Temperature
56 F at 2 AM; 67 F at its warmest, 1 PM Thursday, and 47 F at its coolest, 6 AM Thursday.
- Now
- 56F
- 2 AM
- Highest
- 67F
- 1 PM Thursday
- Lowest
- 47F
- 6 AM Thursday
How it is measured: Stevenson screen and siting, Field Book FB-INS-009
Airports/New Jersey/Somerset Airport
Somerset Airport, New Jersey
Small airport in Somerset County, New Jersey55°
77°/50°
Overcast·
Feels like 55°·Calm 0 mph SE
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM (70%).
Now. Somerset Airport is 55° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 76° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (50%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
19Air quality
90%Humidity
100%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
55feels55
now, overcast
Today
Oct 16
7750
81%
Sat
Oct 17
5441
50%
Sun
Oct 18
5832
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6135
mostly clear day
Tue
Oct 20
6638
11%
Wed
Oct 21
6542
mostly clear day
Thu
Oct 22
6240
mostly clear day
55°
77°50°
54°41°
58°32°
61°35°
66°38°
65°42°
62°40°
As of 2:00 AM in Somerset Airport, New Jersey.
Air quality
The air at Somerset Airport
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 AM from its reporting area, North Central (NJ), 10 miles off.
19Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)17Good10.9 mi
- Ozone19Good19 ppb10.7 mi
- Nitrogen dioxide1Good1 ppb10.9 mi
- Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb24.2 mi
- Carbon monoxide-0.1 ppm24.2 mi
The days ahead
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, good.
GoodModerate
- 13YesterdayOct 15
- 40TodayOct 16
Smoke, the next 43 hours
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Somerset Airport
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Last 3 days
- 0.00in
Visibility
How far you can see at Somerset Airport, the next 43 hours
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 10 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Airfield
- Code
- SMQ
- ICAO
- KSMQ
- IATA
- -
- Field elevation
- 105 ft
- Serves
- Somerville
- Kind
- Small airport
- Scheduled service
- No
- Its own instrument
- SMQ
- Wind now
- Calm, read 16 Oct, 02:14
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Heading, true | Wind along it now | Crosswind now |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08 / 26 unlit | 1,923 ft | 100 ft | GRE | 70° / 250° | Calm | Calm |
| 12 / 30 | 2,739 ft | 65 ft | Asphalt | 109° / 289° | Calm | Calm |
| 17 / 35 unlit | 1,700 ft | 150 ft | Grass | 166° / 346° | Calm | Calm |
Measured here
What the airfield's own instrument measured, the last 24 hours
Every hour from Somerville (SMQ), Somerset Airport's own instrument, measure by measure, on the field's own clock.
Humidity and dew point
A dew point of 53 F, the air 90% saturated; the humidity ran from 47% at 1 PM Thursday to 96% at 7 AM Thursday.
- Dew point now
- 53F
- 2 AM
- Humidity now
- 90%
- Humidity, range
- 47 to 96%
How it is measured: Humidity variables, Field Book FB-WAT-002
Wind
1 mph from the west northwest at 2 AM; at its strongest 7 mph, 9 AM Thursday, and no gust reported.
- Now
- 1mph
- from the west northwest
- Strongest
- 7mph
- 9 AM Thursday
- Highest gust
- -
- none reported
How it is measured: Coriolis as geometry, Field Book FB-ENG-008
Pressure
30.06 inHg at 2 AM, falling 0.04 inHg over 3 hours; 0.02 inHg lower than a day before.
- Now
- 30.06inHg
- 2 AM
- 3 hours
- -0.04inHg
- falling
- 24 hours
- -0.02inHg
How it is measured: Hydrostatic balance, Field Book FB-ENG-003
Visibility
10 miles or more every hour.
- Now
- 10+mi
- Lowest
- 10+mi
- Hours under a mile
- 0
How it is measured: Fog types, Field Book FB-WAT-020
Cloud base
The lowest cloud base came down to 2,200 ft at 12 AM; a base was reported in 7 of the hours.
- Lowest base now
- 2,600ft
- Lowest in 24 hours
- 2,200ft
- 12 AM
- Hours with a base reported
- 7
How it is measured: Cloud classification, Field Book FB-SKY-001
Precipitation
None measured in the gauge in the last 24 hours.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.00in
- Wettest hour
- -
- Hours with some
- 0
How it is measured: ASOS, Field Book FB-INS-002
Somerville: every reading, the last 7 days, 30 days and the year, and how well it reports
What is measuring near here
The 4 instruments nearest Somerset Airport, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.
measured now2 instruments
SomervilleSMQ
At an airfield/0.2 mi away/105 ft/level with here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
TeetertownCALN4
At a river or reservoir gauge/13.0 mi away/997 ft/892 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Bridgewater Twp 3.4 NWNJ-SM-5
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/108 ft/3 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Bound Brook 2WBBKN4
At a cooperative observer's station/7.6 mi away/48 ft/57 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
-
Snow on the ground
Elsewhere in New Jersey
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
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Near Somerset Airport
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Bridgewater Centercommunity, 2 mi
- Pluckemincommunity, 2 mi
- Lamingtoncommunity, 3 mi
- The Hillscommunity, 3 mi
- Bradley Gardenscommunity, 3 mi
- Green Knollcommunity, 3 mi
- Bedminstercommunity, 4 mi
- Raritanborough, 4 mi
- Far Hillsborough, 5 mi
- Oldwickcommunity, 5 mi
- Somervilleborough, 5 mi
- Martinsvillecommunity, 5 mi
Airports near Somerset Airport
- Sky Manor AirportN40, 17 mi
- Morristown Municipal AirportMMU, 18 mi
- Linden AirportLDJ, 22 mi
- Trenton Mercer AirportTTN, 25 mi
- Newark Liberty International AirportEWR, 27 mi
- Essex County AirportCDW, 27 mi
- Aeroflex-Andover Airport12N, 27 mi
- Teterboro AirportTEB, 35 mi