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Ocean City, New Jersey

City in Cape May County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at Ocean City

Index 25, good, led by ozone. Read at 5 AM from its reporting area, South Coastal (NJ), 7 miles off.

25Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)19Good-
  • Ozone25Good-

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 27, good.

Smoke, the next 46 hours

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

FriSat

Precipitation

What has fallen at Ocean City

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 4 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.00in
Last 3 days
0.00in

Visibility

How far you can see at Ocean City, the next 46 hours

Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 8 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Ocean City, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.6 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Ocean City 1.9 ENENJ-CM-60

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.7 mi away/62 ft/57 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Beach ThorofareMGTN4

At a cooperative observer's station/5.5 mi away/0 ft/5 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank12of 737

Station report

The weather at Atlantic City INTL, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 12.5 mi from Ocean City, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 5:42 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 500 ft, broken at 2,400 ft, overcast at 4,800 ft; the ceiling is 500 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Atlantic City INTL, height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 500 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,400 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,800 feet, the ceiling at 500 feet, and visibility of 6 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACYFIG. A THE SKY OVER ATLANTIC CITY 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,400 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 500 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 MI0510TITLEAtlantic City INTL, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS ACYTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACY-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

64.0 F with a dew point of 62.0 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 500 ft.

Chart of the air at Atlantic City INTL: temperature 64.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 62.0, 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 500 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT ACYFIG. B THE AIR AT ATLANTIC CITY 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00050 F60 F70 FSATURATES 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 61.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 500 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 64.0 F, 62.0 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 POINTTITLEAtlantic City INTL, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACYTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACY-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, 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.

Plan of the wind at Atlantic City 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 ACYFIG. C THE WIND AT ATLANTIC CITY 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 FORCE73TITLEAtlantic City INTL, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS ACYTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-ACY-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Elsewhere in New Jersey

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

Near Ocean City

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

Near Ocean City

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