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Monmouth Junction, New Jersey Weather

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

Monmouth Junction, NJ
Thursday, June 4 at 9:12 AM
56
°
Clear
Feels like
53°
Humidity
66%
Wind
4 mph
Sunrise
5:29 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastMonmouth Junction, NJ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 62 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 62°H 88°
Monmouth Junction, NJ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    88°56°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    92°61°+4°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    45%
    90°65°-2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    45%
    0.02″
    86°65°-4°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    78°55°-8°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    86°54°+8°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Overcast
    12%
    90°60°+4°
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
186° · backing 152°
Direction
S
186°
Sustained
4
mph
Gust
7
mph
Peak 24h
16
avg 5
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 5 · pk 16 @ 11:00a
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 186SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
A whisper of wind — leaves barely shift on the trees.
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1017.9
0.0 mb in 3h · steady · 30.06 inHg
Now
1017.9
mb
3h
0.0
mb
12h
+1.4
mb
24h
-0.8
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10171020
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1019.51016.61018.7
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Air quality
40
AQI
Moderate
-24 in 6h

PM2.5 at 10.2 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 24 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply.

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
10.2μg/m³
PM 10Good
11μg/m³
NO₂Good
23μg/m³
OzoneModerate
61μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 10.2 µg/m³ (AQI 53) with a 0.90 fine-to-coarse ratio and 4 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.90
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
51.6mi
UNLIMITED
158 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
09:12 UTC ·Monmouth Junction, 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
09:12 UTC ·Monmouth Junction, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Monmouth Junction, NJ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
8:58 AM
Sunrise
5:29 AM
Daylight
14h 55m
Sunset
8:24 PM
Civil dusk
12:57 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Monmouth Junction, NJ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
86% illuminated
Moonrise
3:27 AM
Moonset
12:57 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Monmouth Junction at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 19°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 18 (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 — Monmouth Junction

SPC has placed Monmouth Junction 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 Monmouth Junction

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.