Temperature
66 F at 1 PM; 66 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 52 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.
- Now
- 66F
- 1 PM
- Highest
- 66F
- 3 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 52F
- 11 PM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Jersey/Morristown Municipal Airport
Alert. A Freeze Watch is in force for Morristown Municipal Airport until 9 AM Sunday. Read the alert in full, and see what it means in the Field Book. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM (55%).
Now. Morristown Municipal Airport is 69° and overcast at 2 PM. The dew point is 68°, so the air feels oppressive. Gentle breeze from the southwest at 11 mph, gusting to 24 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 45° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. The days ahead look dry. The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
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 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 PM in Morristown Municipal Airport, New Jersey.
Air quality
Index 38, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, North Central (NJ), 12 miles off.
Highest 55, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.
Precipitation
0.04 in in the last 24 hours, 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 PM.
F
Now, today, and the week
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05 / 23 | 5,998 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 36° / 216° | 9 mph head, on 23 | 2 mph from the right |
| 13 / 31 | 3,997 ft | 150 ft | Asphalt | 114° / 294° | 4 mph head, on 31 | 8 mph from the left |
Measured here
Every hour from Morristown Muni (MMU), Morristown Municipal Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
66 F at 1 PM; 66 F at its warmest, 3 PM Thursday, and 52 F at its coolest, 11 PM Thursday.
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
A dew point of 66 F, the air 100% saturated; the humidity ran from 52% at 3 PM Thursday to 100% at 12 AM.
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
9 mph from the southwest at 1 PM; at its strongest 9 mph, 1 PM, and no gust reported.
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
29.75 inHg at 1 PM, falling 0.09 inHg over 3 hours; 0.44 inHg lower than a day before.
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Down to 2 miles at 9 AM; 6 miles now.
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
The lowest cloud base came down to 400 ft at 8 AM; a base was reported in 17 of the hours.
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
0.01 in measured in the gauge, the most, 0.01 in, in the hour to 6 AM.
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Morristown Muni: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
The 4 instruments nearest Morristown Municipal 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
At an airfield/0.0 mi away/187 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TeetertownCALN4
At a river or reservoir gauge/23.5 mi away/997 ft/810 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Morristown 1.4 ENJ-MS-47
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/388 ft/201 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Canoe BrookCHMN4
At a cooperative observer's station/5.0 mi away/188 ft/1 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.