Storm Station
North Plainfield, New Jersey
58°
Light rain· Feels like 58°·Moderate breeze 15 mph N
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 66. Northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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90%Humidity
84%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest North Plainfield, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.8 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

LindenLDJ

At an airfield/9.9 mi away/23 ft/70 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank195of 240

New Middlesex County RawsDEAN4

A remote fire weather station/15.2 mi away/101 ft/8 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank19of 240

measured daily2 instruments

South Plainfield 1.7 NNWNJ-MD-47

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.8 mi away/77 ft/16 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Bound Brook 2WBBKN4

At a cooperative observer's station/8.6 mi away/48 ft/45 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Linden, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 9.9 mi from North Plainfield. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 9:35 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Overcast at 1,100 ft; the ceiling is 1,100 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Linden, height above the station to scale: overcast cloud with its base at 1,100 feet, the ceiling at 1,100 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDJFIG. A THE SKY OVER LINDENSECTION, 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 1,100 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 1,100 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLELinden, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS LDJTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LDJ-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

60.8 F with a dew point of 58.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 600 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,100 ft.

Chart of the air at Linden: temperature 60.8 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 58.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 600 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,100 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDJFIG. B THE AIR AT LINDENTHE 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 600 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 57.3 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, OVC 1,100 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 60.8 F, 58.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 90 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 POINTTITLELinden, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS LDJTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LDJ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the east northeast (60 degrees) at 23 mph, gusting 32 mph: force 5, a fresh breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 35 mph.

Plan of the wind at Linden, north up: blowing from 60 degrees, the east northeast, at 23 miles an hour, gusting 32; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 5, fresh breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT LDJFIG. C THE WIND AT LINDENPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 60°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE19NOW, 23 MPH6STRONG BREEZE257NEAR GALE32GUST, 32 MPH8GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLELinden, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS LDJTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-LDJ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Linden, 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 North Plainfield

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