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Fortescue, New Jersey Weather

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Fortescue weather forecast — hour by hour, 7-day outlook, NOAA radar

Fortescue, NJ
Thursday, June 4 at 4:37 PM
79
°
Clear
Feels like
82°
Humidity
46%
Wind
7 mph
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Sunset
8:23 PM
Fortescue, NJ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastFortescue, NJ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 83 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 63°H 83°
Fortescue, NJ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    80°55°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    90°63°+10°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    20%
    81°66°-9°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Heavy Drizzle
    20%
    83°66°+2°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Heavy Drizzle
    11%
    0.01″
    70°57°-13°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    76°54°+6°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Partly Cloudy
    11%
    81°62°+5°
Fortescue, NJ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
SW
214° · veering 87°
Direction
SW
214°
Sustained
7
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 6
Beaufort · 2 · LIGHT BRZ
0
CALM
<1
1
LIGHT AIR
1–3
2
LIGHT BRZ
4–7
3
GENTLE BRZ
8–12
4
MOD BRZ
13–18
5
FRESH BRZ
19–24
6
STRONG BRZ
25–31
7
NEAR GALE
32–38
24h · sust vs gust · mph
avg 6 · pk 16 @ 6:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 227SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Fortescue, NJ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1020.9
-2.1 mb in 3h · falling rapidly · 30.15 inHg
Now
1020.9
mb
3h
-2.1
mb
12h
-2.5
mb
24h
-2.9
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10191023
10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1022.81019.11019.1
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair air starting to ease — a front may be approaching.
Fortescue, NJ
Air quality
35
AQI
Moderate
-3 in 6hPeak ~71 @ 11 PM

Ozone at AQI 58 now. AQI flat over the last 6 hours (within ±3 points). With UV 8.1 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 62 by mid-afternoon.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion.

PM 2.5Good
5.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
7μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
112μg/m³
UV IndexVery high
7.8

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 58 now. With UV 8.1 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 62 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 58
UV peak
8.1 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 62

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.2 µg/m³, PM10 at 5.6 µg/m³ — typical background levels with no transport signature.

PM2.5/PM10
0.93
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
background
Fortescue, NJ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
95.8mi
UNLIMITED
115 mi0 mi−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Earth · GOES-19 ABI
Full Disk · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 full disk Visible · GeoColor
True-color daytime, blue/IR sandwich at night
16:37 UTC ·Fortescue, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 21696x21696 px
Continental US · GOES-19 ABI
CONUS Sector · Visible · GeoColor
GOES-19 CONUS Visible · GeoColor
Daytime true-color, blue-light/IR sandwich at night
16:37 UTC ·Fortescue, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Fortescue, NJ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Fortescue, NJ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Fortescue, NJ
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:04 AM
Sunrise
5:35 AM
Daylight
14h 48m
Sunset
8:23 PM
Civil dusk
12:56 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Fortescue, NJ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
84% illuminated
Moonrise
3:26 AM
Moonset
1:03 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Fortescue, NJ
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

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Fortescue at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 3°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 11 (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.

SPC Convective Outlook

Storm Prediction Center — Fortescue

SPC has placed Fortescue in the General Thunderstorms category for severe thunderstorms day after tomorrow.

  • TODAYNONENo severe risk
  • TOMORROWNONENo severe risk
  • DAY 3TSTMGeneral Thunderstorms

Thunderstorms possible. Not severe, but capable of producing lightning and brief heavy rain.

Source: NOAA / NWS Storm Prediction Center categorical convective outlook. Outlooks are re-issued multiple times per day; this page reflects the most recent SPC polygons covering the city’s coordinates.

ZIP codes in Fortescue

Climate normals from the Open-Meteo Climate API. Köppen approximation from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Regions. See methodology for data sources, editorial rules, and corrections. Maintainer: Brian Tighe.