Citizen station EW9686EW9686
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/202 ft/61 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Weather/New Jersey/West Freehold
Coming up. Rain is likely tonight, from about 9 PM, the chance peaking at 61% around 4 AM.
Now. West Freehold is 59° and overcast at 4 AM. The dew point is 57°, so the air feels a little humid. Light air from the southeast at 3 mph.
Today and tonight. It warms to about 78° by 4 PM. Tonight falls to about 47° by 8 AM, under cloud.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 64°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 55°. Rain is likely tomorrow (87%). Frost is possible Sunday morning, a low of 36°.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:16 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 33% lit, and sets at 10:09 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. Cloud is forecast to cover most of the night, so the sky will be hard to see. The day is 11 hours 8 minutes long, 2 minutes shorter than yesterday.
As of 4:00 AM in West Freehold, New Jersey.
Air quality
Index 28, good, led by ozone. Read at 3 AM from its reporting area, Monmouth County (NJ), 9 miles off.
Good each day through Today, led by ozone. Yesterday measured 28, 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; 0.11 in over the last 3 days, to Fri 3 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
Visibility
Visibility stays 3 miles or more through Sat 8 PM, lowest 4 miles Fri 8 PM.
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Now, today, and the week
On the radar over West Freehold, New JerseyReflectivityStorm topsRain rateRain, last 24 hoursForecast temperatureForecast rain totalEvery picture
The 5 instruments nearest West Freehold, 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
Citizen station EW9686EW9686
In a volunteer observer's own ground/4.5 mi away/202 ft/61 ft above here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
JacksonJACN4
At a river or reservoir gauge/9.2 mi away/112 ft/29 ft below here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/9.3 mi away/157 ft/16 ft above here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Freehold Twp 0.3 NENJ-MN-76
In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/133 ft/8 ft below here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
FreeholdFRHN4
At a cooperative observer's station/6.2 mi away/177 ft/36 ft above here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
Station report
The nearest airport reporting now, 9.3 mi from West Freehold, New Jersey. From its report of Oct 16, 2026, 4:21 AM local time: 3 of its 5 sheets.
Broken at 2,100 ft, overcast at 3,900 ft; the ceiling is 2,100 ft; visibility 10 mi or more.
From the south southeast (150 degrees) at 5 mph: force 2, a light breeze on the Beaufort scale.
At 157 ft above sea level, 1 per cent of the atmosphere's air lies below the station. The standard atmosphere puts the pressure there at 29.75 inHg and the temperature at 58.4 F; the station's altimeter setting of 30.03 inHg means its barometer reads 29.86 inHg; it reports 62.6 F, 4.2 F warmer than standard.
The full report of Belmar-Farmdale, in 5 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it
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Snow on the ground
22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.