Barnegat Light, New Jersey Weather
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Barnegat Light weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar
- TodayJun 15Light Drizzle62%0.02″72°68°—
- TuesdayJun 16Overcast——70°63°-2°
- WednesdayJun 17Heavy Drizzle19%0.06″74°67°+4°
- ThursdayJun 18Overcast35%—93°68°+19°
- FridayJun 19Overcast30%—81°67°-12°
- SaturdayJun 20Overcast12%—79°60°-2°
- SundayJun 21Overcast——80°56°+1°
AQI 49 (Good), driven by PM2.5. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). PM2.5 at 7.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
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 39 now. With UV 0.0 peaking around 1 PM under partly cloudy skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 7 around 1 PM.
- Present
- AQI 39
- UV peak
- 0.0 at 1 PM
- Sky at peak
- partly cloudy
- Projected peak
- AQI 7
PM × Wind × Precip
PM2.5 at 7.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 8.4 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.
- PM2.5/PM10
- 0.86
- Wind
- breezy
- Recent rain
- 0h in last 6h
- Pattern
- background
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).
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- Moonrise
- 6:38 AM
- Moonset
- 9:41 PM
- In sign
- ♋︎ Cancer
Honeysuckle sweetens the night
Barnegat Light at a glance
- Today vs. normal: 5°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
- Last frost: April 15 (climatological average for this latitude)
- Microseason: Jun 16–20
- Planting window: Stake and prune tomato suckers. Watch for squash vine borers.
16-Day Forecast — Barnegat Light
- Mon72°68°62%
- Tue70°63°0%
- Wed74°67°19%
- Thu93°68°35%
- Fri81°67°30%
- Sat79°60°12%
- Sun80°56°5%
- Mon73°65°39%
- Tue73°59°39%
- Wed80°57°13%
- Thu83°61°11%
- Fri83°68°30%
- Sat89°71°33%
- Sun81°70°27%
- Mon85°70°23%
- Tue85°72°31%
Forecast data from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Right now in the garden
Peak growing season
As of June 16, 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.
ZIP codes in Barnegat Light
- 08006