Garrett Mountain USGS rain gage405305074105401
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/New Jersey/Clifton
Coming up. Rain is likely this morning, from about 8 AM, the chance peaking at 65% around 9 AM.
Now. Clifton is 57° and overcast at 1 AM. The dew point is 51°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 4 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 75° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 48° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 53°. Rain is likely tomorrow (50%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:15 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:06 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 1:00 AM in Clifton, New Jersey.
Air quality
Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 12 AM from its reporting area, Northeast Urban (NJ), 12 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 12 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Fri 8 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Clifton, New JerseyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Clifton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Garrett Mountain USGS rain gage405305074105401
At a river or reservoir gauge/1.8 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Citizen station DW6004DW6004
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.3 mi away/65 ft/48 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
At an airfield/5.1 mi away/10 ft/103 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Clifton 0.4 SSWNJ-PS-9
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/227 ft/114 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
0.2 MI E Of Harrison P.O. Passiac RvrHSNN4
At a cooperative observer's station/8.4 mi away/3 ft/110 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.1 mi from Clifton, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 11:51 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
A few clouds at 2,900 ft, broken at 12,000 ft; the ceiling is 12,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
59.0 F with a dew point of 50.0 F, 72 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 2,100 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,900 ft.
From the south (170 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.
The full report of Teterboro Airport, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at 0.2 MI E Of Harrison P.O. Passiac Rvr (HSNN4), 8.4 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.