecast for coastal localities, and soil temperature, crop weather and live Water Survey of Canada river gauge data for agricultural areas near a monitored waterway. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Petty Harbour includes coordinates 47.468055°N, 52.708611°W. Postal FSA: A0K. Telephone area code: 709, 879. Timezone: Newfoundland Time (UTC−3:30 / −2:30).
Weather data is sourced from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) and the open-source Open-Meteo API. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate used where no nearby reporting station is available. River and stream data is sourced from Water Survey of Canada (WSC) via the ECCC GeoMet realtime hydrometric feed. Marine and solunar data are modelled 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-19 and is public domain.