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Somerset, New Jersey Weather

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

Somerset, NJ
Thursday, June 4 at 3:29 PM
84
°
Clear
Feels like
85°
Humidity
31%
Wind
5 mph
Sunrise
5:28 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
Somerset, NJ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSomerset, NJ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 63 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 63°H 90°
Somerset, NJ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    90°57°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    94°63°+4°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Light Showers
    40%
    0.21″
    88°66°-6°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Light Drizzle
    40%
    0.02″
    88°68°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    72°59°-16°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    85°56°+13°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Partly Cloudy
    89°62°+4°
Somerset, NJ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
NNW
330° · veering 27°
Direction
NNW
330°
Sustained
5
mph
Gust
12
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 4
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 4 · pk 17 @ 10:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 155SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 27° from the nnw.
Somerset, NJ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1015.6
-1.9 mb in 3h · falling · 29.99 inHg
Now
1015.6
mb
3h
-1.9
mb
12h
-2.5
mb
24h
-3.2
mb
Regime · CHANGE
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10141018
9951000STORM|RAIN10051010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1017.71013.91013.9
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Pressure slipping through the change line — wetter air on the way.
Somerset, NJ
Air quality
31
AQI
Moderate
-10 in 6hPeak ~75 @ 9 PM

Ozone at AQI 71 now. AQI down 10 over the last 6 hours (steady decline since this morning). With UV 7.7 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 73 by mid-afternoon.

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

PM 2.5Good
5.5μg/m³
PM 10Good
6μg/m³
NO₂Good
6μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERUnhealthy SG
120μg/m³
UV IndexHigh
6.7

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 71 now. With UV 7.7 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 73 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 71
UV peak
7.7 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 73

PM × Wind × Precip

PM2.5 at 5.5 µg/m³ (AQI 31) with a 0.98 fine-to-coarse ratio and 5 mph wind — combustion smoke trapped in calm air, not road dust.

PM2.5/PM10
0.98
Wind
light
Recent rain
0h in last 6h
Pattern
stagnant smoke
Somerset, NJ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
127.2mi
UNLIMITED
171 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
15:29 UTC ·Somerset, 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
15:29 UTC ·Somerset, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Somerset, NJ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Somerset, NJ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Somerset, NJ
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
8:57 AM
Sunrise
5:28 AM
Daylight
14h 56m
Sunset
8:24 PM
Civil dusk
12:58 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Somerset, NJ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
84% illuminated
Moonrise
3:27 AM
Moonset
12:56 PM
In sign
♒︎ Aquarius
Somerset, NJ
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

bird
Jan 142% of the yearDec 31

Read this microseason across nine climate regions →

Somerset at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 10°F above the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 19 (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 — Somerset

SPC has placed Somerset 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 Somerset

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.