Storm Station
Layton, New Jersey
57°
Light rain· Feels like 57°·Gentle breeze 9 mph N
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 63. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
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90%Humidity
84%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Layton, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Sussex_AirportFWN

At an airfield/10.2 mi away/420 ft/192 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank51of 240

WallkillWALN4

At a river or reservoir gauge/14.5 mi away/492 ft/120 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank53of 240

measured daily2 instruments

Sandyston Twp 0.5 NENJ-SS-61

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.8 mi away/713 ft/101 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

StockholmSTLN4

At a cooperative observer's station/18.7 mi away/1,020 ft/408 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Sussex_Airport, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 10.2 mi from Layton. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 8:42 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,400 ft; the ceiling is 1,400 ft; visibility 3 mi.

Section of the sky over Sussex_Airport, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,400 feet, the ceiling at 1,400 feet, and visibility of 3 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWNFIG. A THE SKY OVER SUSSEX_AIRPORTSECTION, 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 1,400 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,400 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 3 MI0510TITLESussex_Airport, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS FWNTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FWN-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 55.0 F, 84 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 1,200 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,400 ft.

Chart of the air at Sussex_Airport: temperature 60.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 84 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 1,200 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,400 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWNFIG. B THE AIR AT SUSSEX_AIRPORTTHE REPORTED TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT, AND AIR LIFTED FROM THE STATION WITHOUT MIXING UNTIL IT SATURATES; HEIGHT ABOVE THE STATION TO SCALEFT ABOVE THE STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 1,200 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 53.8 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,400 FTTEMPERATURE 60.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 5.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 84 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 POINTTITLESussex_Airport, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWNTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FWN-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 20 mph, gusting 37 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 39 mph.

Plan of the wind at Sussex_Airport, north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 20 miles an hour, gusting 37; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT FWNFIG. C THE WIND AT SUSSEX_AIRPORTPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 20 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 37 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESussex_Airport, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS FWNTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-FWN-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Sussex_Airport, 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.

Near Layton

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