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Sunset Lake, New Jersey Weather

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

Sunset Lake, NJ
Thursday, June 4 at 6:13 AM
57
°
Clear
Feels like
56°
Humidity
78%
Wind
2 mph
Sunrise
5:34 AM
Sunset
8:24 PM
Sunset Lake, NJ
Hour by hour · 24h
24-Hour ForecastSunset Lake, NJ: 24-hour forecast. Temperatures range from 54 to 88 degrees Fahrenheit.
L 54°H 88°
Sunset Lake, NJ
7-day forecast
  1. Today
    Jun 4
    Overcast
    88°54°
  2. Friday
    Jun 5
    Overcast
    92°60°+4°
  3. Saturday
    Jun 6
    Overcast
    16%
    90°64°-2°
  4. Sunday
    Jun 7
    Drizzle
    34%
    84°67°-6°
  5. Monday
    Jun 8
    Light Drizzle
    76°55°-8°
  6. Tuesday
    Jun 9
    Overcast
    84°53°+8°
  7. Wednesday
    Jun 10
    Partly Cloudy
    88°60°+4°
Sunset Lake, NJ
Anemometer · 24h winds · from true
NESW
From · True
S
169° · veering 173°
Direction
S
169°
Sustained
2
mph
Gust
8
mph
Peak 24h
17
avg 5
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 5 · pk 17 @ 8:00p
01020MPHB1B2B3B4B5-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOWpk 207SUSTGUST
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Light breeze veering 173° from the s.
Sunset Lake, NJ
Barometer · 24h pressure · mb
STORMRAINCHANGEFAIRDRY9901000101010201030
Pressure · mb
1017.9
-0.8 mb in 3h · falling · 30.06 inHg
Now
1017.9
mb
3h
-0.8
mb
12h
+0.4
mb
24h
-0.2
mb
Regime · FAIR
STORM
RAIN
CHANGE
FAIR
DRY
24h · Pressure · mb
range 10181021
1010RAIN|CHG1015CHG|FAIR10201025FAIR|DRY-21h-18h-15h-12h-9h-6h-3h-24hNOW1020.81017.91018.8
−24h−18h−12h−6hnow
Fair, steady air — a quiet anticyclone holds the sky.
Sunset Lake, NJ
Air quality
59
AQI
Good
-27 in 6h

Ozone at AQI 39 now. AQI down 27 over the last 6 hours — air quality is improving sharply. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 17 by mid-afternoon.

OK No precautions needed for the general population; unusually sensitive individuals may consider limiting prolonged outdoor exertion during the projected peak around 7 AM.

PM 2.5Good
3.9μg/m³
PM 10Good
5μg/m³
NO₂Good
11μg/m³
OzoneDRIVERModerate
82μg/m³
UV IndexLow
0.0

What's driving it

Ozone × UV × Sky

Ozone at AQI 39 now. With UV 3.3 peaking around 1 PM under clear skies, surface ozone likely climbs to AQI 17 by mid-afternoon.

Present
AQI 39
UV peak
3.3 at 1 PM
Sky at peak
clear
Projected peak
AQI 17
Sunset Lake, NJ
Sky cover · visibility · 24h
Cloud cover
0%
CLEAR
100%0%−24h−18h−12h−6hnow

Visibility
37.7mi
UNLIMITED
142 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
06:13 UTC ·Sunset Lake, 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
06:13 UTC ·Sunset Lake, NJ · NOAA NESDIS / STAR · 5-min cadence · 10000x6000 px
Sunset Lake, NJ
Satellite · infrared · animated
Sunset Lake, NJ
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IR · cloud-top temp© RainViewer · Carto
Sunset Lake, NJ
Almanac · Thursday, June 4
A summer fog for fair, a winter fog for rain.
Civil dawn
9:04 AM
Sunrise
5:34 AM
Daylight
14h 50m
Sunset
8:24 PM
Civil dusk
12:57 AM
Planting note
Harvest spring lettuce before it bolts. Sow heat-tolerant greens.
Sunset Lake, NJ
The moon
Waning Gibbous
87% illuminated
Moonrise
3:27 AM
Moonset
1:02 PM
In sign
♑︎ Capricorn
Sunset Lake, NJ
Microseason
Jun 1–5

Fireflies rise from the lawn

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Sunset Lake at a glance

  • Today vs. normal: 19°F below the seasonal normal for this latitude
  • Last frost: April 13 (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 Sunset Lake

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.