Citizen station FW7863FW7863
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/115 ft/21 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/New Jersey/Clayton
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM, the chance peaking at 62% around 4 AM.
Now. Clayton is 63° and overcast at 9 PM. The dew point is 62°, so the air feels humid and sticky. Light breeze from the northwest at 5 mph, gusting to 17 mph.
Today and tonight. Tonight falls to about 47° by 7 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 54°. Rain is likely tomorrow (78%).
The sky now. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 34% lit, and sets at 10:15 PM. The next full Moon is Monday, Oct 26. Look for Saturn, bright in the 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 10 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 9:00 PM in Clayton, New Jersey.
Air quality
Index 47, good, led by fine particles. Read at 8 PM from its reporting area, Riverline (NJ), 17 miles off.
Highest 55, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 23, good.
No smoke near the ground through Sun 2 PM.
Precipitation
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.40 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Sat 2 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Clayton, New JerseyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Clayton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.4 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station FW7863FW7863
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/115 ft/21 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Raccoon Creek 2.8 E SwedesboroSWBN4
At a river or reservoir gauge/10.8 mi away/46 ft/90 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/20.1 mi away/82 ft/54 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Clayton 1.4 NWNJ-GL-38
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.4 mi away/135 ft/1 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
SomerdaleSMDN4
At a cooperative observer's station/12.6 mi away/72 ft/64 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 20.1 mi from Clayton, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 8:54 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 4,300 ft, overcast at 7,500 ft; the ceiling is 7,500 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
64.0 F with a dew point of 61.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 4,300 ft.
From the north (350 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 38 mph.
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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.