At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/7 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
Weather/New Jersey/Dorchester
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM, the chance peaking at 70% around 3 AM.
Now. Dorchester is 61° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 79° by 3 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 56°. Rain is likely tomorrow (96%).
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:20 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:16 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 11 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Dorchester, New Jersey.
Air quality
Index 21, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Southern Bay (NJ), 21 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 7, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 11 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 5 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 6 miles Sat 3 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Dorchester, New JerseyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Dorchester, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 4.0 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
At a river or reservoir gauge/4.0 mi away/7 ft/7 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/8.5 mi away/82 ft/68 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
Citizen station KC2DUXKC2DUX
In a volunteer observer's own ground/10.1 mi away/11 ft/3 ft below here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Maurice River Twp 5.3 SNJ-CD-17
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.0 mi away/12 ft/2 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Estell ManorESMN4
At a cooperative observer's station/15.8 mi away/13 ft/1 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 8.5 mi from Dorchester, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:54 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Estell Manor (ESMN4), 15.8 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.