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Allentown, New Jersey

Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at Allentown

Index 22, good, led by ozone. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Central (NJ), 20 miles off.

22Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)12Good-
  • Ozone22Good21 ppb16.7 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 53, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Allentown

None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.02in

Visibility

How far you can see at Allentown, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 8 PM.

FriSat

On the radar over Allentown, New JerseyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Allentown, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Mcguire AFBWRI

At an airfield/11.3 mi away/135 ft/49 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank174of 737

measured daily2 instruments

Allentown 0.1 SSWNJ-MN-41

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/79 ft/7 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

HightstownHGTN4

At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/98 ft/12 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Mcguire AFB, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 11.3 mi from Allentown, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:55 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 8,000 ft; the ceiling is 8,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Mcguire AFB, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 8,000 feet, the ceiling at 8,000 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WRIFIG. A THE SKY OVER MCGUIRE AFBSECTION, HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALE, EACH LAYER AT THE HEIGHT OF ITS BASE AS REPORTED; COVER IN EIGHTHS OF THE SKY; TOPS NOT MEASUREDFT ABOVE THE STATION02,5005,0007,50010,00012,500ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTOVC 8,000 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 8,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLEMcguire AFB, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS WRITYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WRI-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014

The air

56.5 F with a dew point of 51.4 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 8,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Mcguire AFB: temperature 56.5 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 51.4, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 8,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WRIFIG. B THE AIR AT MCGUIRE AFBTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 50.2 FABOVE THIS SHEET: LOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 8,000 FTTEMPERATURE 56.5 FDEW POINT 51.4 FSPREAD 5.1 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 PER CENTTHE AIR COOLS ABOUT 5.4 F EACH 1,000 FT IT RISES, AND ITS DEW POINT ABOUT 1 FSOLID: THE LIFTED AIR'S TEMPERATURE; DASHED: ITS DEW POINTTITLEMcguire AFB, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS WRITYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WRI-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Mcguire AFB, north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT WRIFIG. C THE WIND AT MCGUIRE AFBPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLEMcguire AFB, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS WRITYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-WRI-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Mcguire AFB, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Hightstown (HGTN4), 6.1 miles from here, read 9 Oct, 07:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Jersey

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Allentown

The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.

Near Allentown

River and lake gauges