Atlantic City, New Jersey Weather
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Atlantic City weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 4Overcast——74°55°—
- FridayJun 5Overcast——91°57°+17°
- SaturdayJun 6Light Drizzle13%—80°64°-11°
- SundayJun 7Drizzle51%0.01″83°66°+3°
- MondayJun 8Light Drizzle11%0.01″71°57°-12°
- TuesdayJun 9Overcast——78°53°+7°
- WednesdayJun 10Partly Cloudy——81°60°+3°
PM2.5 at 13.1 µg/m³ (AQI 58) with a 0.67 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI up 10 over the last 6 hours (gradual rise).
OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.
What's driving it
Ozone × UV × Sky
Ozone at AQI 51 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 23 by mid-afternoon.
- Present
- AQI 51
- UV peak
- 3.3 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- clear
- Projected peak
- AQI 23
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 13.1 µg/m³ (AQI 58) with a 0.67 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.67
- Wind
- calm
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- stagnant smoke
Trends
Seven days of AQI and PM2.5.
Hourly air-quality data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service, charted across the past and next several days. Dashed lines mark the AQI breakpoints at 50 (Good → Moderate) and 100 (Moderate → Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups).
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
- Moonrise
- 3:23 AM
- Moonset
- 12:59 PM
- In sign
- ♑︎ Capricorn
Fireflies rise from the lawn
Atlantic City at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 19°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 12 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 1–5
- Planting window: Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 4, the growing season is at its peak — frost is months away. Continue succession-planting beans and summer squash. Start fall brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) from seed indoors for transplanting in late summer.