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Totowa, New Jersey

Borough in Passaic County, New Jersey

Air quality

The air at Totowa

Index 39, good, led by fine particles. Read at 9 AM from its reporting area, Northeast Urban (NJ), 15 miles off.

39Good
  • Fine particles (PM2.5)39Good13.3 mi
  • Ozone21Good17 ppb10.5 mi
  • Nitrogen dioxide13Good14 ppb13.3 mi
  • Sulfur dioxide0Good0 ppb14.4 mi
  • Carbon monoxide-0.2 ppm13.3 mi

The days ahead

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

Smoke, the next 42 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 Totowa

0.11 in in the last 24 hours, 0.13 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 8 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.

Last 24 hours
0.11in
Last 3 days
0.13in

Visibility

How far you can see at Totowa, the next 42 hours

Visibility stays 7 miles or more through Sun 2 AM, lowest 8 miles Fri 10 AM.

FriSat

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

What is measuring near here

The 5 instruments nearest Totowa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now3 instruments

measured daily2 instruments

Totowa 0.4 NENJ-PS-41

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/329 ft/128 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Caldwell/Essex Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.2 mi from Totowa, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 9:14 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 800 ft; the ceiling is 800 ft; visibility 4 mi.

Section of the sky over Caldwell/Essex Co., height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 800 feet, the ceiling at 800 feet, and visibility of 4 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDWFIG. A THE SKY OVER CALDWELL/ESSEX CO.SECTION, 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 SHEETBKN 800 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 800 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 4 MI0510TITLECaldwell/Essex Co., the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CDWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.0 F with a dew point of 59.0 F, 96 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 800 ft.

Chart of the air at Caldwell/Essex Co.: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 59.0, 96 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 800 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDWFIG. B THE AIR AT CALDWELL/ESSEX CO.THE 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 200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 58.7 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 800 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.0 F, 59.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 96 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 POINTTITLECaldwell/Essex Co., the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

Calm.

Plan of the wind at Caldwell/Essex Co., north up: calm; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 0, calm, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT CDWFIG. C THE WIND AT CALDWELL/ESSEX CO.PLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONCALMBEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM0NOW, 0 MPH1LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECaldwell/Essex Co., the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-10-16IDSR-CDW-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Caldwell/Essex Co., 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.

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

Near Totowa

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