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Kearny, New Jersey

Town in Hudson County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at Kearny

Index 28, good, led by fine particles. Read at 11 PM from its reporting area, Northeast Urban (NJ), 5 miles off.

28Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)28Good-
  • Ozone17Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Fri Oct 16, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 56, moderate.

Smoke, the next 46 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 Kearny

None in the last 24 hours; 0.04 in over the last 3 days, to Thu 10 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.04in

Visibility

How far you can see at Kearny, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 9 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Kearny, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Newark IntlEWR

At an airfield/5.8 mi away/7 ft/95 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 737

measured daily2 instruments

Kearny 1.5 WNWNJ-HD-11

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.2 mi away/87 ft/15 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Newark Intl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 5.8 mi from Kearny, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 15, 2026, 10:51 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 3,500 ft, scattered at 10,000 ft, broken at 14,000 ft, broken at 25,000 ft; the ceiling is 14,000 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Newark Intl, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, scattered cloud with its base at 10,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 14,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 25,000 feet, the ceiling at 14,000 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 STATION05,00010,00015,00020,00025,00030,00035,00040,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLEHIGHTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FTBKN 25,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 14,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 10,000 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 3,500 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 14,000 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, FB-SKY-013, FB-SKY-014, FB-SKY-010, FB-SKY-011, FB-SKY-012

The air

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 3,500 ft.

Chart of the air at Newark Intl: temperature 59.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 50.0, 72 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 2,100 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 3,500 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 2,100 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 48.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 3,500 FTTEMPERATURE 59.0 FDEW POINT 50.0 FSPREAD 9.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 72 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 (170 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 25 mph.

Plan of the wind at Newark Intl, north up: blowing from 170 degrees, the south, 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 170°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), 1.2 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Jersey

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Near Kearny

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