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Highland Lakes, New Jersey

Community in Sussex County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at Highland Lakes

Index 17, good, led by ozone. Read at 6 AM from its reporting area, Delaware Water Gap (NJ), 28 miles off.

17Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)14Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, good.

Smoke, the next 44 hours

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

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Highland Lakes

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 5 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Highland Lakes, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Highland Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Vernon Twp 1.2 SENJ-SS-70

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/1,372 ft/113 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Highland LakesHGHN4

At a cooperative observer's station/1.0 mi away/1,339 ft/80 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank14of 737

Station report

The weather at Sussex_Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.3 mi from Highland Lakes, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 1,300 ft, overcast at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 1,300 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Sussex_Airport, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 1,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,200 feet, the ceiling at 1,300 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWNFIG. A THE SKY OVER SUSSEX_AIRPORTSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,500ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,200 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 1,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLESussex_Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FWNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FWN-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 56.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,300 ft.

Chart of the air at Sussex_Airport: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,300 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWNFIG. B THE AIR AT SUSSEX_AIRPORTTHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 1,300 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLESussex_Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FWN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

At 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Sussex_Airport, north up: 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 FWNFIG. C THE WIND AT SUSSEX_AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONDIRECTION NOT REPORTEDBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESussex_Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-FWN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at Highland Lakes (HGHN4), 1.0 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 05:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Jersey

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

Near Highland Lakes

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

Near Highland Lakes

River and lake gauges