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East Orange, New Jersey

City in Essex County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at East Orange

Index 24, good, led by fine particles. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Northeast Urban (NJ), 5 miles off.

24Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)24Good-
  • Ozone22Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 21, good.

Smoke, the next 42 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 East Orange

None in the last 24 hours; 0.05 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.05in

Visibility

How far you can see at East Orange, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest East Orange, 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

Newark IntlEWR

At an airfield/6.1 mi away/7 ft/175 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 737

measured daily2 instruments

Orange City Twp 1.7 ENENJ-ES-17

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/140 ft/42 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Newark Intl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.1 mi from East Orange, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:51 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

A few clouds at 2,000 ft, broken at 3,100 ft, overcast at 4,200 ft; the ceiling is 3,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Newark Intl, height above the station to scale: a few clouds cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 3,100 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,200 feet, the ceiling at 3,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EWRFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEWARK INTLSECTION, 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 3,100 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYFEW 2,000 FTA FEW CLOUDS, 1 TO 2 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 3,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLENewark Intl, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EWRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

62.0 F with a dew point of 54.0 F, 75 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,800 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Newark Intl: temperature 62.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 54.0, 75 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,800 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EWRFIG. B THE AIR AT NEWARK INTLTHE 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 FSATURATES 1,800 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 52.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, FEW 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 62.0 FDEW POINT 54.0 FSPREAD 8.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 75 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 POINTTITLENewark Intl, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EWRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south southeast (160 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Newark Intl, north up: blowing from 160 degrees, the south southeast, at 5 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 2, light breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EWRFIG. C THE WIND AT NEWARK INTLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 160°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENewark Intl, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EWRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

0in

Snow on the ground

Measured at 0.2 MI E Of Harrison P.O. Passiac Rvr (HSNN4), 4.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Jersey

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Near East Orange

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Near East Orange

River and lake gauges