Citizen station DW1105DW1105
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/536 ft/20 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/New Jersey/Rainbow Lakes
Coming up. Rain is likely this evening, from about 7 PM, the chance peaking at 67% around 8 PM.
Now. Rainbow Lakes is 55° and overcast at 2 AM. The dew point is 53°, so the air feels dry and comfortable. The air is calm.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 74° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 43° by 8 AM, with some cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 52°. Rain is possible tomorrow (39%). The first freeze could come Sunday, a low of 32°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:07 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. The day is 11 hours 7 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 2:00 AM in Rainbow Lakes, New Jersey.
Air quality
Index 19, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, North Central (NJ), 11 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 13, 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; 0.02 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Mist or haze: visibility falls to 2 miles Fri 7 AM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over Rainbow Lakes, New JerseyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest Rainbow Lakes, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.5 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Citizen station DW1105DW1105
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.5 mi away/536 ft/20 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Rockaway River at Main Street at Boonton01380450
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.0 mi away/479 ft/37 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/5.6 mi away/187 ft/329 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Denville Twp 1.5 ESENJ-MS-71
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.6 mi away/530 ft/14 ft above here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
DenvilleDNVN4
At a cooperative observer's station/2.1 mi away/512 ft/4 ft below here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 5.6 mi from Rainbow Lakes, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 12:55 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.
Overcast at 2,200 ft; the ceiling is 2,200 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
53.6 F with a dew point of 53.6 F, 100 per cent relative humidity. The air is saturated at the ground; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,200 ft.
Calm.
The full report of Morristown Muni, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
Measured at Denville (DNVN4), 2.1 miles from here, read 12 Oct, 08:00. measured daily
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.