Storm Station
Riverdale, New Jersey
57°
Light rain· Feels like 57°·Gentle breeze 10 mph N
Rain showers. Cloudy, with a low around 56. North wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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93%Humidity
85%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Riverdale, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.4 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Caldwell/Essex Co.CDW

At an airfield/8.1 mi away/174 ft/46 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 240

RingwoodRAWN4

At a river or reservoir gauge/9.3 mi away/572 ft/352 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank22of 240

measured daily2 instruments

Riverdale 0.8 ENJ-MS-118

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.4 mi away/191 ft/29 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

ReservoirCHAN4

At a reservoir/6.8 mi away/814 ft/594 ft above here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

Rank-

Station report

The weather at Caldwell/Essex Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 8.1 mi from Riverdale. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Broken at 2,000 ft, broken at 2,600 ft, overcast at 4,300 ft; the ceiling is 2,000 ft; visibility 9 mi.

Section of the sky over Caldwell/Essex Co., height above the station to scale: broken cloud with its base at 2,000 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,600 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 4,300 feet, the ceiling at 2,000 feet, and visibility of 9 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,000ETAGESLOWMIDDLETHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 4,300 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,600 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,000 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,000 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 9 MI0510TITLECaldwell/Essex Co., the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS CDWTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CDW-1DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-SKY-001, FB-SKY-017, FB-SKY-016, FB-SKY-018

The air

58.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 F, 90 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 700 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 2,000 ft.

Chart of the air at Caldwell/Essex Co.: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 90 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 700 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 2,000 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 STATION01,0002,0003,00040 F50 F60 F70 FSATURATES 700 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.2 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, BKN 2,000 FTTEMPERATURE 58.0 FDEW POINT 55.0 FSPREAD 3.0 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 POINTTITLECaldwell/Essex Co., the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDWTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-CDW-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north northeast (30 degrees) at 14 mph, gusting 30 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 30 mph.

Plan of the wind at Caldwell/Essex Co., north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 14 miles an hour, gusting 30; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, 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 STATIONFROM 30°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 14 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 30 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLECaldwell/Essex Co., the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS CDWTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-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

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Near Riverdale

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