Citizen station GW5487GW5487
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.9 mi away/17 ft/- ft from here
temp, humidity, wind, precip, pressure
Beaches/New Jersey/Windward Beach
Windward Beach, New Jersey
Beach in Ocean County, New Jersey57°
55°/43°
Light rain·
Feels like 57°·Light breeze 6 mph NNW
Coming up. Rain is likely early this morning, from about 2 AM, the chance peaking at 81% around 3 AM.
Now. Windward Beach is 57° and light rain at 2 AM. The dew point is 56°, so the air feels a little humid. Light breeze from the north-northwest at 6 mph, gusting to 26 mph.
Today and tonight. The warmest of the day has passed; it cools to about 46° by 8 PM. Tonight falls to about 39° by 5 AM, under a mostly clear sky.
The week. The warmest day ahead is Tuesday, near 65°, and the coolest tomorrow, near 57°. The days ahead look dry.
The sky tonight. The sun sets at 6:14 PM. The Moon is a waxing crescent, 42% lit, and sets at 11:08 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 sky is forecast to stay clear: a good night to look up. The day is 11 hours 6 minutes long, 3 minutes shorter than yesterday.
0UV Low
20Air quality
99%Humidity
92%Cloud
Now
2:00 AM
57feels57
75%
Today
Oct 17
5543
84%
Sun
Oct 18
5737
clear day
Mon
Oct 19
6141
partly cloudy day
Tue
Oct 20
6544
10%
Wed
Oct 21
6147
13mph
Thu
Oct 22
6044
21%
12mph
Fri
Oct 23
6445
15%
57°
55°43°
57°37°
61°41°
65°44°
61°47°
60°44°
64°45°
As of 2:00 AM in Windward Beach, New Jersey.
Air quality
The air at Windward Beach
Index 20, good, led by ozone. Read at 1 AM from its reporting area, Southeast Burlington and Ocean Counties (NJ), 19 miles off.
20Good
- Fine particles (PM2.5)0Good-
- Ozone20Good18 ppb16 mi
The days ahead
Highest 55, moderate, Mon Oct 19, led by fine particles. Yesterday measured 23, good.
GoodModerate
- 23YesterdayOct 16
- 35TodayOct 17
- 40SunOct 18
- 55MonOct 19
Smoke, the next 43 hours
No smoke near the ground through Sun 8 PM.
Precipitation
What has fallen at Windward Beach
0.16 in in the last 24 hours, 0.22 in over the last 3 days, to Sat 1 AM. Measured by radar and rain gauges, as water.
- Last 24 hours
- 0.16in
- Last 3 days
- 0.22in
3 days agoLast 24 hours 73%
Visibility
How far you can see at Windward Beach, the next 43 hours
Visibility stays 4 miles or more through Sun 8 PM, lowest 5 miles Sat 3 AM.
F
Now, today, and the week
Weather instrument stations by state
Facing SSW 210°
From above: the edge, the break, the view
Surf and swim
The waves at buoy 44091, 26.8 mi away.
Waves at buoy 44091, Barnegat
- Wave height
- 4.3 ft
- Period
- 6 s
- From
- S (176°)
- Swell
- 1.0 ft at 11 s from ESE
- Wind waves
- 3.9 ft at 6 s from S
- Water
- 65 °F
- Read
- Sat 2:00 AM
- Distance
- 26.8 mi
Wave height is the significant height: the mean of the highest third of the waves. The period is the time between the waves carrying the most energy.
Every hour, last 24 hours
| Time | Wave height | Period | From |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 2:00 AM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | S (176°) |
| Sat 1:30 AM | 4.3 ft | 6 s | S (171°) |
| Sat 12:30 AM | 4.6 ft | 6 s | SSE (166°) |
| Fri 11:30 PM | 5.2 ft | 6 s | SSE (168°) |
| Fri 10:30 PM | 4.9 ft | 6 s | S (172°) |
| Fri 9:30 PM | 5.2 ft | 6 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 8:30 PM | 5.2 ft | 6 s | SSE (156°) |
| Fri 7:00 PM | 5.6 ft | 5 s | SSW (197°) |
| Fri 6:30 PM | 5.2 ft | 5 s | S (182°) |
| Fri 5:30 PM | 4.9 ft | 5 s | S (175°) |
| Fri 4:30 PM | 4.3 ft | 5 s | S (180°) |
| Fri 3:30 PM | 3.9 ft | 4 s | SSW (196°) |
| Fri 2:30 PM | 4.3 ft | 4 s | SSW (209°) |
| Fri 1:30 PM | 3.9 ft | 5 s | SE (129°) |
| Fri 12:30 PM | 3.6 ft | 5 s | ESE (116°) |
| Fri 11:30 AM | 3.3 ft | 5 s | ESE (113°) |
| Fri 10:30 AM | 3.3 ft | 4 s | ESE (110°) |
| Fri 9:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | E (97°) |
| Fri 8:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | E (101°) |
| Fri 7:30 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | ESE (112°) |
| Fri 6:30 AM | 2.6 ft | 4 s | E (87°) |
| Fri 5:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | ESE (102°) |
| Fri 4:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 4 s | E (100°) |
| Fri 3:30 AM | 3.0 ft | 5 s | E (81°) |
Beach
- County
- Ocean County
- State
- New Jersey
- Latitude
- 40.0572° N
- Longitude
- 74.1111° W
What is measuring near here
The 5 instruments nearest Windward Beach, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.7 miles away.
measured now3 instruments
Mantoloking USGS weather station400226074031601
At a river or reservoir gauge/3.2 mi away/-/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure
At an airfield/8.5 mi away/157 ft/- ft from here
temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure
measured daily2 instruments
Brick Twp 1.5 NNENJ-OC-6
In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.7 mi away/22 ft/- ft from here
precip, snowfall, snow depth
ManasquanMSQN4
At a cooperative observer's station/6.1 mi away/26 ft/- ft from here
snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low
What the snow tracker reads here
Every instrument in this state
0in
Snow on the ground
Measured at Manasquan (MSQN4), 6.1 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.
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Near Windward Beach
The nearest places, each with its own forecast and the instruments nearest it.
- Point Pleasantborough, 2 mi
- Leisure Village Eastcommunity, 3 mi
- Mantolokingborough, 3 mi
- Bay Headborough, 3 mi
- Leisure Villagecommunity, 4 mi
- Point Pleasant Beachborough, 4 mi
- Ramtowncommunity, 4 mi
- Brielleborough, 4 mi
- Dover Beaches Northcommunity, 5 mi
- Manasquanborough, 6 mi
- Lakewoodcommunity, 6 mi
- Allenwoodcommunity, 6 mi
Beaches near Windward Beach
- Nejecho Beach2 mi
- Green Island Point Beach3 mi
- GICA Beach3 mi
- Brick Beach Park4 mi
- Chadwick Beach5 mi
- Money Island Beach8 mi
- Sunset Beach8 mi
- Beachwood Beach9 mi