Temperature
59 F at 12 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 59F
- 12 AM
- Highest
- 66F
- 4 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 56F
- 7 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Jersey/Linden Airport
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM, the chance peaking at 73% around 8 PM.
Now. Linden Airport is 58° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 54°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the south-southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 49° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (64%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:07 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. After dark, look for Saturn, bright in the east-southeast. A planet shines with a steady light where the stars around it twinkle. The Orionids meteor shower is active, peaking around Oct 21: at its peak, up to about 20 meteors an hour can be seen from a dark site. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Linden Airport, New Jersey.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, Northeast Urban (NJ), 6 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 / 27 | 4,140 ft | 100 ft | Asphalt | 76° / 256° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
Every hour from Linden (LDJ), Linden Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
59 F at 12 AM; 66 F at its warmest, 4 PM Thursday, and 56 F at its coolest, 7 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 51 F, the air 75% saturated; the humidity ran from 41% at 2 PM Thursday to 75% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
1 mph from the south at 12 AM; at its strongest 10 mph, 10 AM Thursday, with a gust of 20 mph at 10 AM Thursday.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
30.11 inHg at 12 AM, falling 0.05 inHg over 3 hours; the same as a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
10 miles or more every hour.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,800 ft at 7 AM Thursday; a base was reported in 4 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Linden: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Linden Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.0 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
LindenLDJ
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/23 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
AT KeansburgKSBN4
At a river or reservoir gauge/12.7 mi away/10 ft/13 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Linden 2.0 WNWNJ-UN-44
In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.0 mi away/52 ft/29 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Canoe BrookCHMN4
At a cooperative observer's station/10.4 mi away/188 ft/165 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.