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Port Reading, New Jersey

Community in Middlesex County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at Port Reading

Index 32, good, led by fine particles. Read at 7 AM from its reporting area, Northeast Urban (NJ), 9 miles off.

32Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)32Good2.2 mi
  • Ozone22Good25 ppb2.2 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide28Good30 ppb5.2 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb5.2 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.4 ppm14.4 mi

The days ahead

Good each day through Today, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 25, 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 Port Reading

None in the last 3 days, to Fri 6 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

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Visibility

How far you can see at Port Reading, the next 44 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 PM.

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Port Reading, 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

LindenLDJ

At an airfield/3.2 mi away/23 ft/14 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank481of 737

measured daily2 instruments

New BrunswickNBRN4

At a cooperative observer's station/12.3 mi away/82 ft/73 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank431of 737

Station report

The weather at Linden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 3.2 mi from Port Reading, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 7:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 600 ft, broken at 900 ft, overcast at 1,600 ft; the ceiling is 900 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.

Section of the sky over Linden, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 600 feet, broken cloud with its base at 900 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 1,600 feet, the ceiling at 900 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 1,600 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 900 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 600 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 900 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

60.8 F with a dew point of 58.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 600 ft.

Chart of the air at Linden: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 600 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 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 600 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 58.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the south (180 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.

Plan of the wind at Linden, north up: blowing from 180 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 LDJFIG. C THE WIND AT LINDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 180°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE4NOW, 5 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

Measured at New Brunswick (NBRN4), 12.3 miles from here, read 15 Oct, 08:35. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Jersey

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

Near Port Reading

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

Near Port Reading

River and lake gauges