Storm Station
Rutgers University-Busch Campus, New Jersey
56°
Light rain· Feels like 56°·Light breeze 7 mph NNE
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 three quarters and one inch possible.
-UV
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93%Humidity
84%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Rutgers University-Busch Campus, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 1.5 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

New Middlesex County RawsDEAN4

A remote fire weather station/8.2 mi away/101 ft/9 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank17of 240

SomervilleSMQ

At an airfield/13.0 mi away/105 ft/5 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank2of 240

measured daily2 instruments

Piscataway Twp 1.0 WSWNJ-MD-24

In a volunteer observer's own ground/1.5 mi away/96 ft/14 ft below here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

Rank-

New BrunswickNBRN4

At a cooperative observer's station/4.2 mi away/82 ft/28 ft below here

snowfall, snow depth, precip, high, low

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Station report

The weather at Somerville, drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 13.0 mi from Rutgers University-Busch Campus. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 6:53 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,700 ft, overcast at 2,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,500 ft; visibility 5 mi.

Section of the sky over Somerville, height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 2,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,500 feet, and visibility of 5 mi.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMQFIG. A THE SKY OVER SOMERVILLESECTION, 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 STATION05001,0001,5002,0002,5003,0003,5004,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 2,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,500 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 5 MI0510TITLESomerville, the skySTATION REPORT · ASOS SMQTYPESECTIONSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 1 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SMQ-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 56.0 F, 93 per cent relative humidity. Air lifted from the station would cool to its dew point, where cloud forms, about 500 ft up; the lowest cloud reported is at 1,700 ft.

Chart of the air at Somerville: temperature 58.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 56.0, 93 per cent relative humidity; air lifted from the station cools along the dry rate and meets its dew point about 500 feet above the station, against the lowest cloud reported at 1,700 feet; height to scale.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMQFIG. B THE AIR AT SOMERVILLETHE 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 55.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 58.0 F, 56.0 FRELATIVE HUMIDITY 93 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 POINTTITLESomerville, the airSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMQTYPECHARTSCALEHEIGHT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 2 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SMQ-2DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-WAT-020, FB-WAT-002, FB-ENG-011, FB-ENG-005

The wind

From the north (350 degrees) at 13 mph, gusting 25 mph: force 4, a moderate breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 31 mph.

Plan of the wind at Somerville, north up: blowing from 350 degrees, the north, at 13 miles an hour, gusting 25; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 4, moderate breeze, marked.1122334455667788AABBCCDDEE© 2026 STORM STATION 247THE FIELD BOOKSTATION REPORT SMQFIG. C THE WIND AT SOMERVILLEPLAN, NORTH UP: THE WIND AS REPORTED, AND WHERE IT SITS ON THE BEAUFORT SCALENESWTHE STATIONFROM 350°BEAUFORT FORCELEAST WIND, MPH0CALM01LIGHT AIR12LIGHT BREEZE43GENTLE BREEZE84MODERATE BREEZE13NOW, 13 MPH5FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 25 MPH7NEAR GALE328GALE399STRONG GALE4710STORM5511VIOLENT STORM6412HURRICANE FORCE73TITLESomerville, the windSTATION REPORT · ASOS SMQTYPEPLAN north upSCALENOT TO SCALEREVAS REPORTED SHEET 3 of 6DATE2026-09-27IDSR-SMQ-3DRAWN AS linework on paperSOURCES FB-EVT-150, FB-ENG-008, FB-INS-002

The full report of Somerville, in 6 sheets, each beside the Field Book plates that explain it

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Snow on the ground

Measured at New Brunswick (NBRN4), 4.2 miles from here, read 26 Sep, 08:30. measured daily

Elsewhere in New Jersey

22 places, each with its own forecast and its own instruments.

Near Rutgers University-Busch Campus

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