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Port Colden, New Jersey Weather

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

Port Colden, NJ
Thursday, June 4 at 4:26 AM
61
°
Clear
Feels like
58°
Humidity
46%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
5:29 AM
Sunset
8:27 PM
Port Colden, NJ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastPort Colden, NJ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 57 to 87 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 57°H 87°
Port Colden, NJ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    87°57°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    91°61°+4°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    44%
    85°62°-6°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Showers
    44%
    86°62°+1°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Overcast
    10%
    77°55°-9°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Partly Cloudy
    80°50°+3°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Partly Cloudy
    85°55°+5°
Port Colden, NJ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
E
098° · veering 98°
Direction
E
098°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
6
mph
Peak 24h
14
avg 4
Beaufort · 1 · LIGHT AIR
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 4 · pk 14 @ 1:00p
010MPHB1B2B3B4-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 123SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 98° from the e.
Port Colden, NJ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1001.6
-0.1 mb in 3h · steady · 29.58 inHg
Now
1001.6
mb
3h
-0.1
mb
12h
-0.2
mb
24h
-0.1
mb
Regime · RAIN
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10011006
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY1030-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1005.51001.41002.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Damp, unsettled regime — wet weather lingers nearby.
Port Colden, NJ
Air quality
38
AQI
Good
-8 in 6h

PM2.5 at 6.4 µg/m³ (AQI 36) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust. AQI down 8 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning).

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

PM 2.5DRIVERGood
6.4μg/m³
PM 10Good
7μg/m³
NO₂Good
24μg/m³
OzoneGood
48μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 6.4 µg/m³ (AQI 36) with a 0.97 fine-to-coarse ratio and 2 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.97
Wind
calm
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Port Colden, NJ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
4%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
84.2mi
UNLIMITED
147 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
04:26 UTC ·Port Colden, 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
04:26 UTC ·Port Colden, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Port Colden, NJ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Port Colden, NJ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Port Colden, 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 58m
Sunset
8:27 PM
Civil dusk
1:00 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Port Colden, NJ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:30 AM
Moonset
12:57 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Port Colden, NJ
Microseason
Jun 1–5

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Port Colden at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 13°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 21 (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.

ZIP codes in Port Colden

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.