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Matawan, New Jersey

Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at Matawan

Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Monmouth County (NJ), 4 miles off.

20Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)-10.4 mi
  • Ozone20Good18 ppb10.4 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide3Good3 ppb10.4 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide1Good1 ppb15.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.3 ppm15.4 mi

The days ahead

Highest 51, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

Little smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Matawan

0.15 in in the last 24 hours, and none in the 2 days before, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.15in
Last 3 days
0.15in

Visibility

How far you can see at Matawan, the next 43 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 3 miles Fri 8 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Matawan, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 2.2 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

AT KeansburgKSBN4

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.2 mi away/10 ft/25 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank463of 737

LindenLDJ

At an airfield/13.9 mi away/23 ft/12 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank481of 737

measured daily2 instruments

Matawan 2.1 SWNJ-MN-79

In a volunteer observer's own ground/2.2 mi away/121 ft/86 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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FreeholdFRHN4

At a cooperative observer's station/7.1 mi away/177 ft/142 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Linden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.9 mi from Matawan, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:15 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Linden, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 10 mi or more.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDJFIG. A THE SKY OVER LINDENSECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 10 MI OR MORE0510TITLELinden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LDJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LDJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

69.4 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 83 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,300 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Linden: temperature 69.4 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 83 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,300 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDJFIG. B THE AIR AT LINDENTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 F80 FSATURATES 1,300 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 62.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE 69.4 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 5.4 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 83 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 POINTTITLELinden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LDJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LDJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the west (270 degrees) at 7 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Linden, north up: blowing from 270 degrees, the west, at 7 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 LDJFIG. C THE WIND AT LINDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 270°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 7 MPH3GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELinden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LDJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-LDJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Jersey

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Near Matawan

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

Near Matawan

River and lake gauges