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Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Community in Somerset County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at Basking Ridge

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, North Central (NJ), 6 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good8.6 mi
  • Ozone19Good21 ppb8.6 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide2Good2 ppb8.6 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb8.6 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 2 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Basking Ridge

0.01 in in the last 24 hours, 0.03 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.01in
Last 3 days
0.03in

Visibility

How far you can see at Basking Ridge, the next 44 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Basking Ridge, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.7 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

SomervilleSMQ

At an airfield/8.1 mi away/105 ft/241 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank418of 737

measured daily2 instruments

Bernards Twp 2.6 NNENJ-SM-60

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/305 ft/41 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bound Brook 2WBBKN4

At a cooperative observer's station/10.6 mi away/48 ft/298 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Somerville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from Basking Ridge, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:09 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Somerville, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMQFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOMERVILLESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLESomerville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SMQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SMQ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

55.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Somerville: temperature 55.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 100 per cent relative humidity; the air saturated at the ground, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMQFIG. B THE AIR AT SOMERVILLETHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATED AT THE GROUNDLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 55.0 F, 55.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 100 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 POINTTITLESomerville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SMQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Somerville, 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 SMQFIG. C THE WIND AT SOMERVILLEPLAN, 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 FORCE73TITLESomerville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-SMQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Jersey

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

Near Basking Ridge

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

Near Basking Ridge

River and lake gauges