Storm Station
Totowa, New Jersey
57°
Light rain· Feels like 57°·Light breeze 8 mph NE
Rain showers. Cloudy. Low around 57, with temperatures rising to around 59 overnight. North wind around 24 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
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83%Humidity
88%Cloud

What is measuring near here

The 4 instruments nearest Totowa, how far away each one is, how high it stands, and what kind of measurement it makes. The nearest is 0.3 miles away.

measured now2 instruments

Caldwell/Essex Co.CDW

At an airfield/4.2 mi away/174 ft/27 ft below here

temp, wind, gust, visibility, precip, pressure

Rank3of 240

Saddle River AT SaddleSADN4

At a river or reservoir gauge/12.2 mi away/226 ft/25 ft above here

temp, wind, gust, humidity, pressure

Rank80of 240

measured daily2 instruments

Totowa 0.4 NENJ-PS-41

In a volunteer observer's own ground/0.3 mi away/329 ft/128 ft above here

precip, snowfall, snow depth

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Station report

The weather at Caldwell/Essex Co., drawn

The nearest airport reporting now, 4.2 mi from Totowa. From its report of Sep 27, 2026, 4:10 AM local time: 3 of its 6 sheets.

The sky

Scattered at 1,700 ft, broken at 2,300 ft, overcast at 3,500 ft; the ceiling is 2,300 ft; visibility 6 mi.

Section of the sky over Caldwell/Essex Co., height above the station to scale: scattered cloud with its base at 1,700 feet, broken cloud with its base at 2,300 feet, overcast cloud with its base at 3,500 feet, the ceiling at 2,300 feet, and visibility of 6 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 STATION01,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,000ETAGESLOWTHE STATIONTHE CEILOMETER READS TO 12,000 FT, ABOVE THIS SHEETOVC 3,500 FTOVERCAST, 8 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYBKN 2,300 FTBROKEN, 5 TO 7 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYSCT 1,700 FTSCATTERED, 3 TO 4 EIGHTHS OF THE SKYCEILING 2,300 FTVISIBILITY, MILES: 6 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

57.0 F with a dew point of 55.0 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 Caldwell/Essex Co.: temperature 57.0 degrees Fahrenheit and dew point 55.0, 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 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 500 FT ABOVE THE STATION, AT 54.5 FLOWEST CLOUD REPORTED, SCT 1,700 FTTEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT 57.0 F, 55.0 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 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 12 mph, gusting 28 mph: force 3, a gentle breeze on the Beaufort scale. The strongest gust today was 28 mph.

Plan of the wind at Caldwell/Essex Co., north up: blowing from 30 degrees, the north northeast, at 12 miles an hour, gusting 28; beside it the Beaufort scale from calm to hurricane force, force 3, gentle 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 BREEZE8NOW, 12 MPH4MODERATE BREEZE135FRESH BREEZE196STRONG BREEZE25GUST, 28 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

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

Near Totowa

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