Wards Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Weather
Wards 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 Wards Harbour.
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About Wards Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Wards Harbour is a locality in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Wards Harbour is located at 49.6000°N, 55.8797°W. It observes Newfoundland Time (UTC−3:30 / −2:30). Postal code area: A0J.
Wards Harbour rests along the rugged Atlantic coast, where the salt-heavy air clings to the skin and the horizon dissolves into the grey churning of the sea. It lies 16.5 km north-east of Springdale, NL (from Springdale, NL: bearing 54°T), and is situated 12.5 km south-east of Jackson's Cove. The land rises toward the heights of Gull Hill, its slopes offering a stoic vantage point over the inlets that cut deep into the Newfoundland coastline. Beyond the immediate rocky shoreline, the terrain reaches toward the Tommy's Arm River, which winds its path through the wilderness some 14 km away, while the stillness of Crescent Lake rests 13 km inland. During the warmer months, the light at dusk stretches long and thin across the water, turning the surface into a sheet of hammered silver that obscures the boundary between the sky and the cold, dark depths. Those seeking a broader expanse of the provincial landscape often look toward Flatwater Pond Provincial Park, situated 36 km distant, where the interior woods offer a dense, quiet contrast to the exposed, wind-swept fringes of the coast. Wards Harbour carries the quiet weight of generations who learned to read the moods of the tide and the shifting patterns of the North Atlantic. The economy here has long mirrored the movements of the sea, with the pulse of daily life dictated by the seasonal currents and the necessity of self-reliance. Small wooden boats bob against the docks, their hulls marked by the grit of the harbor, serving as a reminder of a maritime heritage that persists despite the changing tides of modern industry. There is a particular sharpness to the mornings in Wards Harbour, a clarity in the atmosphere that makes the sound of a distant engine or the cry of a gull travel across the water with startling precision. Traditions here are kept not through fanfare, but through the steady, repetitive tasks of mending gear and preparing for the next haul, maintaining a way of life that remains grounded in the physical reality of the coast.
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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 | Wards Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Coordinates | 49.6°N, 55.879722°W |
| Timezone | Newfoundland Time (UTC−3:30 / −2:30) |
| Postal FSA | A0J |
| Area Code | 709, 879 |
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Weather data | Open-Meteo (open-source), Environment and Climate Change Canada |
About This Wards Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Wards 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 Wards Harbour includes coordinates 49.600000°N, 55.879722°W. Postal FSA: A0J. 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.