In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/98 ft/9 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/New Jersey/Monmouth Junction
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM, the chance peaking at 71% around 8 PM.
Now. Monmouth Junction is 56° and overcast at 3 AM. The dew point is 55°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. Light air from the southeast at 1 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 77° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 46° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 66°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (66%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 35°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:17 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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 8 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 3:00 AM in Monmouth Junction, New Jersey.
Air quality
Index 18, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Central (NJ), 12 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 26, good.
Little smoke near the ground through Sat 8 PM: the index from smoke stays at 6 or under.
Precipitation
None in the last 24 hours; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 2 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 1 miles Fri 7 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Monmouth Junction, New JerseyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Monmouth Junction, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.3 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
In a volunteer observer's own ground/3.3 mi away/98 ft/9 ft above here
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New Middlesex County RawsDEAN4
A remote fire weather station/3.5 mi away/101 ft/12 ft above here
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At an airfield/15.7 mi away/213 ft/124 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
South Brunswick Twp 0.1 SNJ-MD-29
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.3 mi away/80 ft/9 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
Millstone River At Blackwells MillsBKWN4
At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/102 ft/13 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 15.7 mi from Monmouth Junction, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 2:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Broken at 2,400 ft, overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,400 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
59.0 F with a dew point of 53.0 F, 80 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,400 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,400 ft.
From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 6 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.