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Silver Lake, New Jersey

Community in Essex County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at Silver Lake

Index 42, good, led by fine particles. Read at 2 PM from its reporting area, Northeast Urban (NJ), 6 miles off.

42Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)42Good7.7 mi
  • Ozone16Good13 ppb8.1 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide12Good13 ppb6.8 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb6.8 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.5 ppm6.8 mi

The days ahead

Highest 55, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 24, good.

Smoke, the next 43 hours

No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 AM.

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Precipitation

What has fallen at Silver Lake

0.03 in in the last 24 hours, 0.06 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 1 PM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.03in
Last 3 days
0.06in

Visibility

How far you can see at Silver Lake, the next 43 hours

Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sun 8 AM, lowest 3 miles Fri 7 PM.

FriSatSun

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Silver Lake, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.0 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

Verona USGS rain gage405037074140501

At a river or reservoir gauge/5.2 mi away/320 ft/209 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

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Newark IntlEWR

At an airfield/6.8 mi away/7 ft/104 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

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Citizen station CW3712CW3712

In a volunteer observer's own ground/7.4 mi away/47 ft/64 ft below here

temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure

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measured daily2 instruments

Bloomfield 1.2 SNJ-ES-8

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.0 mi away/113 ft/2 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Newark Intl, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 6.8 mi from Silver Lake, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 1:51 PM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Newark Intl, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 9 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EWRFIG. A THE SKY OVER NEWARK 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 800 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLENewark Intl, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS EWRTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWR-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

68.0 F with a dew point of 64.0 F, 87 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 900 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Newark Intl: temperature 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 64.0, 87 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 900 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EWRFIG. B THE AIR AT NEWARK 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 F80 FSATURATES 900 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 63.0 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 800 FTTEMPERATURE 68.0 FDEW POINT 64.0 FSPREAD 4.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 87 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 POINTTITLENewark Intl, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS EWRTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWR-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the southwest (220 degrees) at 14 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 21 mph.

Plan of the wind at Newark Intl, north up: blowing from 220 degrees, the southwest, at 14 miles an hour; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT EWRFIG. C THE WIND AT NEWARK INTLPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 220°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLENewark Intl, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS EWRTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-EWR-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

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

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Snow on the ground

Measured at 0.2 MI E Of Harrison P.O. Passiac Rvr (HSNN4), 3.3 miles from here, read 16 Oct, 08:00. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Jersey

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

Near Silver Lake

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

Near Silver Lake

River and lake gauges